Blulogix

APRIL 2, 2024

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: How to Manage Subscription Complexity: A Comprehensive Roadmap The evolution of B2B subscription models has introduced unprecedented flexibility and opportunities for businesses across various sectors.

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Payment Features Payment Services Subscription SaaS Payments 52

SaaStr

OCTOBER 27, 2020

“To keep you honest, and help the entire company and team keep track of how you are really doing … build a simple, rolling, “L4M” (Last Four Months) model. The Power and Honesty in a L4M Model. One thing I see most SaaS companies do a pretty poor job of until they have a great finance team is a go-forward model.

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Finance Scaling SaaS Data 351

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Ok hopefully you’ve built a careful, thoughtful financial plan for next year. And yet … I know many of you haven’t started, or have only done a cursory job of financial planning. First, without a strong, data-driven model, your goals for next year will be much harder to hit. A C-10 Plan. Build One Now.

Revenue 299

Revenue SaaS Data Management 299

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2024

“Doubling Down” is a new series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. We focus on 6 themes: SaaS, infra, fintech, consumer, climate and health. What’s the #1 bit of advice you’d give to SaaS founders today? Check that out here.

Payments 197

Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Scale 197

Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Subscription pricing with the help of automated billing software has transformed many industries and provided businesses with a dynamic way to generate revenue, especially in the SaaS space. Moreover, developing a profitable pricing strategy requires consistent model testing and compliance with international tax laws.

SaaS Payments 95

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 95

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin and Partner at QED Investors Amias Gerety chat on the Fintech Beat podstream about all things SaaS, money, and what makes a great founder. What Makes SaaS So Great If you’re here on SaaStr reading this, you don’t need to be told why SaaS is so great. If you don’t look at the model, it’s magic.

Sales Hiring 219

Sales Hiring Headcount Finance Technical Review 219

SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2022

SaaS accounting and finance has gotten pretty complicated, and the impacts of getting it wrong have gone up substantially. And then — he sent me his financials. But in SaaS, once you even get to about $2m ARR — it’s time to get your finances in order. from Dotcom to SaaS era. Things have changed a lot.

Finance 323

Finance Outsourcing Services Systems Review Technical Review 323

SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2020

Debt for SaaS companies done right is a gift. Few folks have more data than Nathan Latka and he offers up some insights on how to properly leverage up in SaaS. Geoffrey Moore calls this group the Late Majority and the Laggards in his book Crossing the Chasm , a secret bible for many SaaS CEO’s. . — ed.

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Venture Capital Technical Review SaaS Scale 218

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

You’ve heard of a Unicorn SaaS company, but it’s time to introduce you to the Centaur. It’s no secret that the global financial landscape has been shaken up in recent years. Take all the macro insights within the context of the big picture: The recurring revenue SaaS model remains as strong as ever. Cloud Goes to Market.

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Cloud Trends Benchmarks Business Model 227

SaaStr

OCTOBER 15, 2020

But—and no one knows this better than you—SaaS solutions can save your team so much time. When you have nexus in multiple states and potentially thousands of tax jurisdictions (as is often the case for SaaS companies with large markets), the risk of human error and resulting penalties is immense. 1 Sales tax. 4 User support.

Business 314

Business AI Search Marketplace as a Service compliance 314

Subscription Flow

APRIL 23, 2024

In this blog, we will be looking at Paddle vs Chargebee vs SubscriptionFlow to bring you up to speed on their latest features in 2024, so you can pick the software that serves as the best fit for your subscription-based business. This includes highly flexible checkout, pricing models, billing logic and integration capabilities.

Payment Solutions 93

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 93

Subscription Flow

APRIL 1, 2024

Keeping all that in mind, this blog will detail how a merchant of record can help various businesses, such as software development companies, digital media companies, electronic book publishers, alongside online education providers, by handling taxes, managing transactions, avoiding fraud, and enhancing customer experiences.

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Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 97

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2023

Learn about the most important SaaS metrics for founders in 2023 with the CEOs of the most metric-oriented company, monday.com, and the founder of SaaStr. For a quick recap on SaaS metrics: What is ARR in SaaS? How Is CAC Calculated In SaaS? In the early days of SaaS, efficiency mattered because there was no capital.

Metrics 184

Metrics SaaS Sales Hiring Finance 184

SaaStr

JUNE 17, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of SaaS, Venture Capital, Bootstrapping, and Valuations – understanding market trends and investment patterns is critical. We’ll also examine how public markets currently influence the SaaS industry and unpack the elevated CIOs’ role in budgeting for SaaS products.

Venture Capital 206

Venture Capital Scale Technical Review Software Review 206

SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 6, 2021

On that note, it becomes more than necessary to gear up and come prepared to navigate uncertainty and build a perfect SaaS financial model that does not throw you off guard. But you will have to work hard to ensure that you adjust your financial model to include a category for each customer acquisition channel.

SaaS Payments 10

SaaS Payments SaaS Payment Services Scale 10

SaaStr

AUGUST 13, 2021

These truly are the best of times in SaaS. Who are the 2-3 public SaaS and companies most similar to you? A Fully Baked Financial Model — Including Crystal-Clear MRR and Operating Metrics. And make sure the model builds properly, and intelligently, to that $100m+ number above. And yes, some are. With comps.

Scale 281

Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital Headcount 281

Baremetrics

MAY 4, 2021

A financial model template is a helpful way to see into the future. By using a well-developed one, you can develop multiple scenarios, including best and worst-case projections, so your financial plan will allow for whatever the financial year brings. What is a Financial Model Template? Table of Contents.

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Forecasting Finance Banking Acquisition 98

SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2022

Maxio provides subscription and revenue management solutions that help growing subscription businesses offer flexible pricing and packaging—without the financial headaches. With our platforms, SaaS companies can manage any subscription model, calculate revenue, and generate custom reports that investors love.

Cybersecurity 191

Cybersecurity Scale compliance Subscription 191

SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

The Latin American SaaS landscape is hustling and bustling, having seen more IPOs in the last 6 months than the previous 20 years combined. We will gather 300 leading SaaS founders, executives and investors for three days packed with opportunities and rich exchange of knowledge to push the whole ecosystem forward. Founded : 2015.

SaaS Payments 257

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 257

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2021

But he and his team had data that this was a powerful market opportunity, and they were driven by their passion to promote greater financial wellbeing. Eventually, Chime attracted the interest of many investors and became the market leader, and so far they’ve fulfilled their mission of helping people build better financial foundations.

Banking 257

Banking Social Media Company Culture Innovation 257

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Confused about trying to understand SaaS roles? SaaS companies have many moving parts, and it can be difficult to determine who does what. TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. What is a SaaS business model?

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Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 98

Kellblog

MARCH 10, 2022

Cillian runs a great blog (complete with detailed financial models) at The Novice Investor. ?. Understanding SaaS Marketing as an Investor – Dave Kellogg from Cillian Hilliard on Vimeo.). Detecting repeatability in the sales model and the validity of “ just add water ” kind of claims.

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Marketing SaaS Management Sales 94

The Angel VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

If you're a long-time reader of this blog, you may have seen them before. Sales Team Hiring Plan Original blog pos t with some additional background The model is based on an exponential growth path (i.e. #2 One of the things which the model doesn't take into account is employee turnover. SaaS Financial Plan 2.0

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Sales Hiring Point of Sale SaaS Headcount 141

Baremetrics

JANUARY 25, 2022

In recent years, a new discipline of financial management has emerged in response to cloud technologies and organizations growing reliance on cloud IT architectures and cloud-based business processes. Act FinOps Tools Cost Management Software Financial Modeling Tools EDI Systems Conclusion. Table of Contents. What Is FinOps?

Payment Services 97

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 97

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A major issue that arises, especially in the B2B SaaS business model, is how to break into the upmarket market as startups develop into scaleups that are primarily focused on increasing their market capitalization. In their early stages, SaaS software startups typically target the early adopters in the tech or mid-market segments.

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SaaS Payments Payments Business Model Payment Services 59

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Go-to-market (GTM) design and efficiency are sometimes overlooked, but they’re a critical driver of any SaaS business. Previously in SaaS, it was widely seen that anything > 1 was healthy if you were venture-backed, and anything > 1.5 is was seen as perhaps too capital-efficient. If you were well-funded, 0.7

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VP of Engineering Scale Marketing Benchmarks 213

Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Navigating the bustling SaaS landscape without a reliable CRM system is similar to one being like a child who is attempting to learn a skill without the helpful guidance of a teacher. The majority of the time, SaaS companies are involved in business-to-business sales. What are the Benefits of SaaS CRM?

Payment Solutions 59

Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 59

Blulogix

JANUARY 5, 2024

Understanding these terms is crucial, as they form the building blocks of any subscription-based business model. Importance: Understanding the core concept of subscription billing is crucial because it forms the foundation of any subscription-based business model. Subscription Billing 1.

Subscription 52

Subscription Payment Features Payment Services Payments 52

Subscription Flow

JANUARY 2, 2024

The SaaS industry has been growing at a phenomenal rate for quite some time now, prompting many businesses to now think of ways in which they need to invest in efficient ways of running their business in the SaaS world. In doing so, SaaS businesses of all sizes face common payment processing SaaS challenges.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payments 52

User Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Are you a product-led or sales-led kind of SaaS? In the sales-led model (SLG) , it’s the sales reps who nurture leads and close deals. In the case of Snyk, this was improved security preventing breaches that could lead to severe financial and reputational damage. Let’s dive right in! Ben Williams talk on product-led sales.

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Scale Sales Software Review Retention 104

SaaStr

DECEMBER 30, 2022

SaaS products that know the dynamics of their market have an advantage in positioning their product and serving their customers.”. Transparent pricing makes their life easier than going on sales calls every day only to find out that your product is not financially viable for them. . Selling to SMBs. SMBs have restricted budgets.

Scale 189

Scale Scaling Revenue Enterprise 189

How To Buy Saas

MARCH 21, 2024

With over 50 billion SaaS service users in the US (including repeat customers) there’s little doubt about the health of the SaaS industry. In this blog post, we’ll try to answer these questions and explain which solutions may be helpful to your business. What Is SaaS? You know this very well thanks to Netflix.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 40

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Share Where SaaS is and Where SaaS Will Be in 2024 This newsletter draws inspiration from one of our favorite talks at SaaStr from David Sacks’s (GP of Craft Ventures) with Jason Lemkin on Where SaaS is and Where SaaS will be in 2024. High vs Low Margin SaaS Models Software is an inherently high-margin business.

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Artificial Intelligence SaaS AI Generative AI 88

Panintelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As innovation in Fintech SaaS increases, so does the pressure to safeguard sensitive data. In this blog, we're going to dive into how to strengthen the Fintech SaaS cyber security frameworks. But Andy says Fintech SaaS is hitting a big challenge: mixing innovation with tight security. Keen to get started? Let’s jump in.

Payments 52

Payments Data Payment Services Payment Solutions 52

How To Buy Saas

APRIL 5, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has quickly become one of the primary models for offering software applications over the internet, and SaaS Development Frameworks provide developers with a methodical way of building and deploying these cloud apps efficiently while guaranteeing scale, reliability, and security of them.

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Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning AI K8S orchestration (Kubernetes) 40

Cobloom

MARCH 9, 2020

Ben is the CFO of a subscription-based software company in Dubuque, Iowa, USA, and helps software companies achieve financial improvement and transparency by partnering with stakeholders to link operations and finance.

Metrics 91

Metrics SaaS Finance Subscription 91

The Angel VC

MARCH 23, 2016

Almost exactly four years ago I published a financial plan template for SaaS startups based on a model that I had created for Zendesk a few years earlier. I received a lot of great feedback on the template and the original post remains one of the most viewed posts on this blog up to this day.

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