SaaStr

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

They learned the importance of sales tax compliance the hard way—when they had to pay millions in back taxes. When the company first began web app development and selling software-as-a-service in 2004, their business model wasn’t even called SaaS. It’s not hard to understand how Basecamp got this wrong.

SaaS 162

SaaS New CTO Sales CTO 162

Kellblog

JANUARY 3, 2022

That’s why boards want startups to pay high salaries and lure experienced talent with lucrative stock options. Maybe, to pick a trivial example, Europeans don’t want to buy your compliance software because it’s weak on supporting European regulations [4]. ” [3]. The Idea/Execution Quadrant.

Sales Hiring 126

Sales Hiring Scale Consulting Leadership 126

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

297: Bob Moore is the Founder & CEO @ Crossbeam, the startup that helps companies find overlapping prospects and customers while keeping the rest of their data private and secure. Where do most startups go wrong both in hiring for partnerships and in the engagements themselves?

Sales Hiring 132

Sales Hiring Scale Outsourcing Services CTO Hire 132

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 25, 2022

Launched in 2004, Campaign Monitor is an email marketing platform catering to businesses of different sizes. With a vision to speed up capacity, culture, and innovation, the innovation platform assists businesses in all stages (startups as well as scale-ups). Headquarter: Melbourne, Australia. Campaign Monitor. Safety Culture.

SaaS Payments 10

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 10

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

When SaaS business models originated, the most successful venture-backed startups used a horizontal model. Avalara provides tax compliance solutions for direct and indirect taxes. Contrast this success with that of Intuit, which launched the desktop app QuickBooks in 1998 and its online version in 2004 (before Xero launched).

Business Model 52

Business Model SaaS Business Scale 52

SaaStr

MAY 17, 2019

Godard Abel: Well G2 in some ways, is the fourth or fifth startup I’ve helped to build, and I really got going now about 20 years ago. So I helped them build that, and we sold to a bigger startup, Niku, which went public. So I want to start with a couple of great decades in the business. And so that was my first.

Scale 149

Scale Sales Hiring Software Review Leadership 149