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We?re About To See a Lot More SaaS Debt

SaaStr

2004 Salesforce IPO Brought Financial Capital to SaaS Founders. With the Salesforce IPO in 2004, we saw the first sign that institutional investors were comfortable with a standard set of SaaS metrics: Churn, sales efficiency , ARPU, LTV, customer acquisition cost , and so on. . This CNET article captures the uncertainty well: .

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The most common mistake SaaS companies make on sales tax collection and filings

SaaStr

When the company first began web app development and selling software-as-a-service in 2004, their business model wasn’t even called SaaS. Early on, Basecamp had to deal with banks that were wary of their subscription plans. And, like every software startup, their small team had a million other things to worry about.

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How Adopting Mobile Payments Can Help Your Business Grow in 2024

Stax

You’re making a purchase at a retail store, and the cash register is large, clunky, and painfully slow, even for 2004. Fast forward to now where much has changed, and research anticipates contactless mobile payments to exceed one billion users globally by 2024. Let’s time travel back, just 20 years ago, to the shopping mall.

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Holiday Specials: 2023 Cyber Weekend SaaS and Software Deals

FastSpring

Publishing, subscription & monetization tools can help build your fanbase.” 2BrightSparks Pte Ltd “ 2BrightSparks was incorporated in 2004 and has established a reputation in developing high quality, easy to use utility software. Deal: “30% off your first subscription period.” Deal: “50% off your first year.”

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Subscription Rockstars: How HubSpot Went From Zero to $500+ Million in Annual Revenue

Chargify

Welcome to the Subscription Rockstars series! And, of course, we will pay special attention to how their subscription billing models and pricing strategies contributed to their growth. And, of course, we will pay special attention to how their subscription billing models and pricing strategies contributed to their growth.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chargebee and Glassdoor — November 1, 2019

SaaStr

And so I’m so thrilled to welcome back Krish Subramanian, founder and CEO at Chargebee, the startup that lets you go beyond payment, billing, and recurring invoices to delivering subscription experiences that wow and what they’re doing now in the world of rev ops, trust me, it’s pretty mind blowing.

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Steady and Persistent Growth to $5.5B in Market Cap - The Ultimate Software Company

Tom Tunguz

Today, more than 82% of revenues are subscription dollars. Since 2004, Ultimate Software has generated positive cash flow. Founded in 1996, the company initially sold licensed software and migrated to multi-tenant SaaS in 2002 with a product called UltiPro.

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