OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

“Industry-Centric” SaaS business models offer an alternative SaaS company categorization to the “Customer-Centric” SaaS model, which is defined based on the “go-to-market” strategy used by a management team. When SaaS business models originated, the most successful venture-backed startups used a horizontal model.

Business Model 52

Business Model Business SaaS Scale 52

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Romain Huet: The original version of Stripe was just this one API to really accept Gull payments online. It would take days or weeks to even get approved, but you also had to go through all these hoops of PCI compliance. So first, I would say the API and Stripe.js for what we call tokenization of call details in the browser.

Payments 121

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 121

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I had the good fortune, my first SaaS experience was at the Mothership Salesforce in 2006, prior to even the word cloud being thrown around. Because that is a very clear measure of a subscription model health. Travis Bryant: Because in SaaS, the value doesn’t come from the new business deal.

Underperforming Technical Team 163

Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments Payment Services Technical Advisors 163