Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

Alex: Let’s dive into your business models. One of the holy grails of SMB software is, how are you going to acquire customers? I’ve been an entrepreneur since 2006. One of the criticisms of SMB software is that each customer can only provide so much revenue. It’s a transaction business.

Payments 108

Payments Forecasting Payment Services Payment Solutions 108

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It was launched by Canadian entrepreneurs in 2006 and it provides online store-fronts to businesses and manages their transactions and inventory seamlessly. The current booming e-commerce milieu can credit a huge chunk of its success to online payment systems.

Merchant Services 59

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services Payments 59

SaaStr

MAY 9, 2019

Number three is not understanding their business model. If your payment system works, you’re not going to rip it out. Great start-ups have a system to have hard conversations. Twitch started as an online reality TV show, and if you look at the story, it started in 2006, and by 2012 it was worth $24.

Sales Hiring 167

Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Banking 167

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing. Recurring payments.

Business Model 54

Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The idea for Stripe, I’m sure most of you know in the early days was to have just a few lines of code and lead developers accept payments in the apps and services. There were solutions for the stadiums for the very large conferences, but nothing really for under 20,000 people. So first, I would say the API and Stripe.js

Payments 119

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 119

Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

The latter, of course, was pioneered by Amazon, which launched the billing model based on user events in 2006. The pay-as-you-go model has since been the catalyst for Amazon’s rapid growth and dominance in the marketplace. In both cases, Twilio’s billing model allows for scalability for both the company and its customers.

AWS 98

AWS Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 98

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

From hygiene products to software to bacon (yes, bacon), you can purchase a subscription for just about anything today. Why is this model so popular? It’s a mutually beneficial system. The subscription-based economy refers to the shift many companies are making toward a business model that involves recurring billing business.

Payment Features 49

Payment Features Payments Subscription Trends 49