SaaStock

JANUARY 30, 2019

As we showed you in the list of SaaS companies coming out of Latin America, the region has no shortage of SaaS superstars. It was SaaS that they were looking at. SaaS Investments: Pipefy, HeyDoctor. SaaS Investments: Gupy, idwall, meetime, Qulture rocks, Social Miner, and Teravoz. How did this come about, though?

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Venture Capital SaaS Healthcare Finance 155

Panintelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

While there are no signs that innovation in Fintech SaaS is slowing down, vendors have never faced greater challenges. Yet, while times are tough, I’d argue we may be about to enter a golden age of Fintech SaaS innovation. So, how can vendors respond to this double-squeeze and what’s next for Fintech SaaS innovation?

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Innovation SaaS Scale Technology 52

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Founded in 2007, Dropbox epitomizes the freemium go-to-market. 90% of revenue originates through self serve channels - an astounding figure for company that generated more than $1B in revenue last year. Dropbox’s revenue grew from $604M to $1.1B Dropbox’s revenue grew from $604M to $1.1B Revenue Growth.

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Scale Acquisition Cloud Revenue 208

SaaStr

DECEMBER 29, 2019

it wasn’t until later on in 2007 that we had enough revenue to create a large enough group of customers to go on a 10 Year Journey with. This is the one thing you can really bank on in SaaS and with recurring revenue. SaaS: Maybe Plan for 30+ Years as a Founder. Really, quite a lot. My mistake.

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Scale Churn Construction SMB 349

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

I wrote a post on January 10, 2016 called The Downward Pressure of Public Markets on Startup Valuations that depicted the slow decline of SaaS multiples in the public markets. The chart above shows the forward revenue to enterprise value multiple of all public SaaS companies. forward revenues. 100M in revenue - not ARR.

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SaaS Startup Pricing Mobile 110

Tom Tunguz

JUNE 30, 2016

More than 15% of all software revenue is now generated by software as a service companies, and there are more than 50 publicly traded SaaS companies today. After more than a decade of reinvention, I was curious how healthy the IPO market is for SaaS companies. The chart above plots the number of SaaS IPOs. billion and $0.6

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Marketing SaaS Software Delivery Scale 101

How To Buy Saas

OCTOBER 27, 2023

It doesn’t help that the US SaaS market is incredibly competitive, especially with the evolving technology, customer needs, and new ideas popping up left and right. That’s where SEO agencies for SaaS businesses come in. Clients of NUOPTIMA receive support from professionals in SEO B2B SaaS , content, and technology.

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B2B Scale SaaS AI Search 52

The Angel VC

MAY 4, 2018

The mighty king of Freemium Like Zendesk, Yammer, and a few other SaaS companies that were all founded around 2007-2008, Dropbox was one of the early champions of the "consumerization of the enterprise" movement. Dropbox was the fastest SaaS company ever to hit $1B in ARR. And what an almighty King it is!

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Systems Review Software Review 143

OPEXEngine

MAY 10, 2022

Will private SaaS valuations be affected by the drops in the stock market? These are questions that we have been hearing from SaaS CFOs across the spectrum. . Some SaaS companies that had been planning to file S-1s in Q1’22 are holding the registration. Will there be a recession? Navigating the Great Recession.

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Technical Review Systems Review Benchmarks Investment 59

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2019

? ?. Over a few decades, SaaS has evolved from a lofty concept to an integral part of the modern business landscape. In many respects, it’s now almost impossible to envisage a work environment that doesn’t rely on a SaaS product in some shape or form. Building successful SaaS companies in a rapidly evolving market.

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Scale Scaling Artificial Intelligence Business 118

Tom Tunguz

JULY 26, 2016

Large market; logical revenue model; rapid-adoption; stealth/secrecy; proper compensation of the leadership team. To cite one critical counterexample, Concur’s rapid revenue growth in 2006 and 2007 occurred after nearly a decade of tepid expansion. The McKinsey study breaks down rapid growth into two parts.

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Startup Compensation Leadership SaaS 140

Chargify

AUGUST 6, 2019

Today, HubSpot is not only a rapidly-growing enterprise that generates nine-figure annual revenue (more than $500 million in 2018), but they are also trusted thought leaders in the marketing industry with a cult-like following. As Chris Monk explains in his article “SaaS Founders? 2007: 48 customers. 2007: 15 employees.

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Subscription Payment Features Revenue Software Review 40

SaaStr

MAY 15, 2019

Gainsight’s customer success software empowers companies to increase revenue and decrease customer churn. Mikkel later founded Zendesk in 2007 while living in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company boasts over 10,000 organizations and 350,000 paid users on it’s SaaS incident response platform for IT. appeared first on SaaStr.

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Sales Recruiting Software Review Technical Review PayPal 172

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

According to a SaaS business adage, you need to spend a lot of money to make money. Specifically, it illustrates the need for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies to spend money - lots of it - on customer acquisition. In its early years, Workday spent well in excess of its annual revenues on sales and marketing.

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Acquisition Enterprise Revenue SaaS 140

OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 17, 2019

SaaS gross margins have been getting attention lately as investors dig into SaaS cost structures and revenue growth rates going into 2020. Gross margin is simply revenue minus cost of revenue, expressed as a percent. SaaS vendors with no professional services have the highest gross margins, typically above 80%.

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Scale SaaS AWS Revenue 40

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 26, 2014

One of the best ways I’ve found to understand SaaS companies is to pore through their public filings. We will explore revenue growth, average revenue per customer, sales efficiency, payback periods, net income, gross margin and engineering spending. in 2009 revenue to 2013 revenue of $71M - an 88% CAGR.

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Benchmarks SMB Metrics SaaS 110

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2015

This post is part of a continuing series evaluating the S-1s of publicly traded SaaS companies in order to better understand the core business and build a library of benchmarks that might be useful to founders. First, Xero is a glowing example of a successful SMB SaaS company. of Revenue -611% -257% -80% -41% -37% -50%.

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Benchmarks Metrics SMB Outsourced Development 100

Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

This post is part of a continuing series evaluating the S-1s of publicly traded SaaS companies in order to better understand the core business and build a library of benchmarks that might be useful to founders. Founded in 2007, MobileIron is a leader in the Mobile Device Management sector. just two years before.

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Benchmarks Metrics SaaS Scale 100

SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

As we wrote in our launch post about expanding SaaStock New York into SaaStock East Coast , our main aim is to foster a SaaS community that spans from Florida to Quebec. The SaaS industry’s beating heart will probably always be New York, and it will also be the home of SaaStock East Coast on June 4-6. Founded: 2007. ProfitWell.

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SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 100

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

Also, no PLG strategy can work with traditional SaaS indicators. Instead you should focus on Natural Rate of Growth (NRG) to determine the percentage of recurring organic revenue. This metric is a strong future revenue indicator. Stripe is soon becoming the default payment infrastructure for all things SaaS. 3 Frontegg.

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

Chargify

MARCH 28, 2018

In 2007, combo meal sales began to drop. From 2007 to 2012, combo meal sales at fast food restaurants declined by 12% , according to a NPD Group study. Interestingly, we’re seeing a similar trend in SaaS. The “why” behind the SaaS customized product offering shift. SaaS is increasingly becoming a more saturated space.

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Pricing Innovation Scale SaaS 47

ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

If you’re in SaaS, I’m sure you know Tien. Tien founded Zuora in 2007 and took it public in 2018. Long story short: Tien is a pioneer in the SaaS and Subscription space and we’re gonna learn a thing or two from his book, Subscribed. It’s a quick and engaging read, important for anyone in SaaS. About the Author.

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Subscription Payment Features B2B Innovation 74

Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

Baremetrics integrates with Chargebee and Chargify to help growing SaaS & subscription driven-businesses with accurate metrics. Zuora Founded in 2007, Zuora is an enterprise billing and invoicing company that helps businesses launch and manage their subscription-based services.

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Payment Solutions Payments Payment Features Payment Methods 105

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In 2007, he and his wife started their own online store. For those with their ears perked, the online session will feature: How to optimize for revenue per visitor or cart conversion rate. And the things you’ll want to test to maximize revenue—like product pages, shopping cart templates, cart flow, checkout form, and more.

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Payment Methods Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 40

ProfitWell

MAY 20, 2020

Listen wherever you get podcasts: How is the B2B SaaS market trending? ??7 How are churn and new revenue trending over time? We may be a bit sleepy, but it looks like the B2B SaaS world is still cranking. upgrades and new revenue—up from.59% upgrades and new revenue—up from.59% 7 day +1.08% | ?? 30 day +2.92% | ??90

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B2B Trends Data Subscription 52

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In 2007, he and his wife started their own online store. For those with their ears perked, the online session will feature: How to optimize for revenue per visitor or cart conversion rate. And the things you’ll want to test to maximize revenue—like product pages, shopping cart templates, cart flow, checkout form, and more.

Payment Methods 40

Payment Methods Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 40

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2019

In late 2007, a pair of roommates found themselves scraping their wallets to come up with enough cash to cover their exorbitant San Francisco rent. So too has Gainsight’s revenue. Over the past few years, Gainsight has grown its revenue more than 1,000% and increased its customer base with brands such as Adobe and Workday.

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Scale Sales Recruiting Marketplace as a Service Sales Hiring 112

OPEXEngine

JANUARY 24, 2023

In fact, the top-quartile TSR performers outpace the bottom-quartile companies more than twofold in both revenue growth and cost productivity. It’s a pattern that can be seen across the 2007–09 recession, the recovery that followed, the slow-growth years of 2011–19, and even during the pandemic period of 2020–21.

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VP of Engineering Underperforming Technical Team Traceability Scale 52

SaaSOptics

AUGUST 16, 2018

We’re going to be talking about building a roadmap for early stage SaaS growth. I know our attendees today are excited to hear from you, Brian and Ari, on building a roadmap for early stage SaaS growth. We were born and raised and bred serving the needs of early stage emerging and growth SaaS and subscription based businesses.

SaaS 40

SaaS Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital 40

SaaSOptics

AUGUST 16, 2018

We’re going to be talking about building a roadmap for early stage SaaS growth. I know our attendees today are excited to hear from you, Brian and Ari, on building a roadmap for early stage SaaS growth. We were born and raised and bred serving the needs of early stage emerging and growth SaaS and subscription based businesses.

SaaS 40

SaaS Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital 40

SaaSOptics

AUGUST 16, 2018

We’re going to be talking about building a roadmap for early stage SaaS growth. I know our attendees today are excited to hear from you, Brian and Ari, on building a roadmap for early stage SaaS growth. We were born and raised and bred serving the needs of early stage emerging and growth SaaS and subscription based businesses.

SaaS 40

SaaS Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital 40

SmartKarrot

AUGUST 29, 2022

Getting fired up about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) or social media is sometimes challenging as a SaaS business. Here are 14 key lessons that SaaS businesses can learn from Netflix, which we have detailed below. This is one of the most important things to do as a SaaS company. Have an unclouded vision and mission statement.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Scale Business 10

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

So, what was like the 10X feature … whenever it was, a million in revenue, two million, what let MailChimp break out for real from the competition? How big were you were … but you still managed to get to a couple million in revenue but you were not a differentiated tool at that point? Even though the revenue paused.

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Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Branding 166

Mucker Capital

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The first, launched in India in 2007 while they were teenagers, created radiology software that helped fight female foeticide. They can see another SaaS company in a different vertical, but with the same-size contracts and say, ‘This is what you should be doing differently.’. She got really mad.”. But he managed to smooth things over.

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Interviewing Consulting Social Media Government 40

ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Those users upgrade (generating revenue) and review (generating more users). You couldn't do that in the same way today since it's no longer the social media boom of 2007 that HubSpot was able to jump on. It grew millions in revenue exclusively by directing buyers to local retailers. Powered by Privy” and reviews get more users.

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Software Review Advertising Underperforming Technical Team Social Media 45

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 28, 2018

Too many startups focus on the first S in SaaS, but they forget all about the second one. When I moved to Silicon Valley in 2007, self-serve software was all the rage. To really succeed in the SaaS world, you have to build a product that solves your customers’ needs, not just your own. The downside to self-serve SaaS.

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Scale Sales Hiring SaaS Sales 184

Totango

MAY 27, 2022

Product-led growth (PLG) has emerged as one of the best strategies for selling SaaS software. SaaS businesses adopt product-led marketing to lower customer acquisition costs while improving customer retention and accelerating revenue growth. Why Are SaaS Businesses Opting for Product-led Growth Strategies?

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Acquisition Retention Technology Strategy 123