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Unlocking Growth in the Internet Economy: a Perspective from Stripe Head of Invoicing, Suzanne Xie (Video)

SaaStr

But, as a business grows, teams may find that this success hinges on overcoming one final hurdle: building a financial stack. These days, as the business lead for invoicing at Stripe, Xie has earned her own stripes in navigating the unique challenges of building and thriving in the SaaS marketplace. Platforms-as-a-service.

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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

It was in August 2011 that Marc Andreessen coined the famous phrase “ Software is eating the world ” in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Apple survived the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011 under the thoughtful stewardship of Tim Cook, and continued to essentially be the iPhone company, while branching into wearables and services.

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We?re About To See a Lot More SaaS Debt

SaaStr

It’s hard to imagine a world where analysis didn’t understand recurring, subscription based revenue for technology products. Salesforce’s IPO is also seen as a test of a new business model that could shake up the software industry. Things started changing in 2011. Don’t VC’s Want This Dealflow?

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Move Over Subscriptions. The Future Is Elastic And Built Around Relationships.

Chargify

Over the last decade, recurring revenue has emerged as the preferred model for businesses moving beyond transactional commerce. While the first generation of recurring revenue was defined by simple subscriptions—think Netflix’s original “one-size-fits-all” $7.99 The post Move Over Subscriptions.

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7 Subscription Billing Models To Consider in 2019 For Your SaaS Business

Chargify

There is no subscription billing model that works for everyone. Moreover, your pricing strategy should be based on your value metric, and different value metrics require different types of subscriptions. Let’s take a look at the seven most popular subscription billing models. Which one should you use in 2019?

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How to Calculate LTV (And Why It’s Important)

FastSpring

“It doesn’t take a genius to understand that business model failure comes when CAC (the cost to acquire customers) exceeds LTV (the ability to monetize those customers.)” In between Q1 of 2011 and Q2, HubSpot dropped their monthly churn rate by nearly 1%. By the time Q2 of 2012 hit, it had dropped by 2%.

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PODCAST 123: How to Go From a Transactional Model to a Subscription Model with Brandon Meyers

Sales Hacker

He even managed to help pivot the company from a programmatic transactional revenue model to a subscription model over the course of, not just the last three months during COVID, but over the course of the last few years. Walk us through the basic business model. Sam Jacobs: Is it a subscription service?