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We?re About To See a Lot More SaaS Debt

SaaStr

This article looks at the history of SaaS as it relates to financial capital and production capital. I argue that standard saas metrics make it possible for founders to scale using debt capital (production capital thats cheaper) instead of solely relying on venture capital (financial capital thats more expensive). .

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Benchmarking WorkDay's S-1 - How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up

Tom Tunguz

In 2009 and 2010, the company recognized more revenue from services than subscription. In 2011, the year of the IPO, services still accounted for 33% of revenues. Over time, subscription revenue will continue to increase compared to services revenue. Selling people’s time can’t be leveraged like software.

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ChurnZero Named Finalist for 2020 SaaS Awards

ChurnZero

ChurnZero Named International Software Awards Program Finalist. Now in it’s fifth year of celebrating software innovation, the Software-as-a-Service Awards program accepts entries worldwide including US, Canada, Australia, Asia, EMEA, and UK. . ChurnZero helps subscription businesses fight customer churn.

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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. Then, they offered their software solution to online marketers who were interested in this “new way” of marketing. . Image source).

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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

If I’m about to do business with your company and your software is going to access my customers’ data, it’s my responsibility to ensure you have the proper controls in place to protect it. If you sell software today, there’s a 99.9% Start early. Liam Geraghty: Adam, thank you so much for joining us.

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Selling into Startups 101: What You Need to Know to Find a Unicorn

Sales Hacker

Imagine having the opportunity to sell into a company like Lyft in 2011. Back then, in 2011, Lyft was a small Series-A startup called Zimride with under 50 employees. If you sell an HR platform with a subscription that starts at 50 seats, you should scratch any seed-stage startups off your list. Founded in 2011.

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ChurnZero Named 2019 SaaS Awards Winner

ChurnZero

Global Software Awards Program Announces Final Winners. . The Software-as-a-Service Awards celebrate excellence in cloud-based software solutions, accepting entries from across the world, including the US, Canada, Australasia, UK and EMEA. The SaaS Awards is a sister program to the Cloud Awards, which was founded in 2011.

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