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5 Interesting Learnings from Instructure at $620,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

It was founded in 2008 but took a while to get going, hitting $1m in revenue in 2011 selling to Utah schools — and then scaled from there. Billion market cap But, Instructure has A lot, lot of debt to service. That’s a lot of debt to pay back and service. That’s about $100m a year in debt service for now.

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

SaaStr

The internet economy is expected to double from 2019 to 2023—and that’s after the cost of software tools to run your business has collapsed, from $4M in 2011 to a paltry $4000 today. You can deploy subscriptions as a service, billing as a service, fraud prevention as a service. Platforms-as-a-service.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

Its focus is on helping companies handle financial routine and streamlining processes related to accounting, banks, stock, and electronic invoicing, among others. Founded : 2011. Founded : 2011. Vindi is a PCI-certified online payment platform for recurring billing. CEO : Vinicius Roveda Goncalves. CEO : Eric Santos.

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Thanks to Onboard, Paddle, Qwilr, and Upzelo for Sponsoring SaaStr Europa 2023!

SaaStr

Launched in 2011, today, OnBoard serves as the board intelligence platform for more than 2,000 organizations and their 12,000 boards and committees in 32 countries worldwide. Paddle offers SaaS companies a completely different approach to their payments infrastructure.

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38 Bright Asian SaaS Stars

SaaStock

Tienpay enables merchant payments, person-to-person transfers, and vouchers, among other functionalities. . Founded : 2011. The platform integrates with 100+ shipping services and ensures discounts for many of them. The platform integrates with 100+ shipping services and ensures discounts for many of them.

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What The Downturn Will Probably Look Like in SaaS

SaaStr

The first thing SMBs did was look at their credit card payments and cancel everything they could. Anyone processing a lot of SMB and credit-card deals saw churn probably double. They still needed to process payments, track orders, ship orders, run financials, sign contracts, store data, etc. Almost irrationally.

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Best Business Process Management Software

Neil Patel

There’s a constant war between growing a business and keeping an operation lean, mean, and agile. It’s actually quite simple: business process management (BPM) software. BPM software helps organizations of all sizes streamline operations and minimize waste. Visualize every process from end to end. Process Visualization.

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