SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

I am Matt Garratt, Managing Partner of Salesforce Ventures, and we will be talking about the secrets to building a $1 billion vertical SaaS company, and we’re very fortunate to have two executives from leading enterprise software companies who have done this. Matt Garratt: If you just look at Vlocity and nCino, amazing businesses.

Payment Solutions 148

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 148

OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

While companies like Amazon, Alphabet, Tencent or Adobe might not label what they do a formal “strategy process,” their success owes much to tried and true principles of strategy development. What they don’t do is get bogged down in process or complexity. Adobe’s evolution over the past decade or so is a good example.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Strategy Payment Services Scale 52

Kellblog

JANUARY 30, 2021

I certainly didn’t have “global pandemic” on my 2020 bingo card and, even if I somehow did, I would never have coupled that with “booming stock market” and median SaaS price/revenue multiples in the 15x range. In an era where we (vendors) increasingly run our own software, running it is increasingly as important as building it.

Technical Review 143

Technical Review Payment Services Payments AI Search 143

SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

Giraffe is a mobile job matching platform that helps medium skilled workers get access to opportunities and helps businesses to recruit staff faster, and easier, and more affordably than any other way. Our first MVP was actually an SMS based app where job seekers would send six SMSes in order to register on our platform.

Scale 160

Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 160

SaaStr

MAY 9, 2019

He has been a partner at Y Combinator since 2013, advised hundreds of startups, and has been active in promoting diversity efforts among startup founders. If your payment system works, you’re not going to rip it out. Great start-ups have a system to have hard conversations. and Socialcam.

Sales Hiring 167

Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Banking 167

SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

An exceptional thought leader and a brilliant coach to thousands of executives, Allison Pickens, is a leading expert on recurring revenue growth. Her portfolio is gilded with leadership roles like board director, investor, COO, and P&L owner. In turn, Diana helps her clients’ businesses grow. Allison Pickens. Anika Zubair.

VP of Engineering 21

VP of Engineering Customer Success Scale SaaS Payments 21

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

Have revenue, but early, so like 50K ARR after two months of charging for a product. People were so excited about SaaS when public companies were trading at 30 to 50 X revenue that they would want to take that meeting. Now, revenue’s coming in looking good. Last year offered checks of between five and 10, early.

Scale 191

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling SaaS 191