SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

More than half of Kenya’s GDP is now transacted through a mobile, through arguably the most successful mobile banking and payment system called M-Pesa. What does this mean for startups and tech companies? There is no startup ecosystem to speak of. For example, in Kenya. Can they be done there? First of all, capital.

Scale 159

Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 159

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. I loved Manav’s vision for securing the set of cloud-based data services that we can collectively call the “data cloud.”

Technical Review 143

Technical Review Payment Services Payments AI Search 143

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. There’s a lot of services. This episode is sponsored by Linode.

Payment Solutions 146

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 146

SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

Her portfolio is gilded with leadership roles like board director, investor, COO, and P&L owner. Her blog posts continue to serve as a valuable resource for people who seek to understand and master customer success processes. Amarachi Ogueji. Her diverse yet unique skills include customer life cycle optimization from pre-sales.

VP of Engineering 21

VP of Engineering Customer Success Scale SaaS Payments 21

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

I think it’s a challenge to folks that think we are in some sort of terrible downturn for SaaS and cloud. While Azure and Google Cloud grew at record rates, Shopify for example, its SaaS business only grew 10% last quarter. Jason Lemkin: So you have like a great profile irrespective of what your startup’s doing.

Scale 185

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling SaaS 185

SaaStr

MAY 9, 2019

Michael Seibel is CEO and a partner at Y Combinator and co-founder of two startups – Justin.tv 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.

Sales Hiring 167

Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Banking 167

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Rob made his way into the world of SaaS as a product manager and how that led to his founding Salsify over 8 years ago. * How does Rob think about the bundled vs unbundled thesis within SaaS? When is it right for SaaS companies to turn down potential customers? When is the right time?

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SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 248