Baremetrics

AUGUST 21, 2021

After that, we’ll explore how Baremetrics ’ business metrics monitoring and analytics solution can help SaaS businesses track their subscription revenue accurately and immediately, allowing for effortless and stress-free cash flow management. Calculating cash flow with the direct method 2. Multiple debtors and late payments 3.

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Services 97

SaaStr

MAY 29, 2019

Stripe’s software allows its customers to make and receive payments by providing the technical, fraud prevention and banking infrastructure to operate online payment systems. Qualtrics is an online survey software maker. Claire Hughes Johnson is Stripe’s COO. Ryan Smith Qualtrics Founder/CEO.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services Banking 226

Buffer Resources

APRIL 10, 2024

In 2014, making money on social media was a feat for a select few people like travel creator Gabby Beckford ( @packslight ), who made $2,000 for six Instagram posts in the same year. These tools allow users to discover and purchase your products without leaving the app, creating a seamless shopping experience.

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Payments Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service Payment Services 94

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

We shared a post about where your money went when buying a $10 Buffer plan back in 2014 — but it was well time for an update. Since 2014 our team has grown from 34 to 78 team members. Our Average Sale Price (ASP) in 2014 was $13, while our total Operating Costs were $3,575,897. Stripe payments make up 98.5

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Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 74

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

The 80s and 90s were all about physical purchasing and installation of software CDs and floppy disks. This innovative software tool is a proven and tested customer engagement booster. Best For: Online Payment Processing. Stripe is soon becoming the default payment infrastructure for all things SaaS. 1 Intercom.

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The solution? Hike Labs was founded in 2014, and by 2015, Pinterest had swooped in and acquired the San Francisco-based mobile publishing startup. While it’s a trend across sectors, it’s picking up steam in tech where companies are looking to deliver more complete solutions to consumers. Micro startup acquisitions.

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Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

And, it released an algorithmic update, in July, 2014, to favor local businesses for neighborhood-focused mobile device queries. While there are local guide Android app platforms released, in this article, I’ll particularly focus on Google Maps marketing paying attention to the mapping app in an iPhone and iPad as well as any Android device.

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Payment Methods Branding Payments Merchant Services 126

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

And our favorite apps are paid for at the same time every month automatically. In this piece, we’re going to look at what automated billing is, why it’s essential for online businesses, and four benefits it brings for companies that implement it. What is automated billing, and why is it essential for online businesses?

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Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Features Payment Methods 78

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Speaker video: Stripe is really a set of developer tools for building and operating an online business. I’m an execution person.

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Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 152

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Today, with 11 percent of all shopping is done online , it’s vital you know the digital platforms that will give your B2C niche service brand the reach it needs to flourish. A B2C niche marketplace is an online platform that matches vendors who provide specialized service providers with their ideal customers. Special Guest App.

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Marketplace as a Service B2C Payment Services Payments 139

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. But we provide a combination of APIs and software. Payments has been around for thousands of years. Dare I say SaaS. They were self taught developers.

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Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Sales Hiring 116

Unbounce

JULY 22, 2020

They’ve got 15 minutes to kill, so they pick up their phone and (because they’re 46 and don’t know about TikTok yet) scroll through Facebook. Instead, it takes them to the homepage of your store. Now the kids are in the car, the phone is back in the console, and the sale is lost. Where’d you go wrong?

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Payment Methods Payments Advertising Sales Hiring 145

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. I was amazed by the app exchange. Actually, two.

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Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 148

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 1, 2018

We gave up chasing these mythical “grow your website with this one weird trick” things. Then you get them to your website. What the hell happens when they land on your website? What the hell happens when they land on your website? To bring us up to early 2014, you might be familiar with Product Hunt.

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Retention Payment Methods Onboarding Payment Solutions 223

OpenView Labs

APRIL 22, 2020

But at the same time website traffic keeps climbing, indicating that buyers are still doing research and engaging with businesses. You might start by testing 25% or 50% off for the next six months to boost your conversion from website visit to qualified opportunity. Adopt more flexible payment terms and contract structures.

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Payments Pricing Payment Methods SaaS Payments 54

Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

For the first 2-3 years of Buffer’s existence, Joel and his team did not need a specialized solution for subscription analytics. However, as the company grew, their systems started to fail all the time, prompting the team to re-think their approach and look for a scalable solution. Early in 2019, I had an epiphany moment.

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Payment Solutions Payment Features Payments Social Media 113

SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

I’m probably the most hated person in the room right now, but please indulge me. 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. They didn’t have any cell phone credit. I’ll go easy on you.

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Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 161

BetterCloud

AUGUST 16, 2018

Many of these tips are oldies but goodies to cybersecurity experts, but I’ve tried to include a few unique tips with my personal explanation for each. And while there is a focus on G Suite security, I’m happy to answer questions about how to secure any system using these tips. NIST no longer recommends routine password changes.

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Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions Technical Review 40

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

For those of you who did not clap, Stripe is a set of developer APIs that help businesses accept payments online and do all sorts of innovative things in moving money in the cloud. We have over 1,500 apps listed in our app directory, so those are with third party partners. Thank you Ceci. I’m Vicki Lin.

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Payments Scale Scaling Revenue 120

Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

For the first 2-3 years of Buffer’s existence, Joel and his team did not need a specialized solution for subscription analytics. However, as the company grew, their systems started to fail all the time, prompting the team to re-think their approach and look for a scalable solution. Early in 2019, I had an epiphany moment.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payments Outsourcing Services 52

Unbounce

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Would you be frustrated if you discovered that tons of your potential customers are leaving your ecommerce website (and that your conversion rates are in the pits) because of a poor visitor experience? Today, I’ll go over the 12 rules I follow to create a shopping cart experience that’ll grow your ecommerce conversion rates.

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Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 111

SaaStr

APRIL 29, 2021

Shopify’s first quarter revenue: Q1 2021: $989 million Q1 2020: $470 million Q1 2019: $321 million Q1 2018: $214 million Q1 2017: $127 million Q1 2016: $73 million Q1 2015: $37 million Q1 2014: $19 million Q1 2013: $9 million. Cloud and ecommerce may end soon, but it hasn’t ended yet. NRR of 110%+ since 2018 — sort of.

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Merchant Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payments 243

SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2020

Ever since its inception in the 1960s, SaaS has evolved from a mere time-sharing system to innovative and efficient applications that can be accessed on multiple computers. Growing at the same pace, a report from BetterCloud had anticipated that 73% of the organizations will have all SaaS apps by 2020. And the result is visible!

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Sales Recruiting 19

SaaStr

MAY 9, 2019

If your payment system works, you’re not going to rip it out. Great start-ups have a system to have hard conversations. And so, having some type of system where the founders are going to meet and work through whatever the b t issue is of the day is extremely important. By 2014 it was worth a billion.

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Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Banking 167

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 25, 2022

The critical nature of software for business growth is a key reason for the exceptional growth of Software as a Service (SaaS) companies in recent times. BugHerd provides top-notch services for bug tracking and website feedback. Founded in 2014, Employment Hero is a SaaS-driven human resource management software.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 10

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Try as he might, he couldn’t find a solution to get around it. I think you’re only the second person since COVID started who’s come into the Intercom podcast studio here in the Dublin office. Alex: Well, the idea came a long time ago from a personal need. And so, he decided to build it instead. Liam: Yeah.

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Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Systems Review 118

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) set out in 2014 to provide a framework to attain consistency in financial reporting, improve comparative analysis and reporting, and simplify the drafting of financial statements. This framework is what we now call the ASC 606.

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Payments Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 84

FastSpring

APRIL 1, 2021

Most software companies rely heavily on free trials for customer acquisition. This is especially true for SaaS businesses, where it’s common for customers to either come in through or go through a free trial after an initial engagement method (think ads, news articles, or referrals). It requires strategy and near-perfect execution.

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods Strategy 98

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

Fresco Capital focuses on businesses developing new solutions in the enterprise, education, infrastructure, healthcare, consumer goods and entertainment. SaaS Investments: Consilium Software, HRBoss, and others. BEENEXT is a Singapore-based VC investing in fintech, platforms, payments and SaaS businesses. Founded: 2012.

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SaaS Payments Venture Capital Telecommunications Payment Services 190

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I was working on a startup that was an early mobile payment platform. It was basically using Bluetooth and an app on PalmPilots to do wireless payments in restaurants. And there’s a lot of benefit to running a software as a service, in general. My account runs my website.

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SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 257

OpenView Labs

MAY 11, 2021

But thanks to the government’s e-Estonia Project , nearly every aspect of modern life in that nation now happens online. Estonians can bank, apply for government assistance, get medical care, and even securely vote online—as they have been doing since 2005. Denis’ Estonian e-residency provided the solution.

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Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions Banking 91

SmartKarrot

APRIL 20, 2022

Better personalization. Customers tend to spend more on a brand/ product that provides personalized services. And with the customer insights from loyalty programs, businesses can build a personalized approach. Back in 2014, when Lenovo purchased IBM’s X86 server, the company didn’t have any industry experience.

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B2B Scale Payment Methods Payment Services 11

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

If you send that cold email personalized to every SaaS investor at eight to 10K or beyond, I think you’re going to get some meetings. And that… Look, cloud infrastructure and established categories of enterprise software are close to recession-proof. Everything is exploding in software, everything.

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Scale SaaS Payments Scaling SaaS 194

Outseta

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It made the rounds in tech circles online. Spending or hiring ahead of budget to try to juice growth weren’t options in this model and we’d be forced to grow the way we wanted to: sustainably, with a focus on creative, long-term solutions for our customers and team,” said Savage. in 2014 - 60% of which came from Collaborative Fund.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach SaaS New CTO 65

Baremetrics

APRIL 7, 2020

In a technology driven world, where it feels like consumers are always looking for the next best service or software to jump ship to, reducing churn can be challenging for a SaaS company like Emphatic. About Emphatic Emphatic is a social media automation software, similar to Hootsuite or Buffer. Want to retain more customers?

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Social Media Payment Solutions Software Review Software 69

SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

They were building time and expense software. I sell highly engineered complex pumps and I can’t sell them like a book online.” Dell was selling configural PCs online. And so we started building a cloud solution, but it was a long arduous journey. And that really gave us the inspiration. You’re dot com.

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Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Payments 168

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

If you look back on February 5th, 2019, which was the SaaStr Annual, hopefully many of you were there in person, we gave the state of the cloud presentation and talked about the power of the industry, and the power that’s been building in terms of market capitalization of just the public cloud companies and what they show.

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Sales Hiring Scale Payments Cloud 156