Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The ultimate failure of Siri to dominate the AI personal assistant game might come to be seen as its biggest miss of the decade. Google, too, saw a smooth transfer of power from its founders to a new CEO, Sundar Pichai, while also strengthening its core business of search advertising and reorganizing under Alphabet. Rise of mobile.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

ContaAzul is a business management platform for small businesses created in Brazil. Its focus is on helping companies handle financial routine and streamlining processes related to accounting, banks, stock, and electronic invoicing, among others. Vindi is a PCI-certified online payment platform for recurring billing.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 257

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Niall Wall, Box SVP of Business and Corporate Development alongside Vicki Lin, Stripe’s Head of Ecosystem and Cecilia Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing discuss scaling your revenue via indirect channels and platform ecosystems. Ceci Stallsmith – Director of Platform Marketing @ Slack.

Payments 120

Payments Scale Scaling Revenue 120

How To Buy Saas

MARCH 25, 2022

Online Food Ordering System has increased Restaurant’s sales making the businesses earn twofold their incomes. Online ordering system is good for those who have understood the marketing strategy to the best while many bearing brunts for want adequate information for what actually help drive traffic and how it’s done.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Point of Sale Payment Services 52

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Google also realizes that your business is ‘special.’ And, it released an algorithmic update, in July, 2014, to favor local businesses for neighborhood-focused mobile device queries. I’ve written about local business marketing and local SEO before. Many local businesses provide incomplete and wrong information.

Payment Methods 126

Payment Methods Branding Payments Merchant Services 126

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Niche marketplaces allow businesses to leverage the power and branding of larger platforms to reach their target audiences. 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. Less Competition.

Marketplace as a Service 139

Marketplace as a Service B2C Payment Services Payments 139

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams. These businesses usually consist of 2 to 3 people, and companies are taking bets on their products that aren’t even fully realized yet. The platform is free, private, and has no middlemen.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

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. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. I’m an execution person.

Scale 152

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 152

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It’s called automated billing, and it’s changing the way we do business. Not only are subscriptions and automated billing services more convenient for our customers, but it also gives our businesses stability through recurring revenue. What is automated billing, and why is it essential for online businesses?

Merchant Services 78

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Features Payment Methods 78

OpenView Labs

APRIL 22, 2020

There has never been a better time to test innovative pricing and monetization models to outmaneuver slow or legacy competitors. Or do you integrate with any of the products that are currently booming? But at the same time website traffic keeps climbing, indicating that buyers are still doing research and engaging with businesses.

Payments 54

Payments Pricing Payment Methods SaaS Payments 54

Baremetrics

AUGUST 21, 2021

We’ll also share an example of a cash flow statement to bring the concept to life and provide some tips for SaaS businesses seeking to simplify and streamline their cash flow statement activities. Calculating cash flow with the direct method 2. Calculating cash flow with the indirect method 3. Table of Contents.

Payment Solutions 97

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Services 97

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. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Payments has been around for thousands of years.

Scale 117

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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. Your ads reach people like this because of tracking, pixels, lookalike audiences , and all the other technical magic that powers Facebook’s advertising platform.

Payment Methods 145

Payment Methods Payments Advertising Sales Hiring 145

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

Instead you should focus on Natural Rate of Growth (NRG) to determine the percentage of recurring organic revenue. This metric is a strong future revenue indicator. It allows your users to engage more with your platform thanks to customizable product tools, targeted messages and email sequences. This is not all. 6 ChargeBee.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

We’ve invested in over 300 companies at Salesforce Ventures and have partnered with both of you closely and it’s been amazing to see this story up close and personal over the years. Matt Garratt: If you just look at Vlocity and nCino, amazing businesses. Grew to over a hundred million dollars in revenue in five years.

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Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 149

Chart Mogul

JULY 31, 2018

Most people today don’t know that only three percent of GDP is online. The Stripe Partner Program aims to increase that number by helping companies start, run and scale their businesses. We aim to help Stripe’s subscription users — and eventually all Stripe users — make sense of their billing data and grow their business faster.

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Payments Payment Methods Payment Services Customer Lifetime Value 40

ProfitWell

JULY 23, 2020

companies manufacture and ship their products directly to buyers without relying on traditional stores. Here are some popular DTC brands that may ring a bell: Casper: Online mattress company founded in 2014. Rent the Runway: Online service providing rental designer clothing and accessories, with the option to subscribe.

Payment Methods 56

Payment Methods Metrics SaaS Payments Customer Lifetime Value 56

SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

I’m probably the most hated person in the room right now, but please indulge me. 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. I’ll go easy on you.

Scale 162

Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 162

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 1, 2018

At Traction Conference, an event all about how to keep and grow customers and revenue at scale, I explained how to build onboarding based on your customers’ goals, and why when your product improves, your onboarding must improve with it. We gave up chasing these mythical “grow your website with this one weird trick” things.

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Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

In 2014, Buffer started using both Baremetrics and Looker. While Baremetrics was fulfilling the desire for public transparency, internally the team was using Looker almost exclusively to track and report revenue metrics. Joel shares that at the time, the Average Revenue per Account (ARPA) was only $18-19. How was that possible?

Payment Solutions 113

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payments Social Media 113

OpenView Labs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

At Stripe , we build infrastructure that allows internet businesses big and small to accept payments from anywhere. The businesses we serve are either global, or on a path to it, so Stripe has to be global too. Despite what the business books might tell you, there’s no playbook for new market entry.

Payment Methods 40

Payment Methods Sales Hiring Payment Services Payments 40

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. Plus, the website [link] has a great tool for passphrase generation. I recommend using a simple cipher for a website plus a base passphrase.

Payment Methods 40

Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions Technical Review 40

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. 110% growth at $4B in revenues.

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Merchant Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payments 245

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.

Payment Methods 111

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 111

Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

In 2014, Buffer started using both Baremetrics and Looker. While Baremetrics was fulfilling the desire for public transparency, internally the team was using Looker almost exclusively to track and report revenue metrics. Joel shares that at the time, the Average Revenue per Account (ARPA) was only $18-19. How was that possible?

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payments Outsourcing Services 52

Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 19, 2018

See how GymForLess is leveraging their revenue data to drive predictable growth. Back when the company first launched in 2014, they only offered daily passes to gyms throughout Spain. And for us, it was about generating more dependable revenue. Being able to look at specific cross-sections of revenue is crucial to GymForLess.

Merchant Services 40

Merchant Services Payment Services Marketplace as a Service Churn 40

SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2020

There has been a gradual shift from client/server architecture to the options provided by a hybrid cloud – the integration of public and private cloud. Owing to cost-effectiveness and confidentiality attributes, SaaS businesses continue to opt for cloud services. Hence, APIs are ubiquitously used for most SaaS businesses.

SaaS Payments 19

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Sales Recruiting 19

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 25, 2022

Encouraged by the success and importance of SaaS, Australia has actively adopted the cloud ecosystem and founded brilliant SaaS-driven companies and platforms. BugHerd provides top-notch services for bug tracking and website feedback. Canva is a cloud-driven platform for creating graphic presentations. Culture Amp. EarlyBirds.

SaaS Payments 10

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 10

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 27, 2022

After running the first editions of the conference by himself, Alex sold B2B Rocks and, in 2019, he founded Collect , a platform that helps businesses collect and manage client documents, in the hopes that by putting this process on autopilot, teams can be more productive and focus their energy on bigger things. Liam: Yeah.

Technical Review 118

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. The ASC 606 outlines a five-step model for revenue recognition.

Payments 84

Payments Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 84

SmartKarrot

APRIL 20, 2022

From apparel brands to food delivery platforms, almost all B2C businesses offer loyalty programs; and a majority of them are a huge hit. But, implementing these programs in Business-to-Business (B2B) environments can be a little different. The major difference is because of the businesses’ approach to the customers. .

B2B 11

B2B Scale Payment Methods Payment Services 11

SaaStr

MAY 9, 2019

If your payment system works, you’re not going to rip it out. We were always extremely transparent about our cash in hand, our months of runway, our traffic, our revenue. ” Two months later, we were profitable and we ended the year with eight million in revenue and one million in profit. The entire time.

Sales Hiring 167

Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Banking 167

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. Rob Gonzalez: So if you were building a commerce platform today, for example, you wouldn’t do it as single tenant, effectively, deployments.

SaaS Payments 261

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 261

ProfitWell

JANUARY 17, 2020

Over the past decade, ecommerce subscription companies have doubled down on the subscription model to monetize their relationships with customers. But starting an ecommerce subscription service isn’t an easy task. What are ecommerce subscription companies? 4 popular types of ecommerce subscriptions. Let’s dive in.

Payment Methods 12

Payment Methods Payments Payment Features Merchant Services 12

Outseta

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It made the rounds in tech circles online. series A round in December 2014 (60% was from Collaborative Fund) Bought out main series A investors (representing $2.3M in 2014 - 60% of which came from Collaborative Fund. of revenue at the time and the business was valued at $60M - a valuation multiple of 13x revenues.

CTO Hire 65

CTO Hire CTO Coach SaaS New CTO 65

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 198

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling SaaS 198

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 158