Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2017

Over the last seven years, software startup investing has changed quite a bit. In 2010, classic SaaS was booming, the benefits of a subscription model were finally becoming clear to the public markets and the mass-market. Advertising technology has seen a resurgence in 2016, reversing a three year trend of declines.

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SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2021

50% revenue from software (recurring), 50% from payments (not-recurring). . Half of its revenues comes from its software. Well, if it were 2016, we’d say no. With an incredible 121% NRR from SMBs, it all essentially recurs. And yes, it’s a software company. But it isn’t.

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Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 359

SaaStr

JANUARY 27, 2024

As a core part of Matt’s philosophy, people need to have their own domain and run open-source software because it allows them to control the entire stack of what they’re putting online. Speaking of the long game, Matt talks about the launch of the 100-year subscription plan last year. Then, in 2023, they moved into messaging.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Since 2016, SaaS North has been recognized as THE Canadian hub for rapidly-scaling SaaS founders and their teams. Head over to the registration page to grab your ticket to get access to incredible speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities and proprietary software that will maximize your experience even more!

Merchant Services 153

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Services 153

Point Nine Land

MAY 11, 2023

Intuit, Adobe, Oracle, and a few other older software companies have managed to transition to a subscription-based business model. It’s a complete overhaul of the software architecture, rebuilding it from the ground up. Are most SaaS companies going to be replaced by new AI-first startups?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2023

Chargebee is a recurring billing and subscription management tool that helps SaaS and SaaS-like businesses streamline Revenue Operations. Chargebee integrates with the leading payment gateways like Stripe, Braintree, PayPal etc. Think of us as your automated security and compliance expert.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The fourth quarter is the most important quarter for software companies around the world. . We confirmed this by reviewing sales data from over 300 SaaS and software companies that use our billing platform. In November, software companies see 11% to 24% over the average monthly revenue. But is this true for SaaS and software?

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Clouded Judgement

JULY 14, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Software IPO Backlog We haven’t seen a software IPO since the end of 2021, which gets us to 18 months and counting since our last software IPO. The first half of 2016 also gave us a ~6 month software IPO drought.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The subscription revenue model is hardly new. It’s been a staple of industries—publications, utilities, and, more recently, software—since it first emerged in the 17th century. But in the past few years, subscriptions have seen a bit of a resurgence. Even the humble houseplant doesn’t seem immune to the subscription economy.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

And they are both incredibly impressive — 118% growth at $3B run-rate and $500m in ARR in software alone may be an all-time record — but also, perhaps not SaaS? #1. With gross margins of only 21%, is Toast really a software company? Wix just has more software revenue to blend the total margins higher.

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Chart Mogul

APRIL 20, 2018

I sat down with Ulysses founder Max Seelemann to understand the thinking behind the company's move to a subscription-based model in 2017 which made waves in the software industry. Recurring payments give us planning security and enable deep thought. The economics of perpetual licensing vs. subscriptions.

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IT World

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Microsoft's subscription-based office suite, called Office 365 or Microsoft 365 depending on your version, is continually updated with new features, so we periodically update the cheat sheets for the "365" versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. To read this article in full, please click here

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ProfitWell

MARCH 9, 2020

The subscription business model has seen an immense rise in popularity in recent years, and with good reason. The subscription-based economy grew 350% between 2012 and 2019, and subscription businesses grew revenues about five times faster than S&P 500 company revenues during that time. What is subscription marketing?

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SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2020

It’s hard to imagine a world where analysis didn’t understand recurring, subscription based revenue for technology products. Salesforce’s IPO is also seen as a test of a new business model that could shake up the software industry. In 2016, Digital Ocean opened a $130m credit facility with Keybanc. .

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The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

They expect an end-to-end shopping “experience” and this is where eCommerce subscription has a chance to shine by developing long term relationships with consumers. And subscription eCommerce seems to be the answer. The subscription eCommerce market has grown by a whopping 100% year-over-year for the past five years.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

Trailblazing through their home continent, venturing successfully onto the world stage or changing from on-premise software to SaaS, these companies could have a postal code in any SaaS hotspot in the world. ContaAzul was acquired by the collaborative software platform Wabbi Software S.A. We can’t wait to meet them.

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Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Investments in things like accounting software, my LLC paperwork, and some initial office supplies my first year in business added up to only $1,629.43 (and that included health insurance).   Accounting software: I’d also be lost without QuickBooks. All I really needed was a computer and a reliable Internet connection.

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Over her more than twenty-year career, Amy Konary has become an expert within the SaaS subscription space. She saw the importance of the subscription economy since her time as an industry analyst for IBC, running the practice on SaaS there for 19 years. The modern subscription economy is different than the software industry of old.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 1, 2017

AppDynamics technology helps engineers determine how software applications behave as users interact with them. They sell their APM software as a perpetual software license in addition to a subscription (SaaS). The company provided full year data through 2016. in revenue through 2016. of revenue).

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Stax

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

By using near-field communication (NFC), Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay services turned each company’s mobile devices into highly secure digital payment wallets. Google was a little late to the party, but it also followed with its method called Google Pay in 2016. For more information, check out some of our comparison articles.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Dave has gleaned some valuable CRO insights since he founded Browser to Buyer in 2016, which he shared with FastSpring CMO and Growth Stage podcast host Dave Vogelpohl in our latest episode. That’s why Dave recommends testing all the way through to the client or customer taking a subscription. Jump to highlights.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In 2016, André joined Superlógica Tecnologias, a management system designed to service small businesses with a recurring revenue model. In 2016, he co-founded Meetime, an Inside Sales Strategies company and now serves as its CMO, building a powerful branding and content creation operation. and Brazil with process optimization.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 31, 2021

ChurnZero has been recognized as a leader among Customer Success Software. out of 10 and over 107 verified reviews, ChurnZero is recognized by the TrustRadius community as a valuable player in the Customer Success software category. About ChurnZero: ChurnZero helps subscription businesses fight customer churn.

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Their products include POS, hardware, software, and payment processing with a large number of additional options provided by their great ecosystem of partners. ProfitWell provides industry standard subscription financial metrics that uncover pockets of hidden revenue through unmatched subscription intelligence.

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Hitenism

JANUARY 16, 2017

If Mixpanel stayed on track, it would have had 100 sales reps by 2016. Instead, the company laid-off 18 people at the beginning of 2016—mostly from sales—and they’re not alone. In March 2016, it ultimately became clear that we were over-invested in some parts of the business and as a result let go of 10% of our employees.”.

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The Angel VC

MAY 12, 2018

1 – Dropbox on consumerization "Individual users are changing the way software is adopted and purchased Software purchasing decisions have traditionally been made by an organization’s IT department, which often deploys products that employees don’t like and many refuse to adopt. This paragraph is a great description of that concept.

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Software Platform Consulting

MAY 16, 2017

The recent news reminds me just how many markets are becoming oligopolistic–especially those dominated by platform software. Before We Get to Software… Warren Buffett recently announced that he was buying airline stocks. Software Platform Oligopolies. Software platform-based industries are especially concentrated.

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

The chart above shows the subscription revenue is roughly at $150 million and professional services revenue is about $35 million this year. In 2015, Mulesoft grew 91% and in 2016 the business grew 71%. Second, new customer contract value has more than doubled from $77,000 in 2014 to $169,000 in 2016.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 4, 2018

In the world of subscription-based business models, your product better deliver. And in the world of subscription-based business models, where switching software is a whole lot easier and cheaper, your product better deliver. If people are looking for live chat software, that’s what we need to tell them we have.

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User Pilot

JANUARY 12, 2024

In this example, the bar chart compares the number of standard, free, and enterprise invoices created over the last 7 days. A horizontal bar chart comparing invoice creations on Userpilot. Tracking the frequency of software errors to identify patterns and unmask underlying issues. Identifying hidden patterns and outliers.

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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. Example cash flow statement Take a look at the example below: Amazon’s 2016 statement of cash flow.

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Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Our mission is to build the world’s most powerful subscription analytics platform for the SaaS community. Building the leading subscriptions analytics platform means listening to our customers, and implementing changes to the product that bring them the most value. What’s new in ChartMogul in 2021? ChartMogul is a product-led company.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 22, 2020

ChurnZero has been recognized as a leader among Customer Success software providers. out of 10 (highest in the Customer Success category) and over 89 verified reviews, ChurnZero is recognized by the TrustRadius community as a valuable player in the Customer Success software category. With a trScore of 9.1 Please leave a review here.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review B2B 75

Chargify

AUGUST 9, 2017

Here at Chargify, we’ve been seeing an increase in B2B IoT-related subscription businesses and we’re excited about the many possibilities for IoT B2B subscription use cases. Why IoT + Subscription Business Models = Success. It could be sold as a hardware and software product.

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User Pilot

JUNE 19, 2023

Repeat purchase: Users that successfully adopt your tool and are enjoying it will keep renewing their subscriptions. According to research by Capterra , software companies should expect an average website conversion rate of 7%. The fact that there’s no B2B subscription reporting method for churn or any other metric doesn’t help.

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Benchmarks B2B SaaS Payments Payment Methods 92

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 4, 2018

In the world of subscription-based business models, your product better deliver. And in the world of subscription-based business models, where switching software is a whole lot easier and cheaper, your product better deliver. If people are looking for live chat software, that’s what we need to tell them we have.

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Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 7, 2023

Office is a subscription-based plan that offers Office functionality in the cloud. The apps you get depend on your subscription choice. Office users have limited access with an appropriate compatibility pack, but that will end in January Office subscriptions offer more than software. Office Tech Pro Research.

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