SaaStr

OCTOBER 22, 2021

It was just amazing that when iPhone launched, you could now take a picture of receipts and have them somewhat automatically “expensed” A jaw dropping, amazing use of the first generation on mobile apps. 1M in ARR per employee could be a new efficiency record at IPO for SaaS. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. Oftentimes, even.

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SaaStr

MAY 10, 2021

There’s one theme we’ve reiterated over the years, at least since 2017 or so when we interviewed the CEOs of Twilio and Veeva back-to-back : To grow quickly after $100m ARR, you probably need a second core product. Pretty good for SMB SaaS. In fact, now it’s more than 2x the size of its SaaS software alone.

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Merchant Services SaaS Payments SMB Payment Solutions 171

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

This means our software is hosted on the cloud and used over an internet connection via a web browser or mobile app. Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc. Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs.

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

As we wrote in our launch post about expanding SaaStock New York into SaaStock East Coast , our main aim is to foster a SaaS community that spans from Florida to Quebec. The SaaS industry’s beating heart will probably always be New York, and it will also be the home of SaaStock East Coast on June 4-6. Founded: 2012. Based in: New York.

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yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

When it comes to sales technology quite often sales tech isn't picked based on what YOU need, but based on what your network have been using for their sales process. What you should be making decisions based on is, which sales processes generates the best outcomes you're after - and for your customers.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Average Revenue per Customer. It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. So the first question is what made SaaS so successful. Customers love SaaS products and tools because it simply works. MRR, obviously.

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SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 230

Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Format changes are usually only required around platform shifts already occurring or platform shifts a larger company is trying to drive. This is creating a new value proposition for your existing audience so that you can acquire, retain, and/or monetize them better. I have written more about platforms here.

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Payments Scale Payment Solutions Technical Review 113

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

As we first looked at bringing our leading SaaS conference to Asia and considered what help we could offer, we thought about localization and know-how about legal and cultural differences as some of the critical success factors. SaaS Investments: Goodera, and others. SaaS Investments: Ezetap, and others. Founded: 2001.

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SaaS Payments Venture Capital Telecommunications Payment Services 190

FastSpring

APRIL 30, 2024

If you’re selling your software, plugin, add-on, or other digital product for a one-time fee, you’re likely thinking about switching to a recurring subscription model. While the financial reasons are strong to switch to subscriptions, your path to roll out this massive change to your business is filled with peril. Jump to video.

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yoursales

JANUARY 29, 2021

Which sales process works best with your customer experience journey and to generate your desired outcomes? Which sales tools best support your sales process? Which sales processes generate the outcomes you're after and which tools best assist you in doing so? Which outcomes do you need to create during that journey?

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Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 104

yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Enabling the right customer journey with sales tools that power your sales process has been high on our agenda for years. During 2019 many of the larger providers of sales solutions have spoken of a "rapid consolidation" happening in the sales tools space. Which sales process works best with your customer experience journey?

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yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Enabling the right customer journey with sales tools that power your sales process has been high on our agenda for years. During 2019 many of the larger providers of sales solutions have spoken of a "rapid consolidation" happening in the sales tools space. Which sales process works best with your customer experience journey?

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yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

PROFESSIONAL SALES SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS I t’s 2019 and we’re back at the sales tools workshop, working out the best sales tools for your sales process. You’ll get lots of content from us along with advice for your sales process. Which sales tools best support your sales process?

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OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

Pricing is a SaaS company’s most efficient profit lever, but it’s also one of the easiest things to screw up. Nailing your SaaS pricing strategy requires more than just picking the optimal price and forgetting about it. It includes the latest and greatest SaaS pricing resources, as well as some timeless staples.

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Chart Mogul

JULY 24, 2018

Subscription businesses are experimenting with hybrid billing models, mixing recurring revenue with one-time payments. In the enterprise software market, the move to a recurring revenue model is effectively complete. In fact, there’s plenty of diversity today in the way businesses make revenue from their customers.

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Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Here's a summary of what we shipped, published and achieved in 2017, in case you missed something! We kicked off 2017 by announcing our integration with GoCardless. This allowed GoCardless customers to import their billing data to ChartMogul and start analyzing customers and revenue. Read more here.

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Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Scale 58

Outseta

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

By Geoff Roberts 7 min read You may have noticed that while we’ve kept a steady drumbeat of SaaS related content flowing, it’s been four months since we published our last Outseta company update. This is important because it gives start-ups more time to focus on building their product and business, while extending their runway. “

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yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

PROFESSIONAL SALES SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS I t’s 2019 and we’re back at the sales tools workshop, working out the best sales tools for your sales process. You’ll get lots of content from us along with advice for your sales process. Which sales tools best support your sales process?

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ProfitWell

AUGUST 18, 2020

"This space, the subscription SaaS space, this is it. Today, we're spotlighting a badass woman in SaaS, Amy Konary. From her beginning in SaaS to how women can better advocate their accomplishments, Amy's sharing it at all. Listen wherever you get podcasts: Badass women in SaaS: Amy Konary. Amy's career in SaaS.

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments B2B 98

ProfitWell

MARCH 4, 2020

Plus, lessons in expansion revenue from one of the fastest growing SaaS companies on the map. Podium rolls out payments to amp up customer interactivity. This gives Podium users the ability to charge buyers for goods and services in a way that’s integrated into the rest of the software company’s service.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payments 52

Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Do you want to grow your SaaS sales team and improve your processes? maintain healthy atmosphere in your Smarketing team, make smart choices regarding your SaaS sales model, strategy, pricing, . build smoother connections both with your prospects through optimized sales process. And from SaaS sales models to SaaS pricing.

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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 157

OPEXEngine

MAY 3, 2022

This SaaS metric is defined as the sum of Deferred Revenue and Backlog. Deferred Revenue for SaaS companies is the contractual obligation to deliver the SaaS product for the period invoiced. The former amount resides on the balance sheet as Deferred Revenue and has always been reported as required by GAAP.

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Baremetrics

JULY 29, 2021

At a time when there are more SaaS solutions than ever before, keeping users engaged and bringing back disengaged users with your product has become increasingly difficult. All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business. Try Baremetrics free.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments SaaS Payments 104

Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 27, 2017

What's the difference between bookings and revenue? Revenue recognition. ASC 606 and its sister standard IFRS 15 bring a set of structured guidelines for recognizing revenue -- here's what every SaaS business needs to know to meet the deadline and get compliant. Cash is not revenue. What is ASC 606?

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Chart Mogul

MARCH 6, 2018

Average Revenue Per Account (ARPA). ARPA is the lifeblood of any subscription business. In the SaaS world, businesses generally aim to drive higher ARPA through add-ons and paid upgrades as the product matures. New platform products such as a (rumored) smart speaker. year-over-year in Q4 2017). Gross Margin.

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Payments Metrics EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) SaaS Payments 75

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Since the original version of this post from early 2017, we’ve worked with many more SaaS companies and a common theme has been moving companies from a starter template to a more robust financial model. The structure of a strong SaaS financial model should be wholly modular. A Modular Financial Model. Set up the Model Structure.

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Deferred Revenue SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Services 111

Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

The Process for Creating a Sales Compensation Plan. Here’s an example of OTE levels for a SaaS business hiring salespeople in the Bay Area: Table 2. It ties payment to the achievement of specific objectives that have been pre-determined and communicated to the employees that are on the incentive plan.

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Compensation Sales Hiring Development Team Review Sales Recruiting 103

ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

As ChurnZero recently secured a Series B investment bringing our total funding that has been raised to date to $35 million, we thought we’d take a look back and see the role that Customer Success plays at each respective stage of funding for SaaS companies. million round of financing led by Grotech Ventures in 2017.

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Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 20, 2019

See reviews for 2018 , 2017 , and 2016.). We also updated our popular SaaS Metrics Refresher email course. In April, we picked up where we left off in Q1 and launched our native integration with Google Play. We teamed up with Spendesk, Teamwork, and Process Street to deliver a webinar on automating business ops in 2020.

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Technical Review Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payments 52

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Buildium creates a software that helps property management companies become more efficient and profitable. I said in 2017, this was the most overvalued company in the world. Growing more than 350%, as consumers increasingly demand access to convenient, digital services over the ownership of physical products. Airbnb x animals.

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Subscription Payment Features Payments Payment Services 49

SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Brazil’s SaaS landscape is bustling, thanks to the number of innovative startups that entered the horizon in recent years. In an attempt to know more about the SaaS environment in Brazil, we have researched the best SaaS companies in Brazil and came up with a list of 20 SaaS companies in Brazil. Wabbi Software S.A.,

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Payment Methods SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Services 10

SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2020

SaaS companies have transformed the way global businesses work. 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. In this blog we’ll talk about SaaS business and top 50 SaaS companies in 2020.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Sales Recruiting 19

Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 20, 2019

See reviews for 2018 , 2017 , and 2016.). We also updated our popular SaaS Metrics Refresher email course. In April, we picked up where we left off in Q1 and launched our native integration with Google Play. We teamed up with Spendesk, Teamwork, and Process Street to deliver a webinar on automating business ops in 2020.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payments 52

Outseta

JANUARY 9, 2019

I hope this is a useful barometer of progress for other bootstrapped SaaS start-ups with equally ambitious projects. Let’s get right into it starting with how much we’ve spent on the business. 2017 2018 Total. building Outseta - roughly $8,000 in 2017 and $24,000 in 2018. To date we’ve spent $32,179.72 The $11,123.75

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Services 40

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

Fast forward to today, and Eventbrite is the world’s largest self-service event ticketing and registration platform – processing more than 3 million tickets each week. Going back a bit, Brian was a co-founder at SkillSlate, a local services marketplaces similar to Thumbtack. We raised a $1.5-million

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Don’t just listen to what they say – watch what they do, understand their world and their challenges, and consider how your product integrates and fits in with everything else happening in their lives. After college, I went to work at the Boston Consulting Group, BCG, which was my first experience in business.

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Payment Solutions Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring 209

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

You see that both organizations embracing this cloud movement, but specifically in COVID, more and more companies turning to the cloud as their solution for business continuity or for business growth in these times when shelter in place is making on-prem solutions difficult and in many cases, impossible to use.

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