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Cyber Weekend Benchmarking Data: 2023 SaaS and Software Holiday Spend Report

FastSpring

Q4 sales numbers usually outperform the rest of the year thanks to year-end holidays and their associated shopping cycles — but how much does that trend carry over into software and SaaS sales? And does it improve B2B sales too, or is it more just a B2C advantage? sales trends by month and quarter.

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7 Predictions for SaaS in 2018

Tom Tunguz

Below are 7 predictions about the startup software ecosystem. It permit companies to bring US dollars held abroad (from software sales in other countries) back to the US at a lower tax rate than before. There are now 5 publicly traded software companies worth more than $10B, and 19 companies worth between $2.5B

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FastSpring Support and Subscription Management Continue to Impress SocialBee

FastSpring

SocialBee , a social media management platform and SaaS based in Romania, first started using FastSpring in 2018. However, as SocialBee utilizes many different ways to package and monetize their software as a service subscriptions, they began discovering new ways to test the FastSpring platform’s capabilities.

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Asana S-1 Analysis - Comparing One Productivity Powerhouse to Another

Tom Tunguz

Asana builds productivity and task management solutions. Smartsheet went public in 2018. However, Asana’s cash flow margin from operations is 13 percentage points better, meaning customer pre-payment terms from customers and cash collections may be superior. Sales Efficiency. Asana filed their S-1 this week.

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A Complete Guide to SaaS Tax Software: Options, FAQs, and More

FastSpring

It takes an enormous amount of time, money, and headcount for SaaS companies to handle VAT, GST, and sales tax (and any other form of indirect tax) in-house. That’s why most businesses turn to tax software and/or tax consultants to help them manage indirect tax.

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5 Interesting Learnings From Shopify. At $3+ Billion in ARR.

SaaStr

But, there are still many interesting things we can learn from Shopify, especially since it sells to so many SMBs, has been late to go upmarket, and combines a payments/fintech element with pure SaaS. Sales might want a tighter “gate” to convert to paid. Subscriptions can fuel payments and merchant revenue.

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Dear SaaStr: What’s It Like to Have Your Company Acquired by One of the Tech Giants?

SaaStr

2018’s Top 50 Acquisitions in SaaS. Unless there is a huge earn-out or retention payment tied to performance, the pressure is off. I thought my sales team would leave quickly. My VP of Sales and the team stayed for 2.5 You may be asked to own new stuff beyond just what your company / app does. Not all of it.