SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

To date they have raised over $113m in financing from some of the best in the business including Tiger Global, Battery Ventures, Boldstart, Canaan, Cisco, and Redpoint, just to name a few. Eyal and Megan host a fireside chat between Google Cloud and Zenoss, a leader in software-defined IT operations. Missed the session?

SaaS Payments 132

SaaS Payments Cloud Technical Review Scale 132

ProfitWell

JULY 22, 2020

In 2019, the total global e-commerce sales amounted to $3.53 billion worth of sales in the US by DTC businesses, in 2020, marking a 24.3% rise from 2019. However, with safe and secure payment methods such as Stripe and Paypal, it is now just as convenient for manufacturers. Use a subscription-based model.

Payment Methods 93

Payment Methods Outsourcing Services Branding Payment Features 93

FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

“It got us thinking: Why is there no purpose-built operating system for corporate learning and development teams, when their jobs are so strategic to the business, and they’re managing massive budgets, but they can’t track things like ROI?” We’re enterprise software for a new category called LearnOps.

Payment Solutions 111

Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 111

OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Customers of these SaaS companies also referred to as “Small and Medium Businesses” or SMBs, need the same software solutions as Enterprise companies but have resource constraints that prevent them from using the top SaaS vendors. Some SMM companies may use all four depending upon the business model. Direct Sales.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 52

OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

Although the San Jose-based company has always been a leader in developing world-class creative software like Photoshop and Illustrator, its go-to-market model (licensing boxed software) eventually slowed it down. Adobe’s evolution over the past decade or so is a good example. That has turned into a big win for Google.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Strategy Payment Services Scale 52

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

Co-founder Scott Farquhar mentioned as much during the company’s July 2019 earnings call, saying that, “What we’re talking about here is moving many of our products from a free trial to a freemium approach.” How to optimize your freemium model. Stories of ditching a freemium model. Is Freemium The Right Business Model?

Pricing 82

Pricing Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 82

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The ultimate goal of any developer with an idea for some useful software is monetization. Software monetization is simply the act of generating revenue from software. Let’s say you have developed an app that provides enough value to potential clients that you can charge money for its use. Payment ii.

Payment Features 95

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Subscription 95

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 30, 2019

We talk expansion revenue with Kajabi, and behind the scenes of this year’s Recur Boston conference with event master Erin Phinney. Your top subscription news. We’re hearing word that Boston-based Flywire , a global payment SaaS platform and processor, just formed a partnership with Bank of America. Big banks x SaaS.

Payments 40

Payments Payment Methods Payment Services SaaS Payments 40

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. Source: Byteant , December 2019.

SaaS Payments 19

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Sales Recruiting 19

ProfitWell

AUGUST 28, 2019

Today's Top Subscription News. Volvo announced on Monday it's expanding its controversial subscription program, Care By Volvo. Care by Volvo, launched in 2017, is a two-year subscription service where the use of a vehicle, insurance, and maintenance costs are bundled together in monthly payments. Care by Volvo Expands.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Sales Recruiting Software Review Payment Services 40

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. This podcast is an excerpt of Claire’s session at SaaStr Annual 2019. But we provide a combination of APIs and software. Missed the session?

Scale 116

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Sales Hiring 116

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Why is it so hard to define an average churn rate—and what does that mean for your subscription business? Zuora’s 2019 Subscription Economy Index reports average customer churn rates across a number of different industries, ranging from Business Services on the low end (16.2% Let’s find out. customer churn rate).

Churn 55

Churn SaaS Payments Payments Payment Methods 55

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing. Recurring payments.

Business Model 54

Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The idea for Stripe, I’m sure most of you know in the early days was to have just a few lines of code and lead developers accept payments in the apps and services. There were solutions for the stadiums for the very large conferences, but nothing really for under 20,000 people. So first, I would say the API and Stripe.js

Payments 118

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 118

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

So I’m providing an updated model for SaaS CEOs and founders looking to improve their financial model from a number-crunching exercise to an operational tool. This model allowed me to work with dozens of SaaS startups using spreadsheets, while we built our financial modeling software Flightpath. Say, PnL_Jan_2019.

Deferred Revenue 111

Deferred Revenue SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Services 111

Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

When To Invest in New Products If you want to be proactive in thinking about when you should invest in building new products vs. diagnosing a growth problem and determining new product development requiring years of effort to be the solution, how do you do that? B2B requires suite expansion. Why does B2B require suite expansion?

Payments 113

Payments Scale Payment Solutions Technical Review 113

Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

Backed by an army of developers, data engineers, and finance professionals, this events-based billing model allowed these large companies to directly link the value that their services provided with the cost presented on a customer’s invoice. What Amazon Web Services and Twilio Get Right.

AWS 98

AWS Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 98

Chargify

MAY 8, 2019

There is no subscription billing model that works for everyone. Moreover, your pricing strategy should be based on your value metric, and different value metrics require different types of subscriptions. Let’s take a look at the seven most popular subscription billing models. Which one should you use in 2019?

Subscription 69

Subscription Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 69

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

285: Hear about Adyen’s journey from a Dutch payments startup to a global public company with more than 15 offices around the world working with large global companies like Facebook, Spotify, Uber, and Microsoft. This podcast is an excerpt from Aydin and Roelant’s session at SaaStr Annual 2019. What questions must you ask?

Underperforming Technical Team 158

Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments Payment Services Technical Advisors 158

SaaSOptics

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Eighty-four percent of new software today is delivered as a service (SaaS). Yet, as we turn the corner toward 2019, many businesses remain ill-prepared for the unique challenges and opportunities that come with moving to a subscription model and managing a SaaS business. Lack of Automation.

SaaS Payments 47

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 47

SaaSOptics

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Eighty-four percent of new software today is delivered as a service (SaaS). Yet, as we turn the corner toward 2019, many businesses remain ill-prepared for the unique challenges and opportunities that come with moving to a subscription model and managing a SaaS business. Lack of Automation.

SaaS Payments 40

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 40

Outseta

APRIL 14, 2020

Generally speaking, building a software product—even a minimum viable product—is going to take more effort and time than selling your skills as services. But software products are more scalable and valuable, so if you have the financial runway and the time to start building now is as good a time as any. Their secret?

Payment Methods 68

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments 68

SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

This is a mobile solution for SMB’s to send an invoice and get paid. I think it’s such an interesting window into the company’s business model and I bucket companies into one of three buckets. They’re overwhelmed by the payment decision of which plan to buy. What do I mean by that?

Payments 100

Payments Pricing Compensation SaaS Payments 100

ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

Account expansion is often a more telling metric at this stage as those companies with high-growth potential will often see off-cycle expansion just a quarter or two into a new customer subscription – the proverbial land and expand. . JMI Equity is a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies.

Scale 98

Scale Customer Success Payments Underperforming Technical Team 98

Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

This means that such companies are product-oriented as well, but also include a small inside account management team to help them catch and convert by providing real-time assistance during the software purchase process. This is a unique SaaS sales model and the benefits are stark. Picking the ideal software sales model.

SaaS Payments 157

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 157

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

These days, as the business lead for invoicing at Stripe, Xie has earned her own stripes in navigating the unique challenges of building and thriving in the SaaS marketplace. What makes a SaaS business so hard? As your business grows in complexity, these drags on your infrastructure can impact your product development.

Payment Features 187

Payment Features Payment Services Payment Solutions Outsourcing Services 187

Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Whether you have a Software-as-a-Service, subscription or membership business or you sell one-off products or services and simply want to do business with your customer more than once, Customer Success should be your driving purpose. Metering / Billing / Payment Process. Customer Success is transformative.

Customer Success 136

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 136

SaaStr

JANUARY 14, 2020

So my father sat down with me in our basement, and I remember working in this makeshift workstation that we built together and we learned how to code, because back then there weren’t a lot of applications, there weren’t a lot of games, a lot of software to be used, so we actually had to create it ourselves.

B2B 132

B2B B2C Scale New CTO 132