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 171

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 171

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.

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Deferred Revenue SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Services 111

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.

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Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Subscription 95

FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2019

To recap a fantastic year at FastSpring, we want to take a look back at our top 10 blog posts from 2019. As a partner in growth for thousands of software companies around the world, one of our goals is to provide blog content that is helpful, interesting, and informative. Subscription Finance: What is MRR?

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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.

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B2B B2C Scale New CTO 173

Chargify

MAY 8, 2019

Let’s take a look at the seven most popular subscription billing models. Which one should you use in 2019? The freemium model is a subscription billing model where you allow people to use a basic version for free and then charge them if they want to upgrade. image source). Pay-as-you-go. image source).

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Subscription Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 69

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. These are the most common pitfalls we see.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 47

Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

As of late 2019, Amazon’s cloud services business, Amazon Web Services (AWS), accounts for about 71 percent of its parent company’s operating income and about 13 percent of the brand’s overall revenue. In both cases, Twilio’s billing model allows for scalability for both the company and its customers.

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AWS Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 98

Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

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. How you set targets depends on your specific business model. Since many SaaS businesses have similar financial models, I’ll use that as an example.

Compensation 110

Compensation Sales Hiring Development Team Review Sales Recruiting 110

Software Platform Consulting

MAY 14, 2019

The acquisition represented an opportunity to learn more about the economics of B2B payments. Bottomline owns Paymode-X, the largest B2B payment network in the US. Paymode-X boasts payments of more than $200 billion annually and over 400,000 payees. The business should finish the year with approximately $130 million in revenue.

Payment Solutions 40

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services Technical Review 40

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. These are the most common pitfalls we see.

SaaS Payments 40

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 40

Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Released in 1979, VisiCalc was the first “killer app” of finance (on the Apple IIe!), and one of the things that allowed KKR and other early firms to model outcomes and make so much money. In the background, there was also a profoundly impactful technological revolution called the spreadsheet. billion, against almost $2.8

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VP of Engineering AI Payment Methods Merchant Services 91

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Businesses are shifting from rigid, consumption-based business models to flexible ones that let users pay for the goods and services they use only as much as they use them. Therefore, reengineering the value chain and realigning teams to the new business model are necessary for this major shift.

Payments 59

Payments Payment Features Payment Services Subscription 59

ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

ChurnZero secured $7 million in a Series A funding round in 2019 led by Baird Capital and supported by returning investors like Grotech Ventures. JMI Equity is a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies. Once customers are live, we want to ensure they are getting the most value out of the solution.

Scale 98

Scale Customer Success Payments Underperforming Technical Team 98

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. This is where ProfitWell comes in.

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Payment Methods Outsourcing Services Branding Payment Features 93

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?

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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. It’s a visitor check-in solution.

Payments 113

Payments Pricing Compensation Scale 113

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. billion in 2019.

Subscription 64

Subscription Payment Features Payment Methods Marketing 64

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

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 30, 2019

We’re hearing word that Boston-based Flywire , a global payment SaaS platform and processor, just formed a partnership with Bank of America. Flywire’s CEO Mike Massaro points out that “Cross border payments and receipts remain complex, costly, and difficult to reconcile for both payers and receivers.”. Recur Boston 2019.

Payments 40

Payments Payment Methods Payment Services SaaS Payments 40

ProfitWell

AUGUST 28, 2019

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. Headlines asking “Is WeWork a Good Business?” Well, it seems to be a case of business model, economics, and downright ethics. Good News for BlueJeans.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Sales Recruiting Software Review Payment Services 40

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 16, 2019

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% As companies age, they get much better at understanding their customers’ needs and positioning their product and business model to meet those needs.

Churn 55

Churn SaaS Payments Payments Payment Methods 55

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

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. And there’s a lot of benefit to running a software as a service, in general. So if you’re ERP, boom, Workday.

SaaS Payments 293

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 293

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.

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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 157

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Hear about the early days of Glassdoor; tactical lessons on scaling—from building a business model and recruiting an all-star management team to advice on building a compelling, innovative company culture; and learn whyGlassdoor’s $1.2 This podcast is an excerpt from Robert and Neeraj’s session at SaaStr Annual 2019.

Scale 160

Scale Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Payment Services 160

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 154

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Sales Hiring 154

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?

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Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments Payment Services Technical Advisors 199

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 155

SaaS Payments Cloud Technical Review Sales Hiring 155

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

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 136

Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 136

SaaStr

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Ep 270: Jeppe Rindom is the Founder & CEO @ Pleo, the simple spending solution for your company automating expense reports and simplifying company expenses. This podcast is an excerpt of Gillian’s session at SaaStr Annual 2019. We also tap into the more payment ecosystem, and we have ways of earning money there.

Scale 142

Scale SaaS Payments SMB Sales Hiring 142

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 105

Pricing Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 105

Buffer Resources

OCTOBER 2, 2023

After learning about the true cost of being in business, my co-founder and I realized we needed to triple our prices and switch to a monthly payment plan option that provided monthly recurring revenue. If I need to deny myself investments, I see it as proof that my business model is off. Invest in the best software.

Payment Methods 117

Payment Methods Sales Hiring Payments Business 117

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

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. How do we define Customer Success Coverage Models?

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