Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2020

The reason why it’s such a vital metric is that it has a greater affect on your business. For example, a churned user on a $50/mo plan isn’t nearly as bad as a churned user on a $500/mo plan. But Pat Walls, founder of Starter Story and Pigeon , has a solution to increase your chances. It’s an app store optimization tool.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

Grotech Ventures is a team committed to helping creative and driven entrepreneurs build technology companies that last. All the typical SaaS metrics can be indicative of potential … though some less so at this stage. A: Very few of our early-stage investments have a Customer Success team at the time we invest.

Scale 98

Scale Customer Success Payments Underperforming Technical Team 98

SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Companies that have access to more accurate financial data have the ability to develop seamless exchanges of information, providing consumers with improved ways to manage their finances. Ari : And so what is your relationship with the banking system today? Zach : Well, I guess in the truest sense we do sell software as a service.

Payments 142

Payments SaaS Payments Banking Underperforming Technical Team 142

Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

Once you understand how to create a fair compensation plan for your sales team, you can check out some examples: Sales Development Rep (SDR) Compensation Plan Example. 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 102

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 247

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 247

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

374: ZoomInfo founder and CEO Henry Schuck shares how he built a business from scratch and grew it into one of the most successful IPOs of the 21st century—and what it was really like…the good, the bad, and most of all, the ugly. That was February 5th, 2019. This episode is sponsored by Outgrow.

Sales Hiring 153

Sales Hiring Scale Payments Cloud 153

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 3, 2020

If you’re short on time, here are some quick takeaways: From Superhuman to bedside lamps, we look at the products and technology that defined 2019. Despite huge growth and development over the last ten years, there’s also been some disappointments. The products that defined 2019. Des: You are very specially welcome.

Payment Methods 118

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Technical Review Technology 118

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. SaaS, or software as a service, is a delivery model in which a centrally hosted software is licensed to customers via a subscription plan. Recurring payments.

Business Model 54

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Sean Ellis, who ran growth in the early days of Dropbox, LogMeIn, and Eventbrite benchmarked nearly a hundred startups with his customer development survey. Ideally, both metrics should be in the single digits, if not below 5%. The Quick Ratio, unlike other metrics, tells you how dire the situation is.

Retention 136

Retention Strategy Payment Solutions Technical Advisors 136

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Emilie Maret | Fellowship Team @ The Family. We’re a team of former investors and operators from the likes of Facebook, Deliveroo, and the Swedish payments company Klarna. We are a purely B2B fund, focused on software and fintech. So if you’re a software founder in that stage, come talk to us.

New CTO 146

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

WePay is a payments company for platform businesses like marketplaces, crowdfunding sites & small business software. We grew our team by 50% this year, continuing to grow. I’ve learned a lot about just the financial system at scale. So I think like anything it’s been good and bad.

Payment Services 133

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 133

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, . Skills for SaaS Sales Team. 6 Essential skills for SaaS inside sales team to boost product’s sales. 3 examples for you).

SaaS Payments 157

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 157

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Sean Ellis, who ran growth in the early days of Dropbox, LogMeIn and Eventbrite benchmarked nearly a hundred startups with his customer development survey. Ideally, both metrics should be in the single digits, if not below 5%. The Quick Ratio, unlike other metrics, tells you how dire the situation is. Quick Ratio.

Retention 52

Retention SaaS Payments Strategy Payment Solutions 52

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2020

We woke up February 2020 with a shock to the system and no idea what it would mean for our business. So we had a shock to the system with no idea what it actually meant. If you look at this graph, it simply plots out how many people filed in the weeks before 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2019

It’s no surprise that one of the key levers for growth as you go from startup to scale-up is your sales team. How quickly you’re able to accelerate growth depends on your ability to build a nimble sales org and develop a strong sales strategy. These lay the foundation that enables your team to run as efficiently as possible.

Scale 172

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Payment Services 172

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2020

The situations that portend failure are varied and unfortunately common – no product-market fit, no cash, bad product, burnout, to name just a few of the most obvious. Poor marketing. A better strategy is to prioritize building your audience alongside developing the product. In this world, growth trumps all other priorities.

Underperforming Technical Team 183

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Payments Payment Services 183

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. In 2019 I worked with amazing companies, venture capital firms, and startup accelerators around the world.

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SaaStr

MARCH 13, 2020

This podcast is an excerpt from Robert’s session at SaaStr Europa 2019. So at about 13, I set up an eBay business, and we actually used PayPal obviously to process all of the payments. And I guess this was somewhat foreshadowing because I’m now backed by David Saks who is the founding team there. Harry Stebbings.

SaaS Payments 212

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Finance Payments 212