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Approaching Half a Million Customers: How to Win in SMB with BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte

SaaStr

In 2006, BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte set out to define a category around financial operations for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). With SMBs, the smallest business is owner-operated. Then, in 2017, with around $50M in revenue, BILL added payment capabilities. That was always the plan when BILL went public in 2019.

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Digital Payments: 12 Digital Payment Options to Consider Accepting in Your Business

Stax

We can hail a ride from a mobile app, and our transactions for all sorts of goods and services can be easily paid for from our phones. Physical wallets are phasing out, left behind in favor of digital wallets and other digital payment options. In 2019, 77% of US consumers were using at least one type of digital payment system.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Squarespace at $700,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

Monetizing ecommerce via subscriptions, but not payment processing. Billion in GMV processed, up a stunning 91% from 2019. But in contrast to Wix and Shopify, it doesn’t keep much of the revenue from merchant services itself. Rather, it charges for software subscriptions to take payments on its websites.

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SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Awards 2019: The Top Five

SaaStr

Meet SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders of 2019. Our most popular CEO, COO’s and Presidents that spoke at SaaStr Annual 2019. Stripe’s software allows its customers to make and receive payments by providing the technical, fraud prevention and banking infrastructure to operate online payment systems.

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Cyber Weekend Benchmarking Data: 2024 SaaS and Software Holiday Spend Report

FastSpring

We provide an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, video game, and other digital product businesses, including VAT and sales tax management, payment localization, and award-winning consumer support. Learn more about FastSpring’s global payments. Set up a demo or try it out for yourself.

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5 Interesting Learnings From Bill at $1.2 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

Both Bill and Shopifty have morphed over the years from almost pure SaaS companies to payments platforms built on top of a SaaS core. But payments and transaction are far bigger at $800m run rate — and growing faster at 38%. #2. are realtively low, as a huge amount of their payments revenue goes out to the payment processors.

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UIPath S-1 Analysis: How 7 Key Metrics Stack Up

Tom Tunguz

UIPath, leaders in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, filed their S-1 last week , revealing an impressive business. Founded in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, by Daniel Dines and Marius Tirca, the company now operates more than 60 offices housing nearly 3000 employees. The services gross margin is -19%.