FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As a former agency owner, now the Chief Marketing Officer at FastSpring, David Vogelpohl has helped many software companies scale around the world. I interviewed him for insights into how to build a global growth strategy, especially when it comes to localization. David used the U.S. as an example: “You charge in U.S.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The solution? In this guide, we’ll discuss the benefits of buying and selling a micro startup, the trends changing M&R strategy, and the top tools you can use to sell (or buy) your startup. Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams.

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FastSpring

JUNE 11, 2019

To help you accomplish this, we’re sharing a short list of helpful ebooks, webinars, podcasts, books, and blog posts to help you kick off your growth plan for 2019. Post topics include marketing, branding, analytics, various ecommerce platforms, and conversion optimization tips. Maximizing your revenue potential with global sales.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Let’s talk 2019 predictions. No matter how deeply you gaze into the crystal ball wondering what this new year has in store for you or your business, the only thing you’ll know for sure is that despite your careful planning, some things will change. In 2019, not only will this trend increase, it will become much more mindful.

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OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

It often seems as if traditional strategy development processes have no place in the fast-moving, always changing technology industries. The critical difference is that they’ve discovered how to make strategy development faster, pragmatic and more agile by focusing on four key principles. At a Glance.

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Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Thousands of businesses are willing to spend unbelievable amounts of money to rank at the top of search engine results pages (SERP) and in the most relevant places for their users around the web. In 2019, small businesses spent between $9,000 and $10,000 per month on PPC , with Google making an average of $116.5 Retargeting.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Released in 1979, VisiCalc was the first “killer app” of finance (on the Apple IIe!), Lockheed Martin makes F-35s by assembling atoms, and has a 13% gross margin; Salesforce makes software by assembling bits, and has a 74% gross margin. Virtually every Fortune 500 company is focused on an AI strategy today.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 8, 2020

By 2019, Watch had 270 million monthly users, and by 2020, that number had shot up to over 1.25 In this post, I’ll dive deep into how to use Facebook Watch for marketing, now that the platform has matured. In 2019, Facebook’s head of global creative strategy Rick Van Veen told Variety , We’re still figuring it out and learning.

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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?” There are now over 150 enterprise companies using the platform.

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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. What ratio of revenue is healthy for professional services to account for? Here’s what Eyal and Megan talk about: How to develop software faster.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

How does Krish think your customer acquisition and GTM strategy has to change with the movement from SMB to enterprise? This podcast is an excerpt from Robert and Neeraj’s session at SaaStr Annual 2019. Krish Subramanian: We are software engineers by training. Does it have to be in person? What questions reveal the most?

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Let’s talk 2019 predictions. No matter how deeply you gaze into the crystal ball wondering what this new year has in store for you or your business, the only thing you’ll know for sure is that despite your careful planning, some things will change. In 2019, not only will this trend increase, it will become much more mindful.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 14, 2021

Historically, freelancers have had a number of platforms to connect with potential employers, including Upwork and Fiverr. As the demand for freelance work increases, it stands to reason that the number of platforms mirrors this growth. The platform will focus on work like consulting, writing, marketing, and graphic design.

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Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

For the first 2-3 years of Buffer’s existence, Joel and his team did not need a specialized solution for subscription analytics. However, as the company grew, their systems started to fail all the time, prompting the team to re-think their approach and look for a scalable solution. Early in 2019, I had an epiphany moment.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 25, 2021

By now, you’ve probably heard a lot of buzz about Gen Z’s favorite social media app, TikTok. TikTok is a video sharing platform that allows users to create and share dynamic short-form (maximum of 60 seconds) videos. There are more than one billion users on TikTok , and the app is available in over 150 countries.

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Kellblog

JANUARY 30, 2021

I certainly didn’t have “global pandemic” on my 2020 bingo card and, even if I somehow did, I would never have coupled that with “booming stock market” and median SaaS price/revenue multiples in the 15x range. In an era where we (vendors) increasingly run our own software, running it is increasingly as important as building it.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

The much-discussed pricing strategy took over the SaaS world and helped fuel the phenomenal success of SaaS pioneers like Dropbox, Evernote, SurveyMonkey and Hootsuite. They also better understand how to measure the success of freemium and strategies to convert free users into paying customers (hint: product qualified leads are your friend).

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Adjust your revenue forecast Base-Case scenario Worst-Case scenario Review bank balance before expense adjustments 4. Evaluate your new plan Expense breakdown Comparison to 2019 Comparison to 2020 Target Quarterly view % of Revenue 6. Other things to consider Loans Payment terms Annual plans 7.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Small and Mid-Market (SMM) SaaS Companies serve customers with annual revenues of $1 million to $1 billion and with a typical employee base of 100 to 1,000. An additional non-financial constraint is a fact that these customers typically lack experience in software procurement and implementation, and this adds friction to the sales cycle.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 12, 2020

Fortunately, for any pain point you can think of, someone has carefully crafted a best-in-class subscription business tool to solve the problem. Payment processing. Almost half (49%) of American consumers switched companies in 2019 due to poor customer service. Some examples of common pain points include: Churn.

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FastSpring

JUNE 28, 2019

When companies look at strategies to scale their business there’s almost always a prevalent focus on customer acquisition. Businesses are always on the lookout for ways to expand their user base, attract new customers, and generate new leads. Example: Your software company has 300 active subscribers.

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SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

Before that Dave was SVP/GM of Service Cloud @ Salesforce where he led the $500m line of business for customer service applications. Finally pre-Salesforce, Dave was CEO @ MarkLogic where he grew the team from 40 to 240 and revenues from $0 to an $80m revenue run rate. Missed the session? And there was nothing in between.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2019

This session weighs the options to create the right combination for your martech strategy. Guillaume : Alice, when I met you a couple of years ago, you were one of the first marketing people at front app and then you moved to product and marketing at Sunrise, which was acquired by Microsoft, and now you’re the founder of your company.

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FastSpring

JUNE 19, 2019

Data is now fundamental to how people work & the most successful companies have intelligently integrated it into everyone’s daily workflow,” he said. And ecommerce sales overall are continuing to climb, reaching nearly $140B in Q1 or 2019 in the US alone. The World’s Advertising Game is Getting Smarter. The reason?

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The Angel VC

DECEMBER 12, 2018

It’s an important question, as your target growth rate determines your hiring plan, budget, and fundraising strategy. UIpath, the wildly successful robotic process automation solution out of Romania, is on a similar trajectory. eight years. for each $1 of net new ARR, which is quite healthy).

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Purchasing digital products as a gift for family or friends is now easier than ever with the gift purchase feature in the FastSpring platform. How recipients receive their gift via the fulfillment process. How to enable gift purchases in the FastSpring platform. They will not have access to the purchaser’s payment details.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Hunters” typically have salaries tied to revenue; “farmers” usually get compensated based on renewal percentages; “prospectors” might receive pay for setting up qualified meetings. I recently spoke with Bill Binch, currently the chief revenue officer of Pendo, a software company based in North Carolina. What are our constraints?

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Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

For the first 2-3 years of Buffer’s existence, Joel and his team did not need a specialized solution for subscription analytics. However, as the company grew, their systems started to fail all the time, prompting the team to re-think their approach and look for a scalable solution. Early in 2019, I had an epiphany moment.

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ProfitWell

JULY 22, 2020

This is why the direct-to-consumer (DTC) strategy is gaining traction fast. In 2019, the total global e-commerce sales amounted to $3.53 However, e-commerce revenues are projected to rise to $6.54 Their strategy was simple. This strategy helped Away generate revenue of $125 million in less than three years.

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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.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

How can a simple offering be transformed into its own platform? Renaud Visage, Co-Founder of Eventbrite, and Romain Huet, Head of Developer Relations at Stripe, know what it takes to effectively evolve your offering into a platform without losing what made offering appealing in the first place. Want to see more content like this?

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 12, 2021

According to the 2019 CSO Insights by the Miller Heiman Group, 37.8% of businesses struggle with lead generation. Your SaaS business needs a solid system for finding qualified leads and converting them to customers if it will survive and thrive. Create a topic cluster blog strategy around the target keywords.

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ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Chathri Ali, COO of ReCharge, shared their secret to remote success at Recur 2019. She also mentions that technology enabled ReCharge, and the entire company has had a remote-first mindset embedded into its culture. To quote Peter Drucker, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”. How ReCharge does remote work.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2020

They all used sustainable strategies to reduce churn while also growing their business. In this guide, we’re going to go over seven strategies to reduce churn, with real-life examples from SaaS companies that have successfully done it. But there’s also revenue churn, which is arguably even more important. Not necessarily.

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Outseta

JANUARY 9, 2019

The majority of our expenses in 2017 were related to software and development infrastructure required to build the product. Forte fees represent payment processing costs associated with one of the payment gateways we support, Forte Payment systems. 2017 2018 Total. To date we’ve spent $32,179.72

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ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Chathri Ali, COO of ReCharge, shared their secret to remote success at Recur 2019. She also mentions that technology enabled ReCharge, and the entire company has had a remote-first mindset embedded into its culture. To quote Peter Drucker, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”. How ReCharge does remote work.

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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.

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