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Adding Payments and Fintech to SaaS Can Be Great. But You Gotta Watch the Margins.

SaaStr

So in the Boom Times of later 2020 and 2021, almost every VC pushed SaaS companies to at least become a little bit of a fintech. Shopify now gets 2x the revenue from payments and merchant services than it does from SaaS subcriptions. So it makes sense bolting on payments to SaaS can be attractive. HubSpot: 80% Gross Margins.

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News: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeals From Apple and Epic in Antitrust Case

FastSpring

In 2021, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected most of Epic’s claims against Apple but ruled in Epic’s favor regarding Apple’s policies against developers sending users outside Apple’s system to make digital purchases. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed with much of Judge Rogers’ 2021 decision.

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The Chat GPT Growth Story: How AI is Changing the Way We Work with OpenAI’s Head of Sales, Aliisa Rosenthal

SaaStr

OpenAI’s Head of Sales, Aliisa Rosenthal, joined OpenAI a year and a half ago — before ChatGPT launched. The goal was to build safe AGI — AGI being autonomous systems that can perform work as well or better than humans. Aliisa joined OpenAI in 2021 after leaving WalkMe after 3.5 AI is rapidly changing the way we work.

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5 Interesting Learnings From Bill at $1.2 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

Billion ARR, growing a stunning 48% (!) – 111% NRR, although down from 131% in 2021 – 15 Month CAC – Gotten very efficient, +$194m net profit – Transactions growing faster than software, like Shopify – From $120m ARR in… pic.twitter.com/hYImIBKyNQ — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin  ?? And Far Bigger.

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What the Epic Games vs. Apple Injunction Means for Software Companies

FastSpring

“When we heard about it, we just stopped what we were doing,” an app developer told us on a recent call. “It Pending Apple’s appeal, the Gonzalez Rogers ruling would enable developers to link to external payment systems (like FastSpring!) New Revenue Opportunities From Mobile Apps. It shut down our shop for a while.

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Top 10 Best Enterprise CRM solutions for 2021

Sales Hacker

As businesses grow, their software requirements grow as well. At this point, a business needs to look for an enterprise solution that can support its growth. As businesses grow and adapt, software shouldn’t hold them back. It might sound like a simple task, but choosing an enterprise CRM solution is difficult.

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Here’s Who’s Hiring a VP of Sales in January

SaaStr

Finding the perfect VP of Sales position can be daunting, especially in the middle of a global pandemic. Candidates need to find opportunities that not only fit their sales experience and stretch goals, but also companies that are coming out of the pandemic with momentum. Who is looking to hire a VP of Sales in January / Q1?