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5 Interesting Learnings from Wix at $1.4 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So this year has been rough on SaaS and Cloud stocks, with multiples down 75% from a year ago and the markets overall down 50% or more. Payments and e-commerce drag blended gross margins down to 60%. Wix along with Squarespace and also WordPress / Automatic have pushed deeply into e-commerce and as part of that, payments.

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Doubling Down: Nina Achadijian, Partner at Index Ventures

SaaStr

The company is an AI platform that empowers teachers to give instant, personalized feedback to students, based in San Francisco. Main investing areas include: AI, cloud, collaboration, consumer/marketplaces, cyber security, gaming, and fintech. Why did you do the deal? Our current set of funds totals $3.4B. #3.

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What is Games as a Service (GaaS) and What Does it Mean For Marketers?

Neil Patel

It offers a way to bring down customer acquisition costs and has been proven to keep users in a game for far longer than the pay-to-play method. GaaS games can often be streamed directly from the cloud to a user’s device, which allows them to be accessed from anywhere, anytime. Games as a Service Payment Options.

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BarbAIrians at the Gate: The Financial Opportunity of AI

Andreessen Horowitz

, and one of the things that allowed KKR and other early firms to model outcomes and make so much money. With this faster method of calculating, what might have taken weeks could now take seconds. Generative AI is likely going to usher in a far more profound method of company transformation. billion, against almost $2.8

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Subscription Finance: What is ARR?

FastSpring

Perhaps one of the biggest benefits of implementing a subscription model is that it allows software companies to avoid the unpredictability of one-time sales by guaranteeing a steady stream of revenue. With such a big push for subscriptions, it’s important that your digital business has a firm understanding of SaaS metrics.

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Subscription Finance: What is Annual Recurring Revenue?

FastSpring

Perhaps one of the biggest benefits of implementing a subscription model is that it allows software companies to avoid the unpredictability of one-time sales by guaranteeing a steady stream of revenue. With such a big push for subscriptions, it’s important that your digital business has a firm understanding of SaaS metrics.

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Seed Investing Today: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t with Aileen Lee and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Personally, our team has been holding back a little bit. What I personally have seen in my little portfolio and the founders I work with is what I call the COVID beneficiaries. I mean, it’s what you see on the BBP cloud on the left. So, I’m just trying to learn. The ones that have accelerated since March.