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

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in revenue. Then, in 2017, with around $50M in revenue, BILL added payment capabilities. He had the idea that the Cloud, not called the Cloud back then, would enable two entities to see the same transaction from their perspective. If you screw up one payment, customers are going to be angry.

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The Vertical SaaS Gold Rush: Why Non-Tech B2B Is Growing 250%+ Faster

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The Numbers Tell the Story: Monday.com Q1 2025 : 30% growth, $282M revenue Asana 2024 : Single-digit growth, struggling with churn Mostly Same Product Category, Mostly Different Customers Both companies build “work management” software. These are companies buying their first real software platform. At Least Right Now.

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What is Vertical SaaS?

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Join the Payments-Led Growth Movement Sign up to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in payments, vertical SaaS, and technology from industry experts. Since vertical SaaS platforms are niche-focused (e.g., This increases conversions and ROI and lowers the customer acquisition cost. Integration with other software.

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IPO Offerings Are Already Up 62.5% This Year. With Much More to Come. We’re Back

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The B2B SaaS companies everyone has been waiting for are finally filing and preparing to go public: Already Filed (2025 IPOs Highly Likely) Figma – Cloud-based design platform, confidentially filed April 2025. The Mega Pipeline Building Databricks – AI-driven data analytics platform, $62 billion valuation.

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SaaS Platform Explainer: Definition, Examples, and How to Grow in the Software as a Service Industry

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The term SaaS platform gets tossed around a lotbut what does it actually mean, and why does it matter for today’s software companies? Whether you’re building your first product or scaling an established solution, understanding the SaaS platform model is essential for long-term growth. Contact sales What is a SaaS Platform?

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State of the Cloud 2023 with Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Podcast)

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Discover Bessemer Venture Partners’s annual State of the Cloud report, going through trends, benchmarks, and metrics that underpin the Cloud economy. The past twelve months have been relatively turbulent for Cloud founders. What does this mean for Cloud companies? What does this mean for Cloud companies?

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5 Interesting Learnings from Wix at $1.4 Billion in ARR

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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. It’s barely trading at 3x revenue. Payments and e-commerce drag blended gross margins down to 60%. But payments can be low gross margin, and they are for Wix. Wix is one.

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