SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

So when we first started writing about Bill.com at its IPO , it was a sleep SMB accounting product. And its payments network to roll out. Yes, that can’t last forever, and half of it was from acquisitions (see the discussion below). But yes, it’s the most incredible SMB growth story in SaaS we’ve ever seen.

SaaS Payments 55

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 55

CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The net revenue retention rate which you may also state as the net retention rate in SaaS businesses is an indicator that depicts the profits and the revenue earned by the business. Ultimately, the purpose of generating revenue is what gets you in the business loop. Why is it important?

Retention 52

Retention SaaS Payments Payments Payment Methods 52

Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2021

Transitioning to SaaS On January 1st 2020, we transitioned the company out of a strategic partnership (we were operating the platform under a non SaaS business model!). We were looking to relaunch the user-driven, SaaS side of our businesses. This means that our revenue churn was very low.

Churn 71

Churn SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 71

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

Senior Vice President, Sales SMB. Sales Manager, SMB New Business Acquisition. Managing Partner- Business Sales. Team Lead – New Business. Senior Vice President, Strategic Sales & Revenue. Predictable Revenue Inc. VP, SMB Essentials Sales. President | Chief Revenue Officer.

VP of Engineering 121

VP of Engineering Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Payment Services 121

FastSpring

APRIL 4, 2024

Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your business internationally? FastSpring provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, video game, and other digital goods businesses, including VAT and sales tax management, payment localization, and consumer support.

Scale 130

Scale Sales Payment Methods Merchant Services 130

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. Customer success is usually staffed by a mix of customer support, sales, and engineering folks contributing some portion of their time to the Cost of Revenue.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 52

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

How does Krish think about purely serving the SMB market? How does he think about the mortality rate of SMBs? How does Krish think your customer acquisition and GTM strategy has to change with the movement from SMB to enterprise? Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings.

Scale 128

Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting Payment Services 128

SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

How does Vikas see the space play out in the coming years when it comes to acquisitions? What ratio of revenue is healthy for professional services to account for? You’ve seen SalesForce with a number of significant acquisitions in the last 12 months, as an example. Does this not lead to a consolidatory environment?

SaaS Payments 132

SaaS Payments Cloud Technical Review Scale 132

SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

SaaS is about creating long-term value for your customer, and being compensated appropriately for that value as a business. Learn actionable monetization tips from a Product/Growth operator turned VC. This is a mobile solution for SMB’s to send an invoice and get paid. Want to see more content like this? Hi, everybody.

Payments 101

Payments Pricing Compensation SaaS Payments 101

ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

AI has been a buzzword for a while and many businesses jumped onto the bandwagon by integrating AI into the customer journey, but customers still want to deal with a human, particularly if they need advice or help with something complex that they cannot solve on their own (i.e. Wallstreet will pay attention to Customer Success.

Customer Success 73

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 73

ChurnZero

JUNE 19, 2020

It is no secret that customer churn hits recurring revenue businesses hard, but what’s its real impact on their long-term health and valuation? This is also annual payments only. The bigger comment is divorce from contract; it’s just based on payments. If you joined late, we went through definitions.

SaaS Payments 72

SaaS Payments Retention Metrics Payment Solutions 72

ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

AI has been a buzzword for a while and many businesses jumped onto the bandwagon by integrating AI into the customer journey, but customers still want to deal with a human, particularly if they need advice or help with something complex that they cannot solve on their own (i.e. Wallstreet will pay attention to Customer Success.

Customer Success 49

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 49

Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 14, 2017

To start, you could move your SaaS upmarket — go after bigger fish, the higher-value customers who will amplify your recurring revenue. For early and mid-stage SaaS companies, the desire (or pressure) to scale can drive the business into international territory. Compatible or accessible payment infrastructure.

Outsourcing Services 40

Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments SaaS Scale 40

Point Nine Land

JUNE 18, 2023

However, even though everyone is now aware of cohort analyses, and every major web, product, or revenue analytics product offers features for cohort analysis, it still requires time to fully comprehend everything you need to know about cohort analyses and, perhaps more importantly, to utilize them to obtain real, actionable insights.

SaaS Payments 128

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments SaaS 128

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

With the launch of the Pipedrive Marketplace a very wide range of third party apps & integrations. Scroll to the right in the table below and filter for integrations to find what works for you. Drive Revenue. Terminus - Account-Based Marketing Platform for Quality Growth. Account Based Selling. Grow Your Pipeline.

Scale 111

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 111

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

They seem to be completely at odds, with one focused on clients with a high acquisition cost and high ACV (annual account value), the other focused on a high sales velocity. CRM platforms. Products that will involve an ongoing commitment, payment, or could affect the future in a large way. And much more.

Sales Hiring 81

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Payment Methods 81

SaaStr

JUNE 13, 2019

To give you a sense of the distribution, by ARR, of the 600 or so respondents, about two-thirds of them are 5 million in ARR or under, but we had five or six different companies that were publicly traded well north of 100 million, who are using free trial in order to continue to grow their businesses. What does this mean?

Scale 214

Scale SMB Sales Hiring Payment Services 214

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

We celebrate businesses like that, and of course, the platform we’re on today with Zoom, that has really become a communications platform that’s defining this COVID era. If you look at the IAS vendors, they passed $130 billion revenue milestone this year. It is staggering. We call that a second act.

Sales Hiring 160

Sales Hiring Scale Payments Cloud 160

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Churn Rate Churn rate basically defines the long-term trajectory of a business. Low churn allows recurring revenue to grow, improves growth rate, and reduces the risk of long-term value loss. SMB SaaS companies tend to have higher churn rates due to their lower demand and less sophisticated needs. Table of Contents.

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 105

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2019

Stripe’s Head of North America Revenue & Growth, Jeanne DeWitt, on driving growth through customer expansion. Our Head of Sales Ops, Jeff Serlin, and our Director of Demand Generation, Brian Kotlyar, on how sales and marketing should work together to build a single revenue plan. Jeanne DeWitt talks driving expansion revenue.

Scale 172

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Payment Services 172

SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

So I think that is somewhat of a good news in this in that SaaS businesses are sticky. And so while the churn I don’t want to minimize it, stable base of revenue should be able to maintain that through the year. How do we make them feel part of the team and integrate them? It’s the SMB space.

Sales Hiring 160

Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services 160

SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

What’s their acquisition channel? Look at Snowflake and GitLab and ZoomInfo, growing almost 60% at a billion in revenue. UiPath took 10 years to get to 1 million in revenue. UiPath took 10 years to get to 1 million in revenue. I could never go 10 years to 1 million in revenue. What’s their NRR?

Sales Hiring 213

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling 213

Aaron Beashel

MARCH 9, 2018

MailChimp (Touchless acquisition) – MailChimp is an email marketing tool that uses a touchless acquisition model to acquire customers. They target small business owners and offer their product on a freemium model. Revenue Model – A description of how the company generates revenue. Factors to consider.

Scale 192

Scale SaaS Payments B2B Strategy 192

Tom Tunguz

APRIL 12, 2017

SMB to mid-market to enterprise or straight to enterprise?” Startups that initially target small to medium businesses benefit from several key advantages. First, these businesses are faster to revenue. Second, these businesses tend to be more capital efficient. What does the data say?

SMB 104

SMB Enterprise SaaS Payments Sales Hiring 104

SaaStr

MARCH 13, 2020

Why does Harry believe investing in customer success is far more important than customer acquisition? * So at about 13, I set up an eBay business, and we actually used PayPal obviously to process all of the payments. So at this stage, these companies have these amazingly predictable monthly recurring revenues.

SaaS Payments 213

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Finance Payments 213

SaaStr

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Why did Jeppe decide to focus on SMBs from Day 1? How does the product build in the early days differ when building for SMB vs enterprise? Why does Jeppe believe that building for SMB makes it easier to build a great culture internally? How did you think about this, and why did you start with SMB? What changes? *

Scale 121

Scale SaaS Payments SMB Sales Hiring 121

OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

So doing that deal and bringing these guys in, are there any interesting observations or any entertaining little stories about either pre-acquisition or post that had to do with Sam and The Hustle? HubSpot has not done a lot of acquisitions in the past. We can switch off The Hustle acquisition. I'm just curious. Dharmesh: Yeah.

Payment Methods 140

Payment Methods Software Review Technical Review Payment Solutions 140

OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

So doing that deal and bringing these guys in, are there any interesting observations or any entertaining little stories about either pre-acquisition or post that had to do with Sam and The Hustle? HubSpot has not done a lot of acquisitions in the past. We can switch off The Hustle acquisition. I'm just curious. Dharmesh: Yeah.

Payment Methods 40

Payment Methods Software Review Technical Review Payment Solutions 40