SaaStr

MAY 23, 2022

The Cloud is bigger than ever, CIOs are buying more than ever, and SaaS is still on a roll. They can negotiate themselves on where to spend incremental revenue and dollars. An L4M speaks with data, and it projects your revenue and burn rate more accurately than a “wish and a hope” model. But you can’t cut your way to growth.

Sales Hiring 322

Sales Hiring Management Airlines Venture Capital 322

SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

ContaAzul is a business management platform for small businesses created in Brazil. Its focus is on helping companies handle financial routine and streamlining processes related to accounting, banks, stock, and electronic invoicing, among others. Vindi is a PCI-certified online payment platform for recurring billing.

SaaS Payments 257

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 257

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

Marketplace as a Service 141

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 141

Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Milken himself is said to have credited (or blamed) VisiCalc and spreadsheets for the growth of the Private Equity (PE) industry, since cash flows vs. debt payments could be easily monitored, and a formerly complex net present value calculation now just involved a formula for a cell. What about complicated corner cases?

VP of Engineering 91

VP of Engineering AI Payment Methods Merchant Services 91

Software Platform Consulting

MAY 16, 2017

The recent news reminds me just how many markets are becoming oligopolistic–especially those dominated by platform software. Before We Get to Software… Warren Buffett recently announced that he was buying airline stocks. So why would the Oracle of Omaha invest in airlines now? Oligopolies Extend Well Beyond Airlines.

Payments 40

Payments Airlines Payment Solutions Software 40

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

Marketplace as a Service 40

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 40

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2020

Today’s sponsor is Outreach , the leading sales engagement platform that enables sales reps to humanize their communications at scale, from automating the soul-sucking manual work that eats up selling time to providing action-oriented tips on what communications are working best. Now before we get there, we want to thank our sponsors.

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Payment Methods Scale CTO Coach SMB 61