SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

So before Stripe, an online company that wanted to accept payments had to go prove themselves to a bank, which was like a weird catch 22 because the banks would say, “Can you please show us your payment and your revenue history?” And finally, if you want to go to any other market, you got to repeat it all over again.

Scale 157

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 157

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2019

Claire Johnson: So before Stripe, an online company that wanted to accept payments had to go prove themselves to a bank, which was like a weird catch 22 because the banks would say, “Can you please show us your payment and your revenue history?” It’s pretty brutal actually. Claire Johnson: So what did Stripe do?

Scale 121

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Sales Hiring 121

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Accounting Team Responsibilities: Financial recording and reporting Compliance, Audits Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Tax, Treasury Your accounting team makes sure every financial transaction is recorded correctly and categorized. Invest in next-gen finance tooling. Encourage bias towards action. Every Wednesday at 10 a.m.

Scale 190

Scale Finance Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting 190

BetterCloud

APRIL 25, 2024

Let’s break down smart SaaS budgeting, so you can make your tech work for you, without blowing the bank. Get ready to turn those monthly charges into strategic investments that fuel your business growth. What’s the ROI of investing in this software? You want to invest in SaaS that can grow with your company.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Strategy Marketplace as a Service SaaS 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Wooden on Leadership. Our bank account takes a hit. Welcome to the world of sales, where the one constant you can bank on is the noise from so-called experts and thought leaders who want to convince you everything has changed and that you need their latest tools , toys, or tricks to stay even or get ahead of the pack.

Scale 141

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Payment Methods 141

SaaStr

JUNE 15, 2021

We’ve done a ton of terrific sessions with the Twilio leadership over the years, including 4 different deep dives with Jeff Lawson, CEO and co-founder. The first time Jeff joined us might have been the most special. Twilio had just IPO’d and we were able to do a deep dive on the first $100m+ in ARR. We monetize it separately.

Scale 294

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Engineering Wireless 294

SaaSOptics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

This provides leadership with a safety net (i.e. It’s a preventative measure obtain evidence related to compliance with regulatory requirements provided by GAAP or IFRS. Such strategic events generally require compliance with required standards, and having reliable reports ready when requested during due diligence is critical. .

Systems Review 52

Systems Review Software Review SaaS Banking 52

SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC): The sum invested in acquiring a new client, typically through marketing and sales efforts. Factors affecting purchasing decisions include your company’s market leadership, reputation, and visibility. If it is outside your core market, this includes the insurance, healthcare, banking, etc.

Enterprise 10

Enterprise Outsourcing Services Scale Payment Services 10

SaaStr

JULY 11, 2019

You’ll see what a unicorn looked like before they got their first investment. I was lucky enough to … One of my first larger investments was in Talkdesk. I don’t know how much was in the bank. And that requires a lot of investments on all angles. But in the enterprise, it’s really hard, right?

Sales Hiring 268

Sales Hiring SMB Scale Cloud 268

SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We had built this amazing team that I wanted to make sure that we continued to sort of grow and invest in and kind of keep the band together. Tina Hsiao : And so that was really important for us to own that and for us to own the whole announce of the deal to our employee base versus them taking that leadership role. Tina Hsiao : Yeah.

Payment Services 137

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 137

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Bringing Sales & Leadership with Heart and Ladies Happy Hour to the sales community. I went through a VP of Sales Program with SaaSy Sales Leadership — the moment I realized I didn’t want to be a VP of Sales. Invest in your development internally and externally. She is a Speaker and Hostess for LinkedIn Live.

Scale 130

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

It would take days or weeks to even get approved, but you also had to go through all these hoops of PCI compliance. Romain Huet : For Stripe, we had normally this idea of, this has to be much simpler, you can sign up in minutes, but you can also start accepting payments without going through all these craziness of PCI compliance processes.

Payments 126

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 126

SaaStr

AUGUST 6, 2019

We essentially have a saying that is, “If our customers go live, we won’t churn them,” because the stickiness of the complexity of rolling out in 190 countries, setting up tax compliance, managing really, really complicated B2B processes is very, very high. So we cannot invest too much money in our alliance channel.

Payment Solutions 152

Payment Solutions Payments Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 152

Panintelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

If you've got one core proposition with one core market vertical, then you've got a concentration risk—and that equals risk for the investment community." Pioneers, disruptors, challenger banks—they've all had their moments, shining briefly or making a lasting impact in the fintech world. Think about it. Has the time to disrupt passed?

SaaS 52

SaaS Scale Banking Innovation 52