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How to Choose SaaS Billing Software

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Before reading through yet another “Top-29 SaaS billing platforms” feature comparison post, decide how you want the billing tool to play with the rest of your operations stack. I recommend that a startup should consider three questions when choosing a SaaS billing platform: What is the specific billing logic the platform should provide?

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Matt Garratt, Trisha Price, David Schmaier, Rob Bernshteyn, and Jason Lemkin

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A few of the leading companies in the Cloud 100 list, as put together by Forbes, of leading enterprise software companies are in industry verticals and just on the Salesforce platform, the three most valuable companies built on the platform were industry-vertical companies, including nCino, Vlocity, and Veeva.

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How to to Build a Worst-Case Scenario Using a SaaS Financial Model

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Adjust your revenue forecast Base-Case scenario Worst-Case scenario Review bank balance before expense adjustments 4. Evaluate your new plan Expense breakdown Comparison to 2019 Comparison to 2020 Target Quarterly view % of Revenue 6. Other things to consider Loans Payment terms Annual plans 7. As they should be.

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How Revenue-Based Financing Works and What RBF Providers Care About

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Revenue-based financing is quickly becoming a popular way for startups to raise funds without sacrificing equity. You may have heard of Revenue-based financing (RBF), venture debt or hybrid structures blending a revenue or profit share concept with an equity ownership stake. A high-level look at Revenue-based financing (RBF).

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On “Paying” Your Mentors and Advisors: The 2.5x Rule

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If I had 1 mentor, just 1, Who said: If you are at $10m ARR, Growing 100%, With 150% net revenue retention, With 80% viral and free lead acquisiton, And 50+ NPS, Then, You have already build a unicorn-in-waiting. This CXO asked me if I could help him find a few good advisors to help them on the revenue side. If i'd had just 1.

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Avoid Trapdoor Decisions: 5 Lessons Learned from Scaling Stripe (Video + Transcript)

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Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Payments has been around for thousands of years.

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Summary of New York Tech Week 2023 (Itaú BBA, BTG, BofA)

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Three important factors for companies to consider when implementing AI are discussed: organizational structure, management systems, and leadership models, with an emphasis on simplicity and financial optimization in data processes.