Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

This post is part of a continuing series evaluating the S-1s of publicly traded SaaS companies in order to better understand the core business and build a library of benchmarks that might be useful to founders. All of the businesses we’ve looked at in the past have been purely SaaS businesses.

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

What does the future hold for B2B software? Focus on more flexible business models. One is connected to the payments business and what my company, Flywire, does, and the other is related to how organizations manage themselves. Employee engagement software is another interesting area for SaaS.

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OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Last month, we spoke with Dominic Ballinger, director of FP&A and Integration at Sage , to discuss how the new business environment we’re in has affected them, how they’ve adapted, and what advice they have for their fellow SaaS and software community members. Who are your typical customers and target companies?

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OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

When calculating this metric, it is important to only use contracted recurring revenue and not one-time payments from services or any other one-time payment. . To look at how NRR is analyzed as a valuation metric, the company stage isn’t as important as the sales model. Here is a simple formula to calculate ARR.

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OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

Although the San Jose-based company has always been a leader in developing world-class creative software like Photoshop and Illustrator, its go-to-market model (licensing boxed software) eventually slowed it down. Adobe’s evolution over the past decade or so is a good example. That has turned into a big win for Google.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2021

The benchmark customer churn for SaaS for SMBs is 5%. We knew if we wanted to keep our business growing, we needed to figure out why so many customers were leaving, and provide the value-add they need to stay. We were looking to relaunch the user-driven, SaaS side of our businesses. At 19.20%, we were dramatically off-base.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Often that lends itself to people and processes, and systems. As a CFO in a high-growth SaaS business, you need to have the ability to look at the business cross-functionally. Automating the right finance processes means future-proofing your business to scale while saving costs and reducing the burden on your finance team.

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Chart Mogul

JUNE 9, 2023

After analyzing data from over 2,100 SaaS startups to publish the SaaS Benchmarks Report 2023 Sid is full of insights on the topic at hand. Christoph elaborates on how a long-term, strong economic market with low interest rates led to an influx of capital in the system. Renewal, payment, happy days. The result: a bubble.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 25, 2021

They’ve moved down your marketing and sales funnel and have finally invested in your software. . Financial Mathematics of a SaaS business model. SaaS business models are different from traditional business models. Retention is baked right into the foundation of the SaaS business model.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Customers of these SaaS companies also referred to as “Small and Medium Businesses” or SMBs, need the same software solutions as Enterprise companies but have resource constraints that prevent them from using the top SaaS vendors. Some SMM companies may use all four depending upon the business model. Direct Sales.

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The Angel VC

JUNE 13, 2014

The traditional taxi system works quite well in Germany, and I thought that the advantage of using an app to order a cab as opposed to making a quick call wasn't such a big deal. Huge congrats to Bill Gurley and his partners at Benchmark for betting on Uber early! What is it that makes Uber so compelling?

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

How to optimize your freemium model. Stories of ditching a freemium model. When is freemium the right strategy for your business? Is Freemium The Right Business Model? Is freemium an effective lead generation, conversion, and revenue driving strategy for your recurring revenue-based business?

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Baremetrics

APRIL 1, 2021

Managing performance metrics is crucial for SaaS and subscription businesses. For millions of subscription companies, Stripe has become the go-to tool for managing payments and subscribers. Stripe: A Powerhouse for SaaS Payments and Pricing At a glance, the Stripe dashboard answers loud and clear “How am I getting paid?”

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Chargify

OCTOBER 21, 2020

It is important for businesses to constantly analyze the health of their subscription model to make sure it is truly working for their customers and their bottom line. In fact, if a software company is growing at only a 20 percent rate per year, there is a 92 percent chance the business will cease to exist within just a few years.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 16, 2019

As companies age, they get much better at understanding their customers’ needs and positioning their product and business model to meet those needs. So what benchmarks should subscription companies aim for? Your best benchmark should be your own metrics from last week, last month, or last year. What is a good churn rate?

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Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

Each time a payment is made, the fund’s ownership stake is reduced with the founders’ ownership shares increasing since founders can repurchase up to 90% of the fund’s ownership stake through the recurring payments or even lump sum payments, while the fund maintains a minimum of 10% of the equity it was initially allocated.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 9, 2019

From the rise of SaaS to the sudden glut of subscription boxes, the subscription business model has never been more popular. So much so that Gartner research predicts that in 2020, all new entrants to the software market and 80% of existing companies will offer some sort of subscription package. Determine your business goals.

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How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SaaS is a global software solution created by different businesses in order to improve human activities in a matter of clicks. SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. SaaS as we already understood is a software as a service. These saas can be either web or app-based or even both.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

In this article, SubscriptionFlow offers an ultimate tech solution for those who want to run their eCommerce business and need to make transactions from or to the South African region. Reliable payment processing tells customers that you are reliable when it comes to payment processing.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

TL;DR User behavior analytics (UBA) is the monitoring, gathering, and analyzing of user actions and data using monitoring systems, allowing you to acquire useful insights into your users’ desires, concerns, and challenges.It Which specific aspects of your website or app frustrate them?

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Appcues is a robust product adoption and user onboarding platform for web and mobile apps. It enables product teams to create, implement, and test personalized in-app onboarding experiences. Product Fruits is a platform designed to help you tackle issues related to software adoption.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I was working on a startup that was an early mobile payment platform. It was basically using Bluetooth and an app on PalmPilots to do wireless payments in restaurants. And there’s a lot of benefit to running a software as a service, in general. So if you’re ERP, boom, Workday.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Appcues is a robust product adoption and user onboarding platform for web and mobile apps. It enables product teams to create, implement, and test personalized in-app onboarding experiences. Product Fruits is a platform designed to help you tackle issues related to software adoption.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Appcues is a robust product adoption and user onboarding platform for web and mobile apps. It enables product teams to create, implement, and test personalized in-app onboarding experiences. Product Fruits is a platform designed to help you tackle issues related to software adoption.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Pendo is a product adoption platform that lets teams monitor product usage, analyze user behavior, and publish in-app guides. The no-code solution focuses on increasing user engagement and driving feature discovery. Web and mobile support – Heap works on all kinds of products, be it websites, web applications, or mobile apps.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Basically, every user interaction is an event, and this can be everything that the user does in the app or on the website, for example, clicking on a button, completing a form, viewing a page, closing a pop-up window, etc. The no-code solution focuses on increasing user engagement and driving feature discovery.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Pendo is a product adoption platform that lets teams monitor product usage, analyze user behavior, and publish in-app guides. The no-code solution focuses on increasing user engagement and driving feature discovery. Web and mobile support – Heap works on all kinds of products, be it websites, web applications, or mobile apps.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As a benchmark, note that the average CAC in SaaS is $702, although it varies drastically based on the industry and business model. Now, note that you need to count the revenue that’s recurrent, either coming from the value of subscriptions or an agreed monthly payment from a long-term contract. CAC formula.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This helps to understand how different segments act in-app, identify friction and drop-off points, and make data-driven decisions. Pendo is a product adoption platform that lets teams monitor product usage, analyze user behavior, and publish in-app guides. Let’s dive in!

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FastSpring

AUGUST 11, 2020

The way we purchase products is changing—and so are our business models. When it comes to software and online purchases, those transactions are increasingly moving to a subscription-based model, where customers put their purchases on autopilot so they can have continuous access to SaaS products. The best part?

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Pendo is a product adoption platform that lets teams monitor product usage, analyze user behavior, and publish in-app guides. The no-code solution focuses on increasing user engagement and driving feature discovery. Web and mobile support – Heap works on all kinds of products, be it websites, web applications, or mobile apps.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

Has been CEO before, was CEO of Alfresco Software and long career in software and comes in, I think, with a lot of passion for customers and customer success, which I’m excited to hear about and also comes in live streaming, my understanding is from a boat right now, right Bernadette? This is not a winnable solution.

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OPEXEngine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As we head into the final stretch of the year, here’s a look at some of the top operational and business trends that we are hearing about. Most SaaS and Software companies are starting to gear up for end of the year budgeting and planning exercises. This is a partial explanation of why the U.S. stock market has been so on fire.

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Buffer Resources

OCTOBER 2, 2023

After learning about the true cost of being in business, my co-founder and I realized we needed to triple our prices and switch to a monthly payment plan option that provided monthly recurring revenue. If I need to deny myself investments, I see it as proof that my business model is off. Invest in the best software.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

The 2020 SaaS Product Benchmarks Report. About half of respondents, evenly distributed across size or industry, were offering temporary relief on payment terms. Pricing Low-Touch SaaS: How to Approach Pricing and Packaging a New SaaS App, by Example. How to Screw Up Your Software Pricing and Packaging Completely.

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Baremetrics

APRIL 6, 2021

Benefits of Subscription Marketing Subscriptions offer your business a unique opportunity to build a steady stream of recurring revenue and a solid base of loyal customers. If you’re curious about how your churn stacks up with similar companies, our Open Benchmarks show you average churn rates based on average revenue per user.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

So I’m providing an updated model for SaaS CEOs and founders looking to improve their financial model from a number-crunching exercise to an operational tool. This model allowed me to work with dozens of SaaS startups using spreadsheets, while we built our financial modeling software Flightpath. Even the 1.0

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