SaaStr

APRIL 7, 2023

Join us on 6-7 June at the Tobacco Docks to learn from the leaders of UiPath, Rippling, Zapier, Bill, Braze, Loom and more! There will be over 3,500+ SaaS and Cloud professionals joining us there in person. Get your ticket now and get a front-row seat when SaaStr comes to London. It’s here!

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As entrepreneurs, you always want to follow your gut. As entrepreneurs, you always want to follow your gut. But you can’t base your business model purely on gut instinct: you need to understand the problem by conducting serious research. This focus can be a risk because it is shrinking your market. Good luck!).

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Blulogix

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Streamlining Success: Five Keys to Automating Usage-Based Billing for SaaS By BluLogix Team Don’t forget to sign up now to learn more about how to implement usage based pricing models in our upcoming webinar with MGI Research. However, to fully capitalize on usage-based billing, SaaS providers need efficient automation.

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CloudGeometry

MARCH 22, 2022

When developing a SaaS product plan, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles. First, SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. Second, there is no one-size-fits-all SaaS architecture (the second principle is a corollary of the first).

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Blulogix

JANUARY 5, 2024

Key Definitions in Subscription Billing: Demystifying the Jargon By BluLogix Team Welcome to the fourth installment of our comprehensive guide on selecting the right subscription billing platform. Before we go much further, let’s go deep into essential definitions and concepts in the world of subscription billing.

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Blulogix

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Traditional pricing models, such as fixed subscriptions and one-time purchases, no longer align with the dynamic and ever-evolving nature of this sector. In response to these challenges, a new pricing model has emerged as a disruptive force – Usage-Based Pricing. However, these models have their limitations.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This blog post explores the critical regulatory considerations in agile monetization, offering insights into how businesses can stay compliant while innovating and growing in the subscription space. These regulations may cover areas such as consumer protection, data privacy, taxation, and anti-fraud measures.

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SaaStr

JUNE 12, 2020

Our YouTube views are way, way up since Shelter, and it’s a great chance to catch up with some of the Legends of SaaS. Here are the Top 10 SaaStr Videos of the Week That Weren’t Also In Top 10 Last Week: #1: “How Hiring is Different Now and How to Get Better Talent out of That with Greenhouse” . #2:

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Subscription Flow

JANUARY 3, 2024

Consider the potential for growth if you make your pricing model a consistent priority for your company. Most SaaS companies, on the other hand, treat pricing as an afterthought, setting it and then forgetting about it, rather than viewing SaaS flexible pricing strategies as ongoing processes critical to their success.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Developers act, think, and behave differently than your average customer. WorkOS CEO Michael Grinich, Developer Success Manager Betsy Calender, and VP of Developer Experience Zeno Rocha share how to price your product for developers, how to market it to developers, how to how to support them as they scale and use the products.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

If you are looking for the right billing and invoicing solution for your business, Zuora and Chargebee should be at the top of your list. However, before spending your money on either, you need to know what you are getting. Do the automation features match your interest? 6 How Baremetrics Can Help.

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Totango

JANUARY 22, 2024

Half of them predict that the excitement and potential for AI usage within CS teams and application in CS software will continue to build. We polled our Customer Advisory Board (CAB) at the end of last year to gauge which way they saw the pendulum shifting for CS in 2024. Most expect to see CS emerging as a growth engine.

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SaaStr

MAY 17, 2020

1Sales Mistakes that Can Kill Your SaaS Business & How to Avoid Them (a SaaStr Classic). #2: 2: The Definitive Founders Playbook for Building a Dream Marketing Team with DropBox and Malware Bytes. #3: 5: Anand Sanwal, CB Insights: Don’t Do These 68 Things in Your SaaS Company.

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SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. This was certainly one of them.

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Baremetrics

JULY 8, 2021

Right away, its analytics tools made it easy to calculate key SaaS metrics and segment customers based on customizable attributes. MetricFire allows you to use Graphite-as-a-service to have your metrics displayed on user-friendly and aesthetically-pleasing Grafana dashboards. Challenge: MetricFire is a small but mighty team.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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. This post is part of an ongoing series for SaaS founders and CEOs on setting up their financial stack in a scalable manner.

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Totango

AUGUST 16, 2022

Customer retention software has become essential for effective SaaS customer success strategies. A winning SaaS business model must prioritize retaining customers, which is far more cost-efficient than acquiring new clients to offset churn. Aligning Your Customer Retention Goals with Your Customer Success Strategy.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This article will dive into the main principles of accounting for SaaS. The Baremetrics blog has a ton of articles about accounting, so be sure to check out some of our other favorites! What Makes SaaS Accounting Different from Traditional Accounting? What Makes SaaS Accounting Different from Traditional Accounting?

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Chart Mogul

MARCH 30, 2020

So you're building an awesome subscription business — great! But you need to tackle what is arguably one of the most important parts: Billing. How do you manage the process of accepting money from your customers? This guide serves as a comprehensive overview of the options available for SaaS businesses.

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Baremetrics

MAY 4, 2021

A financial model template is a helpful way to see into the future. By using a well-developed one, you can develop multiple scenarios, including best and worst-case projections, so your financial plan will allow for whatever the financial year brings. Baremetrics makes forecasting your company's financial future simple and accurate.

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User Pilot

MARCH 16, 2023

Finding a product that not only suits your business needs but also delivers value at the right price can be daunting. Although review sites and word-of-mouth can help you narrow down your choices, they can fail to help you make the right decision. The platform allows you to build product tours and walkthroughs without any coding.

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How To Buy Saas

MARCH 21, 2024

With over 50 billion SaaS service users in the US (including repeat customers) there’s little doubt about the health of the SaaS industry. But what exactly are these services, and should your startup business be using them? What Is SaaS? But what solutions can your startup business order?

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 21, 2021

All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business. Baremetrics spoke to UXPin’s co-founder and CFO Marcin Kowalski to learn more about how they use Baremetrics to track financial growth, segment customers, and respond immediately to problems.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

There might not be an industry more addicted to its metrics than SaaS, and there is good reason for it. Coming from data and engineering backgrounds, most SaaS founders know that good decisions require good data, and great decisions require as much good data as you can find. But how many SaaS financial metrics are you really tracking?

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Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

Existing customer renewal is a high priority for 59% of SaaS companies and a medium priority for 27%. However, the subscription business model can’t survive if you keep on acquiring new custo mers but the old ones keep on walking away. How to calculate this metric and what’s the average SaaS churn rate?

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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

As a global technology provider powering thousands of SaaS companies, Google is at the forefront of driving exciting and innovative technologies to market. You’ll also learn how leading SaaS companies are able to scale and thrive in this complex, dynamic environment. Raise your hand. what are your thoughts?

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 25, 2022

In this blog post, we’ll be covering some of the FinOps fundamentals and exploring how FinOps can help businesses optimize their cloud usage and expenditure. In this blog post, we’ll be covering some of the FinOps fundamentals and exploring how FinOps can help businesses optimize their cloud usage and expenditure.

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

And we have good reason to believe this, which is why we’re digging into Subscribed by Tien Tzuo, sharing why the subscription model works so well. If you’re in SaaS, I’m sure you know Tien. In his nine years there, he built their original billing system and held a number of executive roles. Why the subscription model works.

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Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As someone who has spent a lot of time building marketplaces in my career, a curious thing has happened over the last couple years. Founders have started reaching out asking for help converting their SAAS or SAAS-like business into a marketplace. I’ve helped their business, but they’re asking for help driving more customers.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

But based on the number of requests for worst-case scenarios we've gotten from customers in the past two weeks, there's a non-zero chance you are losing sleep over this if you are a SaaS founder. As a financial modeling company, we have helped our customers navigate through tough times in the past. How to create scenarios 3.

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Chargify

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

At first glance, your choice of billing and subscription software might not seem super important. As long as you find a platform that looks professional and handles the billing and analytics properly, you’ll be in good shape, right? They find themselves trying to “build the plane while flying it,” as the saying goes.

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OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here are the top 8 mistakes I see most frequently (along with some potential fixes if you are dealing with any of these issues within your own business!). If you are utilizing Gusto or a similar payroll tool, your headcount expenses are likely coming into your P&L as one (or maybe two) line item(s).

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Chart Mogul

MARCH 30, 2020

So you're building an awesome subscription business — great! But you need to tackle what is arguably one of the most important parts: Billing. How do you manage the process of accepting money from your customers? This guide serves as a comprehensive overview of the options available for SaaS businesses.

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Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Features SaaS Payments 52

Frontegg

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It seems pretty clear that this is a very strong movement in the SaaS world and we’re only beginning to see the light. One of the main aspects of PLG in the SaaS world is the need for users to try out and test products before they pay for them. Example #2: Self-service.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

When it comes to IPOs, 2021 was an excellent year for SaaS companies. Accelerated digital transformation across industries put SaaS companies firmly on the hypergrowth path. According to Gartner , the SaaS industry has grown from $35 billion in 2015 to $145 billion in 2021. Focus on a multi-year horizon.

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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. With a heavy reliance on recurring customer relationships, the subscription model requires constant focus on providing long-term value. Table of Contents: Do your research. Do your research.

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Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

How long is a startup a startup? There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. Do you really need to know what phase your company is in?”. The four major SaaS life cycle stages we’ll cover: Pre-startup. And, realistically, you don’t have to quit your job to do it.

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