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5 Interesting Learnings from Toast at Almost $800,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

Toast isn’t accelerating the way some SaaS leaders are, but still, 59% growth at $800m in ARR is something a few years back we would never have thought possible. #2. SMB sales (most of Toast) is very tough to do without a highly efficient and effective sales force. As the brand scales, they get more of a boost from inbound. #5.

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What Brands Look for When Considering Acquiring Software Companies

FastSpring

As the Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at WP Engine , Carl has worked on many acquisitions and partnerships, including brands like Flywheel, Perfect Dashboard, Block Lab, and recently, Delicious Brains. “This is everyday for me, so I love talking about it,” says Carl Hargreaves about mergers and acquisitions.

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Top 4 SaaS Valuation Metrics at Different Growth Stages

OPEXEngine

We’ve talked to dozens of our SaaS customers, as well as investors to learn more about what is happening with these key metrics. SaaS metrics are viewed differently at different stages of growth and for different sales models, primarily whether a company is selling into an SMB or enterprise marketplace.

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Iterative Approach to Localized Marketing for SaaS & Software

FastSpring

Highlights from Our Conversation Where Should SaaS Companies Localize [2 min clip] David walked through a step-by-step process to assess where SaaS and software companies should consider localizing. Start with your existing sales and see where there’s interest from existing buyers. Watch the two minute clip for more details.

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Driving Success for Small to Middle-Market SaaS Companies

OPEXEngine

There are many ways to classify SaaS companies, but differentiating companies based upon who their customers are presents the best approach for measuring performance and driving success for SaaS businesses. SMM SaaS Company Overview & Market Dynamics. SMM SaaS Company Overview & Market Dynamics. Enterprise.

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Snowflake, CrowdStike and SumoLogic: “How to Leverage the Cloud Giants to Scale to 100 Million ARR and Beyond”

SaaStr

What you’ll see in that cloud spend box is actually Gartner’s 2020 estimate for infrastructure as a service spending for companies, which was $50 billion. And if you also look at the platform as a service category, that’s also an additional $50 billion of spend, and that’s typically with those same vendors.

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Customer Churn Rate: How to Calculate and Improve Churn

User Pilot

TL;DR Customer churn is the rate at which users discontinue their subscription or stop using a particular product or service. Types of churn rates you should calculate: customer churn rate, revenue churn rate , and involuntary churn rate. Bad customer service. Monthly recurring revenue. The average revenue per user.

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