Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Let’s break down these definitions so we know where we’re at: SAAS: software that businesses access online and purchase via a subscription e.g. Slack, Adobe, Atlassian. Developer platform: a business where developers can build businesses on top of the business’s software and charge customers.

Marketplace as a Service 106

Marketplace as a Service Business Model Business Underperforming Technical Team 106

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

You can have the great product and a great team, but the market of small or very niche. The second one is the team, obviously depending on how earlier the team has a huge factor because you may be so early in your journey that there’s nothing else to point to, but the track record of the team.

Sales Recruiting 245

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale VP of Engineering 245

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. First, what is continuous customer development? Second, why does Krish believe it is one of the most important things any company must do?

Scale 132

Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting Payment Services 132

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Developing a product that solves a customer’s pain point provides a sense of pride and can drive the positive, emotional moment of awe that retains customers for the long haul. Business model. This approach gets to the heart of the subscription-based business model. That doesn’t make them bad people.

Underperforming Technical Team 41

Underperforming Technical Team Business Scale Business Model 41

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

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. Write down your principles (like your mission statement) and use it very early for guiding culture and decision making. Our team is in Room 111.

Scale 157

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 157

Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

If you seem to be gaining traction, now would be a good time to solve the problem of recurring billing, which most SaaS business models rely on. After all, that monthly recurring revenue is the engine that makes a SaaS business work. Later they expanded to serve a larger population of developers as they scaled.”.

Scale 74

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2019

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. In fact, more than 80% of Americans in the last year bought through Stripe, but obviously through a business that ran on Stripe. Our team is in Room 111.

Scale 119

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Sales Hiring 119