Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

Alex: Let’s dive into your business models. One of the holy grails of SMB software is, how are you going to acquire customers? One of the criticisms of SMB software is that each customer can only provide so much revenue. Mercury has never monetized via subscription and just focused on payments and float.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

But if you’re not dealing in mergers and acquisitions every day like Carl is, you might have a lot of questions about how to best position your business if you’re interested in selling. Today we’re going to be talking about a really interesting topic, I think, what brands look for when considering acquiring software companies.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Macro Impact On Public Cloud Software Over The Past Year Cloud stocks dropped in 2022 in a severe market pullback event that Bessemer Venture Partners call The SaaSacre. That’s definitely a departure from the heights of 2020 and 2021. GlossGenius is a vertical SaaS and payments company for the beauty and wellness industry.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This is part two of a three part series on sequencing business models. Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. This essay is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

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ProfitWell

MAY 15, 2020

If you haven’t transitioned to SaaS yet, I promise moving to a cloud-based computing system sounds more complicated than it actually is. There are many different cloud-based models for storing data, but this article is focused directly on SaaS. First, to nip any confusion in the bud, SaaS stands for “software as a service.”

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In Part A , we outlined the paths to generating unique value for the healthcare system and patients. For instance, perhaps you position your product as a best-of-breed solution that can be deployed against a specific use case with a faster implementation and time-to-ROI than others.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with Dimitri Dadiomov, the co-founder and CEO of payment operations platform Modern Treasury, about the challenges of creating a new category, hiring for marketing before you hire for sales, and why developing new features is similar to birding. And that was the origin story.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Without a proper way of filtering leads to find the ones who have the most relevant need for a product or service, marketing teams would spend a lot of time and money gathering thousands of leads with only a fraction converting on business goals. It simply starts with the definition of quality. What is a SQL? Try Baremetrics Free.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 6, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of subscription-based business models, your choice of billing platform can significantly impact your success. It’s not just about managing customer payments; it’s about optimizing revenue streams, minimizing revenue leakage, and enhancing overall business performance.

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 11, 2020

You hear the terms SaaS, subscription, term licenses and perpetual license software tossed around frequently. The terms aren’t universally understood, nor are the implications of each on the financial model of a company, so the following is an effort to provide an overview.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Released in 1979, VisiCalc was the first “killer app” of finance (on the Apple IIe!), and one of the things that allowed KKR and other early firms to model outcomes and make so much money. In the background, there was also a profoundly impactful technological revolution called the spreadsheet. billion, against almost $2.8

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FastSpring

MAY 5, 2020

Appy is a Software as a Service (SaaS) that creates web applications out of Excel spreadsheets. A few years ago we started with a business model relying on selling license keys of our software. In February we shifted to a subscription model with three plans each on a monthly or yearly billing cycle.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 28, 2020

According to our data, SaaS and subscriptions businesses lose around 9% of their MRR due to failed payments on average. Thankfully, there’s a way to not only drastically reduce involuntary churn, but grow your business while you’re at it. A dunning process is the manner you go about recovering your customers' failed payments.

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Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

However, the subscription business model can’t survive if you keep on acquiring new custo mers but the old ones keep on walking away. This article will answer the main questions that SaaS founders and market ers have about losing SaaS customers, in other words, user churn: What is SaaS churn definition and why lowering it matt ers?

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 18, 2024

The role of the chief customer officer has become an essential function in subscription-based business models such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where customer retention is paramount and requires executive-level leadership. SaaS businesses, meanwhile, benefit from predictable streams of recurring revenue.

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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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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

While the recurring revenue part is true and awesome, retaining customers and creating a sustainable subscription-based business model can be super tricky. Remove any pain points, create clear messaging, and be clear about payments and fees. The easy solution to this is to just clearly communicate the differences between tiers.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

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. Some SMM companies may use all four depending upon the business model. Direct Sales.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Let’s kick things off with a quick definition. Usage-based pricing is a SaaS pricing model where cost is based on consumption, charging customers on a “per-use” basis. Beyond customization, this structure highlights how usage-based pricing can help users plan and price out exactly what they need prior to payment.

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Chart Mogul

JUNE 9, 2023

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. What are some definitive signs that growth is bouncing back? Prior to founding Salesroom, Daria was an investor at Oxx, a growth-stage B2B software investment fund.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

To date they have raised over $113m in financing from some of the best in the business including Tiger Global, Battery Ventures, Boldstart, Canaan, Cisco, and Redpoint, just to name a few. Eyal and Megan host a fireside chat between Google Cloud and Zenoss, a leader in software-defined IT operations. Missed the session?

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Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. You may also hear this stage referred to as discovery , vision/mission , or problem/solution fit. and ‘Does my proposed solution solve it effectively?’ Payment overdue. Are we still a startup? I don’t think so.

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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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Casey Accidental

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

I’ve come to realize this saying describes an optimal strategy for a lot more than just an ad-supported revenue model. It should actually be the guiding light for most subscription software businesses. If you talk to entrepreneurs, you will get definitive answers from them, but they are frequently the opposite of each other.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Hear about the early days of Glassdoor; tactical lessons on scaling—from building a business model and recruiting an all-star management team to advice on building a compelling, innovative company culture; and learn whyGlassdoor’s $1.2 Krish Subramanian: We are software engineers by training.

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ProfitWell

JULY 8, 2020

For tax purposes, software companies can fall into one of three categories according to U.S. These categories are also used by some states, so properly placing your business into one (or more) of the categories is the first step to determining the taxability of your business with regard to sales tax.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 9, 2021

The other big difference is VOD can’t be live content, while OTT can, as VOD by definition can’t have a set schedule involved. This is essential for brands that rely on live events in their business model. The platform is one of the most affordable, enabling even small businesses to use their services.

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

For those of you who did not clap, Stripe is a set of developer APIs that help businesses accept payments online and do all sorts of innovative things in moving money in the cloud. We have over 1,500 apps listed in our app directory, so those are with third party partners. Thank you Ceci. I’m Vicki Lin.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 31, 2023

New customers bring in subscription fees, licensing charges, or usage-based payments, which are the lifeblood of SaaS businesses. Consideration Potential customers have identified their problems and are actively researching various solutions. Book a demo now to learn more. What is customer acquisition?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Lambda School trains people online to be software engineers. I want to talk about how we got to the business model that we have at Lambda School because it’s one of the things that separates us from other schools. We are definitely the fastest growing code school probably of all time. Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020.

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Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

Dictionaries and founders alike can’t agree on the definition of what it means to bootstrap a business. The best representation of what bootstrapping means today is starting and growing a business with minimal resources. Bootstrapping purists insist on only using revenue from customers to fund the business. Bootstrapping.

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Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

JULY 27, 2010

or for software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers. In case you doubt this, peak into the over-heated debates about the precise definition of SaaS that erupt every few weeks on discussion boards. Under the SaaS business model, the costs of acquiring a customer are paid up-front, while the revenue comes in over the life of the subscription.

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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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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

For me, one definition I like is the one from Bill Gates when he said, “the platform is when the economic value of everybody that uses it exceeds the value of the company that creates it” That’s what a platform according to Bill Gates. What would be your definition? Right, Renaud? What do you have in mind?

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 1, 2020

There is now a teeming inclination from the product economy towards the subscription business model. SaaS and cloud solutions have successfully left an indelible imprint in the newer technologies. The subscribers to Amazon prime is definitely taking a notch up. Its changing Impacts in our Lives. Love and Light!

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How To Buy Saas

JANUARY 7, 2021

Software for dropshipping is a must if you are planning to start this e-commerce business model. To Be very sure about owning a profitable dropshipping business, you need to be wise enough with the software you are using for dropshipping. Best Features to find in software for dropshipping.

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Outseta

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Even further up market and in my past engagements with Working Planet, there are a number of challenges related to paid search management that I’ve felt first hand and still don’t see a great solution to. After graduate school we worked at separate start-ups and definitely caught the start-up bug.

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