Valuize Consulting

MAY 4, 2022

Rally Your Organization Around A Strong CS Scale Strategy. As revenue and customers grow, leaders quickly, and sometimes painfully, learn that they need to adopt a proactive approach to their customer engagement and lifecycle that enables their long tail customers through a powerful Scale strategy. Identify Your North Star Metric.

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SaaStr

MARCH 27, 2019

Over Leyla’s incredible 11 year journey with Salesforce she has seen the team scale from 1,800 to over 40,000 and revenue scale from $500m to over $16Bn. What were Leyla’s biggest learnings on people and business model through seeing the first hand hyper-scaling of Salesforce from $500m to $16Bn?

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Scale VP of Engineering Mobile Scaling 131

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Beyond multiples, many Cloud companies faced a deluge of headwinds that impacted business fundamentals… Lengthening sales cycles Tightening customer budgets It was no surprise that SaaS IPOs came to a screeching halt. On the M&A front, things slowed but remained robust for a couple of reasons.

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Cloud Payments Software Review Payment Solutions 243

Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

According to a study by the Startup Genome Project of more than 3,200 startups, they found that “70% [of startups] fail because of premature scaling.” Understanding which stage your SaaS business is in can help determine the appropriate time to scale to the next phase—and do so successfully. Let’s get started. Pre-Startup.

Scale 74

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74

Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

There are more funding and financing options for startups today than there ever have been before. There’s also been an explosion in debate and transparency about navigating startup funding and financing. Let’s explore the funding and financing options for your startup. Funding Your Startup. How To Evaluate Funding Options.

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Finance Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods 111

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2019

Scaling the company’s employee base, sales teams, marketing, and operations—all while preserving its culture—has required a laser focus on first principles, smart processes, and effective hiring. Here’s what Claire talks about: How to avoid trapdoor decisions when scaling. Lessons for scaling high-growth organizations.

Scale 116

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Sales Hiring 116

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 15, 2022

Want to write sales emails like a pro? Manager, Outbound Growth Marketing at Greenhouse) and Will Allred (Co-Founder & COO at Lavender) to get TWO perspectives and TWO approaches on real sales emails, every week on Sales Hacker. It’s a blog post from DataDog’s VP of Finance. Have a question about your sales email?

Scale 84

Scale Payment Features Finance Business Model 84

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. As two CEO who love the art of sales and scaling, this one really was special. And now it’s all about like, can you really scale and execute?

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Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale VP of Engineering 246

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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Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 52

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

The role of finance in SaaS is changing. No longer are finance teams the traditional “bean counters” of ages past. IVP Partner Michael Miao explains, “The role and the scope of the modern finance team has changed dramatically in the last decade. SaaStr Workshop Wednesdays are LIVE every Wednesday. Sign up for free.

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Scale Finance Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting 171

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. They also manage finances and supervise one or more engineering teams. Account Managers: They serve as the lead point of contact for all customer account management matters.

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Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 98

OPEXEngine

MAY 19, 2020

They cut R&D across the board, scaled back on sales and marketing activities, laid off valuable talent and ruled out acquisitions. Other lagging companies strayed outside their core business, investing in the latest hot sectors and tools, praying for a winner. What specifically distinguishes eventual winners?

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Scale Strategy Technical Review Acquisition 59

The Angel VC

MARCH 31, 2015

In contrast to B2C companies like Uber, Delivery Hero or Homejoy for which it was critical to get the unit economics right, scaling distribution is usually the toughest challenge for a SaaS startup after it has found product / market fit. A large bankroll ( $180M in financing )? And this is understood by the markets.

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Scale SaaS B2C Finance 168

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 21, 2018

Whether you’re at an early-stage startup that’s just made its first sales hires, or part of a fast-moving sales team in a large organization, the key to success often comes down to efficiency. How can you capture, qualify and convert the right leads for your business while working within your means? Short on time?

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Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Technical Advisors 183

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Given the shifting landscape, it’s helpful for you as a CEO and/or founder—or for your finance and capital markets teams, if you have those hires to help you through this process—to know who the key players are at each stage so you can spend your time and energy speaking to the right firms. small business loans for their customers).

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Outsourcing Services Software Review Scale Banking 130

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 they ended up in real statements.

Payment Solutions 116

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services Payments 116

OpenView Labs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

45% of expansion stage SaaS companies now say they have a usage-based or consumption-based pricing model, according to data from OpenView’s forthcoming 2021 Finance and Operations benchmarks report. . Here’s what that means for Product, Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, Pricing, and Finance. Bill.com—1.4. Shopify—1.0.

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Pricing Customer Success Scale Compensation 64

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Because sales cycles can be long and complicated, entrepreneurs are most secure when they can find a champion who will keep the process moving through hiccups and obstacles. They have a unique property of continuing to improve in performance with more training and inference time, even at a massive scale of compute.

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Healthcare AI Payments Enterprise 116

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

Product-Led Growth (PLG) is a consumer-centric scaling, conversion, and retention philosophy that uses the product itself as the primary growth driver. Besides it’s proven business results, this strategy helps empower end-users to get the best possible product for their needs. Also, there is less pressure on Sales.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The SaaS industry is constantly evolving, and for many companies in the space, that means having to evolve their business model. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean a “pivot”, but more often the evolution is a shifting business model as the company scales and the user base grows and changes.

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Business Model Scale Pricing Payment Methods 195

OPEXEngine

AUGUST 17, 2021

If you’ve underestimated the importance of financial operations for both the short and long-term success of your SaaS business, you’re not alone. With the explosive growth of the SaaS business model impacting businesses worldwide, many are navigating SaaS financial operations and subscription management for the first time.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services B2B SaaS Payments Payments 52

User Pilot

JUNE 20, 2023

If you’re launching a brand-new product and have no user base, build a landing page and collect the contact details of prospective customers to gauge their interest. How is it aligned with your organization’s vision , strategy, and business model? What customer pain points , needs, or wants does it address? No problem.

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Underperforming Technical Team Social Media Scale Interviewing 98

SaaSHolic

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

It’s difficult for newer firms to get additional finances because they haven’t proven their business model yet. If a company has a longer curve, they’re more likely to fail because it’s harder to invest in growth initiatives and scale the business. Usually, presentations work like a sales pitch.

Scale 52

Scale Sales Hiring Outsourced Development Startup 52

OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

As a CFO in a high-growth SaaS business, you need to have the ability to look at the business cross-functionally. It is not just a finance focus, but your job is to facilitate the view through every aspect of your business. Automate to future-proof your business.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS 52

OPEXEngine

AUGUST 23, 2022

OPEXEngine’s current benchmarking shows that overall, R&D expense ratios do drop as companies grow over $IB – there are economies of scale as revenue increases, but interestingly, highly-valued SaaS companies actually spend a higher percentage on R&D than their peers in the same revenue size. .

Outsourcing Services 59

Outsourcing Services Technical Review CTO Coach Software Review 59

Baremetrics

AUGUST 22, 2021

Subscription Pricing Models How to Get Subscription Pricing Right The Advantages of a Subscription Revenue Model 1. Subscription Revenue is Easier to Scale 3. The flat-rate pricing model is the simplest recurring fee model. Subscription Revenue Provides a Recurring Payment Cycle 2. customers each month.

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Payment Features Payments Subscription Revenue 90

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

Prior to their IPO, New Relic raised over $214m in funding from some of the best in the business including Benchmark, Insight Venture Partners and Blackrock, to name a few. As for Erica, under her CRO role, she leads all go-to-market functions including Marketing, Sales, Operations, Customer Success, Services, and Support.

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Scale Enterprise Scaling Sales Hiring 166

Chart Mogul

MAY 11, 2018

“It wasn’t that long ago when a key reason for moving towards the SaaS business model was that SaaS smoothed revenues relative to the all-up-front, lumpy on-premises model. 5 Ways Not To Start a Sales Call. Is your prospect just another booked meeting in your calendar that goes to your quota? Read more.

Scale 40

Scale SaaS Sales Finance 40

Stax

JANUARY 29, 2024

This model is well-suited for industries where usage varies from month to month. Key Features of Billing Software Recurring billing and automated subscription management and payment processing One of the main benefits of a subscription business model is revenue forecasting and product flow predictability.

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Stax Payments Payment Services Payment Features 88

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

I think that’s probably the fastest we’ve ever seen a company get to that scale. The next topic in our framework is retention, so, once you’ve acquired these customers and you start to scale the business, how should you think about the investment needed to retain those customers? We talked about growth.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

Ep 255: Vikas Bhambri is SVP Sales and Customer Experience @ Kustomer, the startup providing Real-time, actionable views of customers with continuous omnichannel conversations and intelligence that automates repetitive, manual tasks. Does this not lead to a consolidatory environment? How does this change sales rep payback periods?

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SaaS Payments Cloud Technical Review Scale 132

SaaSHolic

DECEMBER 14, 2021

It’s difficult for newer firms to get additional finances because they haven’t proven their business model yet. If a company has a longer curve, they’re more likely to fail because it’s harder to invest in growth initiatives and scale the business. First Clients, Traction, Sales Cycle. Prospecting.

Scale 52

Scale Sales Hiring Outsourced Development Startup 52

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

OCTOBER 8, 2010

According to financial statements of nine large SaaS companies, sales and marketing expenses average 44% of annual subscription revenues. To acquire customers, SaaS providers have relatively large expenses for sales and marketing people and programs, and most important, these expenses are incurred up-front.

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OPEXEngine

MARCH 8, 2022

At this point, you need to build a FinOps Tech Stack that scales and informs the path to IPO. Here are 4 reasons why your SaaS business needs a tech stack built for the subscription-based business model. Empower the Finance Team with Automated and Flexible Financial Processes.

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Subscription Payment Features Startup Scale 52

Baremetrics

APRIL 21, 2021

The key takeaways below show how each of the Founder identified themselves as a business owner, along with their main focus in the business: Product: 70% of Founders characterized themselves as at least partially product focused, with 1 in 4 describing themselves as solely product focused. Building a profitable business is a priority.”

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Venture Capital SaaS Finance Scale 71

Stax

APRIL 17, 2024

To access these functionalities, most companies work with an independent software vendor (ISV) partner, which essentially is a software company or app that works with another ISV company to drive their digital transformation and revenue sales, improve scalability, and enhance business processes.

Payments 68

Payments Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services 68

Neil Patel

APRIL 12, 2021

They offer some of the best-known subscription boxes around, reflecting an increasingly popular (and potentially lucrative) business model. Plus, since your customers pay the same price each month, a subscription box offers some degree of stability in your revenue stream, which helps you predict your finances more accurately.

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