SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Vikas made his way into the world of SaaS and came to be at the rocketship that is Kustomer. * Why does Vikas believe that a wave of SaaS incumbents are about to be displaced or disrupted? Why is it so crucial to invest in enablement in the early days? What is a good payback period? *

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Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

More recently, the concept of “fund-strapping,” aka taking outside investment or external funding options with the intention of not having to raise any more funding again, has become another viable option for businesses. Build your startup in a way that you don’t need investment. TinySeed , Earnest Capital , and Indie.vc

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OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

It often seems as if traditional strategy development processes have no place in the fast-moving, always changing technology industries. It’s not really surprising that so many tech company executives punt on the traditional corporate strategy process. What they don’t do is get bogged down in process or complexity. At a Glance.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 13, 2022

Science, conscious consumers, and next-gen founders will drive ESG’ innovation in 2022. 45% of SaaS companies said they had some form of usage-based pricing, up from 34% in 2020. Plus companies face significant change management hurdles if they choose to migrate their legacy subscription customers onto a new pricing model. .

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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. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Manual processes first. Dare I say SaaS.

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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. What is the process to do it efficiently? Loving our podcast content? How does Krish think about purely serving the SMB market?

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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. Then also went into venture capital where I invested in API first products. I’m Vicki Lin. I have been at Stripe for about four years.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing.

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FastSpring

MAY 25, 2023

FastSpring previously presented on SaaS fees pricing and packaging to combat stagflation in 2022, but this article is based on an updated presentation delivered in March 2023 by David Vogelpohl. This article offers tips for optimizing pricing and packaging of your SaaS products in a less-than-stellar economy: What is stagflation?

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User Pilot

AUGUST 31, 2023

What is customer acquisition for SaaS, and how can you leverage it to drive sustainable growth ? Customer acquisition funnel stages in SaaS are Awareness, Consideration, Evaluation, Conversion. What is the purpose of customer acquisition in SaaS? This article answers that and more.

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Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In a previous post , I talked about how product work post-product/market fit shifts from zero to one innovation to features, growth, and scaling work. But a question founders and teams often ask is when do we start layering in innovation work again that creates new value props. You can read parts 1 and 2 here and here.

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SaaStr

MAY 9, 2019

What ends up happening is, they think these investors are so smart, and they think these investors, because they like and want to invest in their company, their company must be amazing and it’s going to go on to become the next big thing. Number three is not understanding their business model.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Strategy and Process. Sales Enablement. The Sales Enablement Playbook. Enablement Mastery. Blueprints for a SaaS Sales Organization. Innovating for People. Applying a sales methodology to your selling gives you a tried and true advantage, and enables you to plan your work and work your plan.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Of course, this vision came to reality through the games industry (which is often the tip of the spear for technological innovations). Cloud native engines maximize customization Today’s engines are monolithic desktop applications originally designed before modern cloud architecture and the SaaS age.

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Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Do you want to grow your SaaS sales team and improve your processes? maintain healthy atmosphere in your Smarketing team, make smart choices regarding your SaaS sales model, strategy, pricing, . build smoother connections both with your prospects through optimized sales process. SaaS Sales Models.

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OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Open source: These products have an open-source (free) component and typically monetize based on what upmarket buyers might need through proprietary features, managed hosting, or services. Open-source audiences demand high value in exchange for payment, but consistently innovate and provide impressive feedback loops for commercial purposes.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The good news is that the software is a one-time investment, but you need to make the right decision. Business Type and Requirements. Although inventory management software is versatile, only a few cater to specific niche industry initiatives and business models. Process Automation. Possible Integrations.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Why does Travis believe that SaaS has upended the economic model but not the engagement model? How does the engagement model with customer need to shift? Travis Bryant: So I was in services at a software company and then had this pivot point to go either into product management or into sales and sales engineering.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

This dynamic trio of SaaS experts share how to stay customer-centric and set yourself apart in today’s rapidly changing environment. Nick Mehta: On a boat in Rhode Island and then our second guest Jay Snyder, who just recently took over as Chief Customer Officer of New Relic, publicly traded SaaS company. So really well said.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

SaaS is about creating long-term value for your customer, and being compensated appropriately for that value as a business. Naomi Pilosof Ionita | Investing Partner @ Menlo Ventures. I’m a nerd on the subject, I love it and I brought it now from my time as an advisor and an operator to the investing side.

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Outseta

APRIL 14, 2020

It’s amazing how people can innovate when they’re forced to. You’ve built a successful business and have a repeatable customer acquisition process that you’ve already demonstrated can scale with access to more capital. Do I sell services or SaaS? If cash flow is an immediate concern, consider selling your services.

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

That’s never been truer for software businesses in particular than in the past 10-15 years, with the internet stimulating an explosion in the number of viable revenue models. Revenue models often get conflated with revenue streams, probably because each is a single revenue source. Pay-Per-User.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 14, 2020

This is the dynamics followed by all the companies selling tangible products and the software companies too continued with the same momentum in their initial days until the advent of SaaS based customer engagement model. . This is where a SaaS Customer Engagement model as an organizational process comes into picture.

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 19, 2024

In recent years, Software as a Service (SaaS) has revolutionized the way businesses operate, offering scalable solutions accessible over the internet. This shift has not only transformed internal business operations but has also significantly impacted external market dynamics.

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Aaron Beashel

MARCH 9, 2018

I’ve been fortunate to work in a number of SaaS businesses in my career. Sure adding sales & marketing help fuel the growth, but these business were growing pretty rapidly before they injected the sales & marketing rocket fuel. What is a Go To Market model? Zenefits is a great example of business model innovation.

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

JULY 24, 2018

I’ve been working within the software as a service (SaaS) industry for more than five years now. During this period I’ve learnt more than I ever thought possible about the SaaS business and my personal growth has accelerated with each passing year. Rules to Run Your SaaS Business By Let’s get down to it.

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Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Whether you have a Software-as-a-Service, subscription or membership business or you sell one-off products or services and simply want to do business with your customer more than once, Customer Success should be your driving purpose. Technology Enables Strategy; Doesn’t Define It. Sales Process Engagement.

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Panintelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ask anyone in Fintech SaaS about the shifts of the last 18 months and you’ll hear stories about investment shortages, rising churn rates, and market consolidation. This presents a significant challenge to Fintech SaaS founders. Our latest Fintech SaaS series intends to find out. Gone are the days of the free-money era.

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