FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Note: From global payment processing to global VAT and sales tax management, FastSpring is the easiest way to sell around the world. This includes internal data we pulled from 271 global SaaS and software sellers using FastSpring to process transactions last year. No matter what your business model, we meet you where you are.

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Pricing Payment Solutions Payment Services Scale 146

Payrix

MAY 14, 2024

When it comes to software, success doesn’t hinge on innovation alone. No one knows this better (or more intimately) than a software company Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Adam Tesan, CRO at Worldpay for Platforms, is a seasoned executive leader with decades of experience in sales, marketing, and revenue in the software space.

Payments 147

Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 147

How To Buy Saas

MAY 26, 2025

Are you a solopreneur or small business owner juggling invoices, expenses, and all the hats of running a business? Finding simple, affordable invoice software that doesnt require an accounting degree can be a game-changer. By the end, youll know if Skynova is the right small business accounting tool for your needs.

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Software Review Systems Review Technical Review Payment Solutions 40

Aaron Beashel

MARCH 9, 2018

The best way to illustrate what I mean is by examples, and I’ve used the email marketing software category to illustrate some of the different models taken by different companies in the space. MailChimp (Touchless acquisition) – MailChimp is an email marketing tool that uses a touchless acquisition model to acquire customers.

Scale 192

Scale SaaS Payments B2B Strategy 192

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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Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Branding 148

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

Alex: Let’s dive into your business models. Both of you sell into SMBs, which is a notoriously difficult segment. 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.

Payments 110

Payments Forecasting Payment Services Sales Hiring 110

SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

So we have over 260 portfolio companies globally, it’s all enterprise software, predominantly SaaS. And that is you’re seeing a bit of a separation in those companies that have really the stickiest, most critical solution. It’s a business crisis. Right now, learning for companies is only at 10% online.

Sales Hiring 187

Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services 187

OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

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. Growth Stage – Scaling the Business, and . NRR benchmarks depend on whether you are selling into the SMB or enterprise market. .

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Metrics Payments Payment Services 98

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 29, 2024

With the combination of diligence solutions (e.g., We also sought the advice of several software providers who work with fintech borrowers to get their best approaches to managing one or more debt facilities. Certain software and services providers have the ability to do all 3; other times the roles are divided.

Payment Services 93

Payment Services Payment Solutions Development Team Review Outsourcing Services 93

FastSpring

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The traditional software licensing model is outdated. And we’re seeing this reflected in the seismic shift in preferences on the part of both businesses and consumers to subscribe to services instead of outright buying access to products. How is your digital business keeping up?

Payment Features 67

Payment Features Payment Services Subscription Payment Methods 67

SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

This is a mobile solution for SMB’s to send an invoice and get paid. I think it’s such an interesting window into the company’s business model and I bucket companies into one of three buckets. They’re overwhelmed by the payment decision of which plan to buy. What do I mean by that?

Payments 105

Payments Pricing Compensation Scale 105

Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2021

Transitioning to SaaS On January 1st 2020, we transitioned the company out of a strategic partnership (we were operating the platform under a non SaaS business model!). We were looking to relaunch the user-driven, SaaS side of our businesses. This would enable us to increase the overall value of the system to customers.

Churn 71

Churn SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 71

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Churn Rate Churn rate basically defines the long-term trajectory of a business. SMB SaaS companies tend to have higher churn rates due to their lower demand and less sophisticated needs. Transferability Investors look for businesses that can be easily transferred. How do you make your tool easy to use?

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 105

OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Customers of these SaaS companies also referred to as “Small and Medium Businesses” or SMBs, need the same software solutions as Enterprise companies but have resource constraints that prevent them from using the top SaaS vendors. Some SMM companies may use all four depending upon the business model.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 52

SaaStr

JANUARY 15, 2025

While some might dismiss sector-specific vertical SaaS software as ‘too small’ or ‘too niche’, companies like Veeva ($40B), Clio ($3B), Toast ($1.3B), and Slice ($1B) have proven there’s massive value in going deep rather than broad. Here’s some of what she’s learned along the way.

Scale 274

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

Has been CEO before, was CEO of Alfresco Software and long career in software and comes in, I think, with a lot of passion for customers and customer success, which I’m excited to hear about and also comes in live streaming, my understanding is from a boat right now, right Bernadette? This is not a winnable solution.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payments 266

Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

When To Invest in New Products If you want to be proactive in thinking about when you should invest in building new products vs. diagnosing a growth problem and determining new product development requiring years of effort to be the solution, how do you do that? B2B requires suite expansion. Why does B2B require suite expansion?

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Payments Scale Payment Solutions Technical Review 113

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

How does Krish think about purely serving the SMB market? How does he think about the mortality rate of SMBs? How does Krish think your customer acquisition and GTM strategy has to change with the movement from SMB to enterprise? Krish Subramanian: We are software engineers by training. What questions reveal the most?

Scale 145

Scale Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Payment Services 145

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?

SaaS Payments 146

SaaS Payments Cloud Technical Review Sales Hiring 146

SaaStr

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Ep 270: Jeppe Rindom is the Founder & CEO @ Pleo, the simple spending solution for your company automating expense reports and simplifying company expenses. Why did Jeppe decide to focus on SMBs from Day 1? How does the product build in the early days differ when building for SMB vs enterprise? What changes? *

Scale 134

Scale SaaS Payments SMB Sales Hiring 134

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

285: Hear about Adyen’s journey from a Dutch payments startup to a global public company with more than 15 offices around the world working with large global companies like Facebook, Spotify, Uber, and Microsoft. But what’s more powerful about NPS as a program is the system and the system is the root cause analysis and follow up.

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Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments Payment Services Technical Advisors 180

OPEXEngine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As we head into the final stretch of the year, here’s a look at some of the top operational and business trends that we are hearing about. Most SaaS and Software companies are starting to gear up for end of the year budgeting and planning exercises. This is a partial explanation of why the U.S. stock market has been so on fire.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Trends Payment Solutions 59