FastSpring

APRIL 18, 2024

For many SaaS and software companies, international sales are a key part of their growth trajectories. But with international growth comes a long list of international business concerns about how to appeal to potential customers in new countries. Learn more about what DutchBasecamp does here.

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Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments Merchant Services 78

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2024

Ready to join Europe’s biggest startup and tech event with the leading startups, investors, executives, and media from 174 countries? FastSpring is how SaaS companies sell online in more places around the world. If so, join FastSpring in Paris at VivaTech 2024 at Booth C45! We’d love to talk with you in person!

Merchant Services 78

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services 78

Stax

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For modern Software as a Service (SaaS) companies, the automobile is replaced by primarily digital and cloud-based solutions and software. And because of the digital nature of SaaS businesses and their subscription-based business models, the ability to collect data on how the company is performing is easier and faster than ever.

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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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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In our first post about our online community , we mentioned launching the Global SaaS Leaders Slack group because we saw a need for the kind of software-and-SaaS-focused community we’d want to be a part of. More established professionals and businesses (less students and early-stage startups). Professional moderation.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 133

OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Every year we ask the OpenView network to weigh in, and this time around many folks unsurprisingly made predictions around a trend most of us in SaaS had to adapt to (and, to be honest, are still figuring out) in 2020: remote work. SaaS companies will evolve their products and messaging to support a fluid hybrid working model—office/home.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This is part three of a three part series on sequencing business models. In part two of our Sequencing Business Models series , we talked about the different types of marketplaces and what needs to be built to be effective in each of them. Integration platforms are ubiquitous in SaaS. Integration Platforms.

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Incredo

JULY 14, 2019

Whether you are a startup owner, a manager of a growing business or the CEO of an established company, you might find yourself asking questions like “ Should our SaaS subscription model be monthly, annually or both ?” or “ What are the best tips I can get in terms of annual vs monthly subscription models ?”.

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Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 6, 2015

SaaS Enabled Marketplaces employ elegant business models. They are verticalized SaaS companies that manage a marketplace to create winner-take-all market dynamics. In addition, a startup must determine what rake to charge. When should a startup remove the toll to access the marketplace? SEM or FSEM?

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In the early days of running a software company, collecting payments was pretty straightforward. Fast forward to today when most software companies use a Subscription as a service (SaaS business model , and things aren’t as simple. Luckily, like most complex processes and tasks, it can be simplified.

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Payment Solutions Merchant Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Confused about trying to understand SaaS roles? SaaS companies have many moving parts, and it can be difficult to determine who does what. TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet.

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Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 95

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. Buffer spent $3.3

Finance 111

Finance Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods 111

FastSpring

AUGUST 2, 2023

As a startup with only two or three people, it would be absolutely impossible to go international without this kind of platform.” Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your business internationally? Selling internationally is key to their business model. Here’s why. Paddle offers it.

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Payment Solutions Payment Methods Merchant Services AI Search 142

The Angel VC

MARCH 22, 2012

It's a simple plan for an early-stage SaaS startup with a low-touch sales model – a company which markets a SaaS solution via its website, offers a 30 day free trial, gets most of its trial users organically and through online marketing and converts them into paying customer with very little human interaction.

Startup 189

Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 189

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Apple survived the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011 under the thoughtful stewardship of Tim Cook, and continued to essentially be the iPhone company, while branching into wearables and services. Rise of the cloud and SaaS businesses. Rise of mobile.

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Payment Solutions Payment Methods Software SaaS Payments 259

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The way businesses in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector provide their goods and services is changing dramatically. Read more: How to Evaluate If Pay per Use Billing Is Meant for Your SaaS Business What is the pay per use pricing model?

Payment Solutions 59

Payment Solutions Payment Features Pricing SaaS Payments 59

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The pre-revenue startup phase has a host of stresses that hopefully disappear as the company begins to earn revenue. Depending on the amount invested, it is possible that all members of the team are working full time jobs to support themselves and then doing that again to push their startup onto the market.

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Payments Revenue Startup Development Team Review 110

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

We’ve designed this to mirror the thought process of an entrepreneur building an AI product with an enterprise use case. 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.

Healthcare 116

Healthcare AI Payments Enterprise 116

Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

How long is a startup a startup? It came up because people regularly refer to Chargify as a startup, but our company has been around since 2009. Are we still a startup? There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. Pre-Startup.

Scale 74

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

An initial public offering (IPO) is how private businesses sell shares of their company to the public in a new stock issuance. Public share offering enables a business to obtain money from the general public. What is Equity Financing in SaaS? What is Equity Financing in SaaS? Table of Contents.

Finance 98

Finance Venture Capital SaaS Payments Payments 98

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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SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services Metrics 59

Baremetrics

AUGUST 18, 2021

Invoicing is a sales process where a seller issues a commercial document to a buyer requesting payment. This document shows all products and services rendered, the payment owed, and the contact details of both the buyer and the seller. Invoicing can be done for both recurring and one-time payments.

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Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 83

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Does “you get what you pay for” actually apply to SaaS companies? While the concept is simple enough, many products and services leave us wanting more. And on the flip side, your customers shouldn’t feel forced to pay month-to-month for services they’re not actually using on a regular basis. Solo businesses?

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SaaS Payments Pricing Scale Payment Services 80

Baremetrics

JANUARY 18, 2022

There are now an estimated 213 million registered companies globally, each competing with one another on the basis of service, customer care, and pricing. Price is one of the largest determining factors for consumers in terms of which products and services they buy. Table of Contents. What Is Price Localization?

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Payment Methods Pricing Payment Services Strategy 98

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. Why does Vikas believe that a wave of SaaS incumbents are about to be displaced or disrupted?

SaaS Payments 132

SaaS Payments Cloud Technical Review Scale 132

Baremetrics

MAY 13, 2021

Cash flow modelling software lets you use historical data from a time period to develop a forecast of your incoming cash from revenue. For SaaS businesses, you use your contraction monthly recurring revenue (MRR) , churn, and average revenue per customer in addition to other transaction data to predict your future cash flow.

Payment Services 78

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 78

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Deciding between Stripe vs. Chargebee for your online payment processing needs? Stripe supports online payments for e-commerce businesses, while Chargebee helps SaaS companies set up and manage their recurring payments. How Well Do You Know Your Business? Table of Contents. Start a free trial today!

Payment Services 59

Payment Services Payment Methods Technical Review Payment Features 59

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. Purchase process.

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Business Model Scale Pricing Payment Methods 195

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Interested in learning more about how your SaaS, software, video game, or other digital goods business can partner with FastSpring and let us worry about the taxes? Here at FastSpring we have a lot of up and coming technology software and SaaS companies that you know, think about their exit from time to time.

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Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Branding 136

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. A lead isn’t classified as PQL for simply signing up for a free trial or freemium model.

Payment Solutions 95

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods 95

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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Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 152

How SaaS Works

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The How SaaS Works series simplifies the complex world of software-as-a-service (SaaS) into the practical fundamentals for anyone involved in SaaS. Introduction The software-as-a-service business model appeals to companies of all sizes from tiny startups to massive Fortune 500 companies.

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SaaS Payments Scale Payment Solutions SaaS 40

Baremetrics

MARCH 7, 2021

Many products and services online are beginning to adopt subscription-based systems for their billing processes. Learn all you need to know about the essentials of subscription services management in this article. However, the platform process is not always automated. This process is often automated.

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Payment Features Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 45

ProfitWell

MARCH 24, 2020

A subscription company is a business that sells their products on a scheduled time basis. The products that subscription businesses sell are usually consumables or licensed products that can only be used for a finite amount of time. So why the subscription business model? The 4 types of subscription businesses.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

Freemium in SaaS is old news. The much-discussed pricing strategy took over the SaaS world and helped fuel the phenomenal success of SaaS pioneers like Dropbox, Evernote, SurveyMonkey and Hootsuite. Freemium appeared to be declining in popularity and, when it was in place, drove next to zero new ACV for most SaaS companies.

Pricing 82

Pricing Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 82

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. But not all SaaS products are alike. Some solutions, like Slack or Microsoft, are useful for any kind of business.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88

Chargify

OCTOBER 21, 2020

So if you want to make sure your subscription business is firmly on the right trajectory, you need to be ready to do what it takes to set up and maintain your own analysis framework. Armed with this information, your business can better: Understand the health of its subscription business. Why Establish an Analysis Framework.

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Subscription Payment Features Payment Services SaaS Payments 63