SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2025

And for SaaS companies with strong fundamentals, the opportunity window is wide open. The B2B SaaS companies everyone has been waiting for are finally filing and preparing to go public: Already Filed (2025 IPOs Highly Likely) Figma – Cloud-based design platform, confidentially filed April 2025. Stop waiting.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Check out this 2018 Europa session with Guillaume Princen, Head of France and Southern Europe @ Stripe, where he talks about the metrics you need to be focused on in your startup. If you don’t have the time to watch the whole session, here are the main metrics you should be mindful of. Why do developers love SaaS products?

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SaaStr

JUNE 22, 2025

When COVID-19 decimated business travel in 2020, Navan could have become another casualty. Instead, the company pivoted aggressively into expense management and payments, expanding beyond its travel roots. Chime’s strong debut particularly signals renewed appetite for profitable fintech companies with sustainable business models.

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Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

Like most business owners, your instincts tell you to hop on the bandwagon and launch an online store for your business. But launching your eCommerce store is just half the equationaccepting payments efficiently and effectively is a whole different ball game. of retail sales in 2025, amounting to $6.862 trillion.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2023

We’ll see 1,000+ of the best SaaS founders, execs, and VCs February 22-23 at SaaStr APAC 2023 ! Chargebee is a recurring billing and subscription management tool that helps SaaS and SaaS-like businesses streamline Revenue Operations. Deel is a global payroll solution that helps businesses hire anyone, anywhere.

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How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 20, 2024

2024 is coming to a close, and it has been a terrific year for SaaS businesses as the industry has witnessed quite a favorable growth. For SaaS companies, accounting becomes one of the most crucial processes to understand their financial and overall business health, and then make informed decisions about future steps.

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Stax

JANUARY 17, 2024

Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments are a type of electronic bank-to-bank payment system in the US. Unlike payments facilitated by card networks like Visa or Mastercard, ACH payments are managed by a body called the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA). Let’s get started.

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Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 16, 2024

To run a business is like trying to balance several stacked plates in your hands. Operating a business entails a number of processes like managing products and payments, invoices, customer engagement, revenue, unpaid invoices and much more. In today’s fast-tracked financial landscape, billing software has become a need.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

For companies looking to scale, Independent Software Vendors (ISV) are a crucial tool that provides specialized software solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing business tools. Through strategic ISV partnerships, businesses can enhance their service offerings, streamline operations, and open new revenue streams.

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USIO

APRIL 22, 2024

SaaS companies are continually seeking innovative strategies to not just maintain but amplify their growth trajectory and increase revenue. One pivotal yet often overlooked area is payments. We’ll delve into how SaaS companies are leveraging Usio Integrated Payment Solutions to propel their growth and increase revenue.

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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 ?” History of the subscription pricing model: From newspapers to the rise of SaaS subscription.

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Stax

MARCH 16, 2025

That said, industry experts agree that your SaaS companys goal churn should be below 2%. As a SaaS business leader, reducing software user churn is an important part of maintaining your customer base and increasing revenue. TL;DR The average software industry churn rate is 14%, but SaaS companies should aim for under 2%.

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Stax

JANUARY 28, 2025

Completing online payments via manual card entry can be time-consuming and off-putting for customers. Research shows that 55% of customers will abandon their cart if they have to re-enter checkout information like credit card details, negatively affecting your business conversion rate. Learn More What is Click to Pay?

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SaaStr

MARCH 27, 2023

Capchase Co-Founder & CEO Miquel Fernandez and 01 Advisors VP Kristen Clifford use data to show us what differentiates the best SaaS companies from the rest. The top SaaS companies are growing really fast, roughly at twice the rate of their peers. Very few or no services at all. Services generally have a lower gross margin.

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2024

So there’s a vertical SaaS company at over $600m ARR that is extremely well known to its customers that you’ve probably never heard of — Instructure. That’s the power of compounding revenue in SaaS! Billion market cap But, Instructure has A lot, lot of debt to service. Your kids may well use it.

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SaaStr

MARCH 23, 2023

Chargebee is a recurring billing and subscription management tool that helps SaaS and SaaS-like businesses streamline Revenue Operations. Chargebee integrates with the leading payment gateways like Stripe, Braintree, PayPal etc. We enable fair and equitable hiring practices, so companies can hire for what’s next.

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SaaStr

JUNE 17, 2022

The reality is though, in SaaS, especially if you are primarily sales-driven, that’s often gonna be tough. So if you’re building a model for your SaaS start-up, or thinking about cash-flow positive as a goal, let me offer a few learnings about how we got there faster: Land A Few Whales. Big Customers) in SaaS.

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Stax

APRIL 15, 2025

For subscription-based businesses achieving consistent and predictable revenue growth is the holy grail. In fact, monthly recurring revenue (MRR) is one of the most important metrics subscription businesses should be aware of. MRR is an important metric for SaaS businesses to track to understand business health.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Churn increase due to greater scrutiny of costs Contract values declining More stakeholders involved in decision-making Capchase combined the study with their data set of thousands of SaaS companies and looked at what the best companies do to overcome these hurdles. Lay out the sales process early on. Then, get something exchanged.

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SaaStr

JULY 31, 2020

Founded in 2015, Chorus operates a SaaS platform that provides valuable insights from conversations – say with calls, video conferences and emails — for revenue teams. The NLP (Natural Language Processing) technology has even provided guidance on how to handle COVID-19 discussions with customers and prospects. .

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

We’ll see 2,500+ of the best SaaS founders, execs, and VCs June 6-7 at 2022 SaaStr Europa ! Chargebee is a recurring billing and subscription management tool that helps SaaS and SaaS-like businesses streamline Revenue Operations. Grab tickets here. . appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

MAY 12, 2022

Offering its services as a freemium-based model, CircleCI recognizes driving trials as the cornerstone of a go-to-market strategy for any developer tool. . Jim Rose, CEO of CircleCI, leverages his experience marketing to software developers to discuss the merits of moving from a subscription-based to a usage-based business model.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 4, 2021

Declined payments in SaaS can be a real issue for both the customers and your company. Anyone tasked with understanding why payments decline or fail knows their work is cut out for them. From there you can get insights into your all failed payments using our dunning tool, Baremetrics Recover. Why do payments get declined?

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As you work to expand your SaaS, software, mobile games, or other digital product business worldwide, having the right payment methods available to global customers is key to ensuring they all feel comfortable purchasing. If you want to offer more payment methods around the world, don’t miss this episode of Growth Stage.

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How To Buy Saas

MAY 29, 2025

In an era when executives are bombarded with tech buzzwords, it’s vital to focus on real-world AI uses that deliver business impact. This article goes beyond the buzz to show how AI is already driving results in SaaS, finance, retail, and operations, with lessons and case examples that any executive can learn from.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 17, 2020

There’s a constant war between growing a business and keeping an operation lean, mean, and agile. It’s actually quite simple: business process management (BPM) software. Visualize every process from end to end. The Top 5 Options for Business Process Management Software. Process Visualization.

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SaaStr

JULY 20, 2022

It’s something we don’t see too often these days, as $200m+ ARR sort of became the new floor to IPO in SaaS. Today, it crosses dentistry, optometry, veterinary, physical therapy, specialty medical services, audiology, plumbing, electrical, HVAC and other home services. Many SMBs just prefer it. #4.

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Unbounce

JANUARY 6, 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS SHARE Josh Gallant Josh is the founder of Backstage SEO , an organic growth firm that helps SaaS companies capture demand. A landing page funnel guides potential customers through your sales process. A landing page funnel is a step-by-step process that guides visitors from initial interest to making a purchase.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 9, 2022

SaaS billing software automates one or more of the various aspects of the recurring billing process — payment processing, fulfillment, dunning, and more. You’ll still need a separate solution for payment processing, taxes, chargebacks, and more. FastSpring: Your MoR for All-in-One SaaS Billing.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Small tweaks to your SaaS billing practices can make a huge impact on the customer experience. For example, Jon Torres — a digital marketing consultant specializing in SaaS commerce — noticed that, for some of his clients, refund requests spiked around renewal time. “It 7 growth hacks from the SaaS experts. Learn more here.

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Payrix

APRIL 17, 2024

You’ve decided to offer Embedded Payments to your customers. Adding Embedded Payments gives you an exciting opportunity to grow your business and solve real pain points for your customers. However, to capture success you’ll need to promote your new payments offering with customers and prospects.

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FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your SaaS business?

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Tom Tunguz

MARCH 19, 2020

Most SaaS companies will have existing customers. This is important to project churn rates, assess timing of software payments, and estimate the impact on cash flows/burn. Dunning is the process of collecting outstanding payments and communicating with customers about them. Second, gauging customer health.

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Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In today’s competitive SaaS landscape, Customer Success has emerged as a vital strategic asset, driving revenue growth and long-term profitability. However, to fully unlock its potential, companies must go beyond qualitative insights and bring data into the decision-making process within Customer Success ranks and investments.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

What is a SaaS marketing funnel, and how do you create one for your business? TL;DR A SaaS marketing funnel outlines the steps users take from their initial awareness of your product to becoming loyal users. SaaS sales funnel metrics focus on short-term results, while marketing efforts play a longer-term game.

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Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

The SaaS industry has seen explosive growth in the past decadeand this is expected to continue this year. Data cited by Statista shows that the software as service is expected to hit $299 billion by the end of 2025. Part of this can be attributed to the SaaS model’s unique aspect of relying primarily on future revenue.

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FastSpring

APRIL 23, 2024

The company handles transactions for sellers of digital products, providing the infrastructure for global online payments while taking responsibility for tax collection and remittance, fraud prevention, and other aspects of the checkout process. It’s a capable solution, but by no means is Paddle a universal, one-size-fits-all option.

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