SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Many of the fundamental business models that were once engraved in the SaaS playbook are now changing thanks to a tougher macro environment and a maturing market. PST, Stephanie Opdam, Partner at Notion Capital, shares four business model changes that will allow SaaS companies to build resilience and staying power over time.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 11, 2022

Millions of companies – from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups – use Stripe to accept payments, grow revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. We’re excited to work with Stripe to help make their customers’ experiences more personal through Stripe’s Intercom App.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 1, 2024

The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Subscription Billing Platform By BluLogix Team In today’s subscription-driven business landscape, selecting the right subscription billing platform can be a game-changer. It impacts not only your billing processes but also your customer satisfaction, revenue growth, and scalability.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 4, 2022

With the summer of Defi behind us and a new year for web3, I wondered which categories of web3 startups generate the most revenue. L1s or blockchains, the public databases that record transactions, dominate the revenue share across the top projects producing 78% of revenue. Revenue Share. revenue share but 1.7%

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FastSpring

APRIL 18, 2024

Some businesses outgrow their home countries after a seed or startup period that saw initial success domestically, while some businesses founded with niche markets or in smaller countries may need international sales as table stakes on day one. Learn more about what DutchBasecamp does here.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2021

Your payment processor may be an important element of your business. However, with so many of these payment platforms on the market, how are you supposed to choose? If you’re searching for one of these platforms, what qualities are important to you? be honest How well do you know your business?

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SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2022

The majority of its revenue is now from Bitcoin transactions, not “traditional” payments and software. Its software and services business is the one with the real operating margins. Square is still a high-margin software company at its core with a large but low-margin payments business on top.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

SVB collapsed, market multiples are down, yet the IPO window is re-opening, and we have a platform shift to AI that’s exciting everybody. At the peak of bull market exuberance at the end of 2021, a 1% improvement in revenue growth had the same impact on valuations as a 6% improvement in free cash flow margin. Let’s find out.

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2023

At SaaStr, our partners are an integral part of our events. Carta is a platform that helps people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow. Make enables individuals, teams, and enterprises across all verticals to create powerful custom solutions that scale their businesses faster than ever.

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Subscription Flow

MAY 16, 2024

Did you know that the value of all card payments grew to more than $8 trillion in 2018? A major payment gateway that handled all this was CardConnect. One other reason was also that businesses could do recurring billing with CardPointe but, alas, that is no longer the case. What is CardPointe?

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

According to Forbes , “mobile payments are increasingly being used by U.S. Not only are there a number of ways your customers could be using their mobile devices to give payments, but you as a business owner could be leveraging mobile devices to accept them as well. What is mobile credit card processing?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 6, 2023

If you’re a seed-stage startup, Michael shares the best ways for you to present your company to startup investors. They collect the payment online and take a 15% fee for every booking. Airbnb handles the payments and gets you a guest, and now your rent is covered for the next couple of months. That’s it.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

So, of course when it came to revenue-driving activities, Ford knew that success in marketing—and business—wasn’t about how much your marketing spend is, but how efficiently you spend it. Enter the SaaS Magic Number, which measures the return on sales and marketing spend in generating new subscription revenue.

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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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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A major issue that arises, especially in the B2B SaaS business model, is how to break into the upmarket market as startups develop into scaleups that are primarily focused on increasing their market capitalization. One of the most fundamental changes any startup can go through is entering this market niche.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

At a16z’s recent Connect/Fintech event, a16z Partner Alex Immerman sat down for a broad conversation with Immad Akhund , co-founder and CEO of banking startup Mercury , and René Lacerte, founder and CEO of financial services company BILL. Alex: Let’s dive into your business models. You’ve both done a pretty darn good job at it.

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SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2024

This was precisely my experience upon meeting Toni and Carlos, the founders of Embat, in an area we’ve extensively have been exploring: treasury management and payment automation. This includes real-time bank connectivity, treasury forecasting, payment automation and automated accounting and reconciliation with e.g. ERPs.

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Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

If you are on the lookout for automated billing software for small businesses, this is the blog for you to read. Before we jump to the meat of the blog, let us quickly go over the bare-bones definition of what exactly is automated billing software and why most small businesses require it.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 31, 2021

SaaS and subscription companies like yours need to collect and manage recurring payments at scale. Regular payment gateways like SagePay and WorldPay won't cut it. All the data your startup needs Collecting payments is just one step of effective subscription management. The platform's usage-based pricing (no monthly fees!)

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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. Especially adjacent ones.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Are you a startup founder, employee or enthusiast? If so, join FastSpring at the Austin Startup Week November 6-10th! Started in 2011, Austin Startup Week is a celebration and showcase of everything entrepreneurial in Austin. Don’t miss out on the biggest party in Austin since 2011- Startup Crawl!

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The success of your business can be greatly impacted by your choice of payment processing model in the dynamic world of eCommerce and online business. To simplify the intricacies of payment processing, two well-known solutions have surfaced: Payment Facilitators (PayFacs) and Merchants of Record (MoRs).

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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. The Types of Platforms. But a wrench company is not what we mean when we say ‘platform.’.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In recent years, the country has witnessed a burgeoning fintech industry, particularly in the business-to-business (B2B) sector: Mexico’s fintech market now encompasses over 650 companies and counting. A diverse range of startups and companies are offering innovative financial solutions to consumers and businesses.

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers. Learn More What are ISVs?

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Niall Wall, Box SVP of Business and Corporate Development alongside Vicki Lin, Stripe’s Head of Ecosystem and Cecilia Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing discuss scaling your revenue via indirect channels and platform ecosystems. Ceci Stallsmith – Director of Platform Marketing @ Slack.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

Your business requires a fast and reliable tool for sending and receiving payments from clients. But with so many payment processing tools on the market, which one should you choose? Here's a list of six payment processing platforms for 2021. 1 Different B2B Payment Processing Tools 1.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

Finding the right recurring payment system to process recurring invoices for your subscription-based business isn't easy. Aside from there being a multitude of options in the market, SaaS and subscription businesses often have a diverse and complex set of items that they need their chosen platform to check-off the list.

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Subscription Flow

APRIL 23, 2024

A robust recurring billing software can make all the difference for your subscription business but win 2024 we are taking no gambles. Understanding Paddle in 2024 Catering to more than 3000 SaaS clients in over 200 markets, Paddle is a market-leading billing and revenue management software.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2022

With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. Paddle offers SaaS companies a completely different approach to their payments infrastructure. appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

At SaaStr, our partners are an integral part of our events. Through our #1 SaaS-based Global Employment Platform , we help find, hire, onboard, pay, and manage team members, quickly and compliantly, to expand growth opportunities for everyone, everywhere – without the hassle of setting up local subsidiaries or branch offices.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

A payment ledger is one of the basic tools of bookkeeping. It helps to record payments related to a specific purpose. A ledger allows you to record the item when it is conceived and then update it upon payment, which means you don’t forget about upcoming items or forget to follow through on the payment of previous items.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 3, 2024

Why BluIQ by BluLogix Should Be Your Top Choice for Subscription Billing By BluLogix Team In the previous installment of our series on selecting a subscription billing platform , we discussed the importance of choosing the right platform and outlined key considerations for your evaluation.

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Baremetrics

APRIL 13, 2021

As a subscription-based business, choosing the right payments processor and setting up a recurring payment system for your customers is critical to running a successful company. In this guide, we'll go over how to set up recurring payments and handle invoicing in a manner that's streamlined, convenient, and low on fees.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 4, 2024

Key Considerations When Evaluating Subscription Billing Solutions By BluLogix Team Welcome back to our series on selecting the right subscription billing platform for your business. Billing Flexibility Every business has unique billing requirements, and your chosen billing solution should be flexible enough to accommodate them.

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Baremetrics

APRIL 1, 2021

When choosing a payments processor, businesses have a lot of goals in mind. So, when it comes to comparing platforms, major players like Stripe and Shopify Payments are likely to top your list. All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2023

In particular: Hybrid SaaS with payments and fintech usually has far, far lower gross margins than pure software. See, e.g. Shopify, whose blended gross margins with payments even at its scale are still less than 50%. Yet, I see most “Hybrid SaaS” startups ignore this and spend as if they had 80% margins. It depends. They don’t.

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