FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

In the language of SaaS, I churned. And the experience got me thinking: Was immediate removal of paid features the best chance to keep me from churning? When did I officially count as “churned”? Did they count me as churned on the day I canceled? In part one, we cover benchmarks and common churn formulas.

Benchmarks 141

Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 141

Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

Establishing relationships with advisors and/or mentors. The higher the activation and retention rates, the greater the indication that this is a must-have product. Here’s an example: in the beginning, New Relic didn’t see their target customers as developers. Ensuring your product, marketing and sales teams are aligned.

Scale 74

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

Part-Time VPE 246

Part-Time VPE Technical Cofounder CTO Hire New CTO 246

SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2019

Dave Kellogg is a leading technology executive, independent board member, advisor and angel investor. In his most recent role, Dave was the CEO @ Host Analytics where he quintupled ARR, halved customer acquisition costs and increased net retention rates before selling the company to a private equity sponsor.

Outsourcing Services 115

Outsourcing Services Scale Sales Hiring SMB 115