SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

So AppFolio is a big vertical SaaS+ success story I frankly don’t know as much about as I should. So AppFolio is a quiet member of the 10x ARR club – SaaS for property management – $660m run-rate, $7.2B Gotta Radically More Efficient in 2023 This is really the theme of the year in SaaS and Cloud.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

So, despite SaaS multiple and the public markets being at near record highs, we’ve seen things start to … wobble a bit overall in tech: The WeWork IPO simply failed , and the Peloton and Direct Smile IPOs were broken. One of the greatest SaaS companies of all times, but still, it turned out to be mortal. Slack is mortal.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Founder and General Partner of Craft Ventures, David Sacks, shares his perspective on what to expect from SaaS in 2024. Can you raise a Series A if you’re not “AI SaaS?” Can You Raise A Series A If You’re Not AI SaaS? So, can you raise a Series A if you’re not “AI SaaS?” Is everything going to be focused on AI?

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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. In their early stages, SaaS software startups typically target the early adopters in the tech or mid-market segments.

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SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2021

A lot of our SaaS older times don’t quite know what to make with a lot of B2B startups these days, let alone some public SaaS companies. But like “Cloud” and “SaaS”, its definitely has evolved. But like “Cloud” and “SaaS”, its definitely has evolved.

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2021

The Cloud is expanding and moving forward at a phenomenal rate, so we invited the team at Bessemer Venture Partners back to SaaStr to unveil their latest findings in the 2021 State of the Cloud. Is Cloud growth sustainable for the long term? Is Cloud growth sustainable for the long term? Hello Unicorns . trillion.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

ABOUT IN THE VAULT “In the Vault” is a new audio podcast series by the a16z Fintech team, where we sit down with the most influential figures in financial services to explore key trends impacting the industry and the pressing innovations that will shape our future. Angela: Why Global Payments? Jeff Sloan: Thanks for having me, Angela.

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SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2022

So is Square a SaaS company? The majority of its revenue is now from Bitcoin transactions, not “traditional” payments and software. And yet … and yet … its engine is all software and really SaaS. Its software and services business is the one with the real operating margins. Going upmarket.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 26, 2022

So this year has been rough on SaaS and Cloud stocks, with multiples down 75% from a year ago and the markets overall down 50% or more. That’s Freemium at scale. Payments and e-commerce drag blended gross margins down to 60%. But payments can be low gross margin, and they are for Wix. Nothing is in SaaS, really.

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2023

We’ll see 2,500+ of the best SaaS founders, execs, and VCs NEXT WEEK June 6-7 at 2022 SaaStr Europa ! Make enables individuals, teams, and enterprises across all verticals to create powerful custom solutions that scale their businesses faster than ever. Grab tickets here. We are Worldline.

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Frontegg

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

When building your basic SaaS product, you will need to face many different stages of development in order to make sure you are ready to enter the market. If you are reading this, you probably have already started on your SaaS journey and you may even be searching for resources or ideas to guide you. Preparing For (SaaS) Liftoff.

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SaaStr

MAY 10, 2021

Fast forward to today, and we can add an important nuance to that: a second core product not only helps you grow faster at scale (a bigger TAM), but it drives up NRR and more revenue from your existing customers. Pretty good for SMB SaaS. In fact, now it’s more than 2x the size of its SaaS software alone.

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OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

According to Bessemer ’s State of the Cloud 2021 as of this January, there were a total of 527 private unicorns (a unicorn is a private company with a valuation over $1B), with a total cumulative value of more than $1.9 Growth Stage – Scaling the Business, and . SaaS Metric #1 – Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR).

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OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Usually, customer churn rate is every SaaS company’s worst enemy. These are defined as follows: Voluntary churn: This type occurs when a customer chooses to unsubscribe from your product or service. As a SaaS CFO, this strategy of early detection followed by corrective action should be your go-to mindset for customer churn.

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OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Usually, customer churn rate is every SaaS company’s worst enemy. These are defined as follows: Voluntary churn: This type occurs when a customer chooses to unsubscribe from your product or service. As a SaaS CFO, this strategy of early detection followed by corrective action should be your go-to mindset for customer churn.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

We also recommend diving into some of our top articles on how to succeed during the interview process and your first few months once you’ve gotten the job including: How to Succeed as a First-Time VP of Sales. ClickFlow , a SEO experimentation tool, is looking for aVP of Sales to help them scale over the coming year.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

But thankfully, that’s not what your payroll process has to look like. The best payroll services help you automate paying your employees and simplify the entire process, so you can gain more control over how you spend your time. The 6 best payroll service options for 2020. How to choose the best payroll service for you.

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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. The scale is extraordinary. It is very possible that no other company has done as much to shape our decade as Jeff Bezos’s behemoth.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 17, 2021

Coupa is one of our favorite enterprise SaaS leaders at SaaStr, and one more folks should know about. It dominates the enterprise segment of a huge space — Spend Management — and completely eclipsed its predecessor, SAP/Ariba, which was an early SaaS leader. Cloud is huge. Professional Services are 17% of revenues.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

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. In Casey’s last essay, he covered the differences between regular SaaS companies and SaaS-like Networks. This essay is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

When it comes to IPOs, 2021 was an excellent year for SaaS companies. Accelerated digital transformation across industries put SaaS companies firmly on the hypergrowth path. According to Gartner , the SaaS industry has grown from $35 billion in 2015 to $145 billion in 2021. Focus on a multi-year horizon.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 24, 2023

When it comes to product-led growth , SaaS companies need to get everything details right. In this guide, we’ll be going over what usage-based pricing is, the benefits of a usage-based pricing model, different types of usage-based pricing, and a few examples from SaaS companies that have effectively deployed this strategy!

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 30, 2021

Chargebee is a subscription billing and payment software system ideal for SaaS and subscription-based companies. It is a complete cloud-based billing system that is both innovative and simple to use. Custom pricing enables you to prolong renewal periods before they expire. Monthly Chargebee RevenueStory Conclusion.

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User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

There are many SaaS products , but knowing that, how do you choose the best? This article will look at the most successful SaaS companies, so you can decide if you want to invest in them for your business. TL;DR A SaaS product delivers software remotely, reducing the need for local installation, maintenance, and updates.

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Stax

JANUARY 24, 2024

This makes the apparent new direction of Intuit, the developer of QuickBooks, symptomatic of the wider transition within the SaaS space towards cloud-based software solutions. Note that this differs from the service discontinuation of the 2021 versions of QuickBooks desktop. Request Quote Is QuickBooks Desktop Being Phased Out?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Vikas made his way into the world of SaaS and came to be at the rocketship that is Kustomer. * Why does Vikas believe that a wave of SaaS incumbents are about to be displaced or disrupted? Why is it so crucial to invest in enablement in the early days? What is a good payback period? *

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

But based on the number of requests for worst-case scenarios we've gotten from customers in the past two weeks, there's a non-zero chance you are losing sleep over this if you are a SaaS founder. We want to help, and I believe my experience with other SaaS companies may be useful to you as you plan out your company’s new future.

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CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The net revenue retention rate which you may also state as the net retention rate in SaaS businesses is an indicator that depicts the profits and the revenue earned by the business. As the firm scales at $1B, the NRR dips and need not be declining. Ultimately, the purpose of generating revenue is what gets you in the business loop.

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OPEXEngine

MARCH 15, 2022

In the first 10 years of the SaaS industry, US SaaS companies didn’t need to go overseas to build highly valuable companies. But that dynamic has changed in lockstep with the growth of the SaaS market. High Growth SaaS Companies Get A Significant Portion of Revenues Internationally. Source: OPEXEngine. Market Dynamics.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 29, 2021

RevOps has grown in importance as SaaS products have continued to proliferate and organizations have recognized the importance of good data, efficient workflows, and ensuring cross-department collaboration. Processing and remitting payments. The growing role of partnerships in driving revenue.

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How To Buy Saas

MARCH 23, 2024

CRM software helps sales and service teams to satisfy and retain customers easily. There are two popular brands used in the CRM and customer service space – Zendesk vs Freshdesk. It equips the sales, marketing, and customer service teams with the necessary tools. There are two options for a CRM solution – SaaS or on-premise.

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Stax

MARCH 21, 2024

Research shows that the global software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry was valued at $248.76 As such, the advantages of SaaS offerings can’t be easily overlooked. SaaS business applications are web-based, which means that they are hosted on cloud infrastructure. tokenization, encryption). tokenization, encryption).

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 10, 2024

Features Cloud-based application accessible from any device and from anywhere. Enables you with bulk contact list storage. Enables you with bulk contact list storage. Free media storage up to 2 GB over Sendwo cloud. Enable bulk messaging. Features GupShup enables the building of quick and advanced chatbots.

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SaaSOptics

MARCH 10, 2022

It’s common for companies to have digitized some of their financial processes. While this is a step in the right direction, there are gaps in many processes that companies currently use that finance and billing tools can fill. Utilizing ePay tools makes sending invoices and receiving customer their payments easy. SaaSOptics.

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Baremetrics

JULY 8, 2021

Right away, its analytics tools made it easy to calculate key SaaS metrics and segment customers based on customizable attributes. MetricFire is a full-scale platform that offers infrastructure, system, and application monitoring using a suite of open-source monitoring tools. Solution: They signed up for Baremetrics.

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OPEXEngine

JANUARY 14, 2020

The typical SaaS company grows faster, loses more money, and has a higher valuations than product sale companies. Public SaaS Companies. -8%. High-growth SaaS companies are often unprofitable. However, many unprofitable SaaS companies are cash flow positive because of the upfront SaaS payments by B2B clients.

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Totango

AUGUST 21, 2020

Question: How did Totango help with this cloud transformation and how many Totango users do you have? Shelby Czarnota: Through Totango, we are putting the customer at the center, enabling Aaccount collaboration and transparency supporting our Customer First mindset. SC: Totango is very easy to use and is cloud-based.

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