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From Stealth to Unicorn in 11 Months: Top 5 Lessons Learned with Drata CEO Adam Markowitz and Cowboy Ventures Partner Amanda Robson (Video)

SaaStr

The company culture you build. You want your customers to make the payment decision as soon as possible. From an investment perspective, having your customers be public advocates of what you’re building can attract investors. Lesson 5: Build a successful company culture. Culture is a lasting differentiator.

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$1M to $100M in 20 Months, The Hard Part: How Everything Breaks in Hypergrowth with Deel Co-Founder & CRO Shuo Wang (Video)

SaaStr

Overcoming challenges by optimizing for success In the early stages of setting up your SaaS business, it’s always a good idea to invest time thinking about the direction you want to take. This insight led Deel to focus on solving payments and compliance. Identifying a direction is just the starting point.

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FastSpring Acquires SalesRight to Support Next Generation of Software Commerce

FastSpring

At FastSpring, this environment has fueled our progress as a business, enabling us to accelerate investments in our people, technology, and product to support our fast-growing sellers. The SalesRight team will continue to operate out of its headquarters in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as we work towards fully integrating them into FastSpring.

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In-House or Outsourced: Which Ecommerce Solution is Best for Your Business?

FastSpring

Making the “right” decision will depend on your particular setup, as well as your company culture and your anticipated growth in the future. Having an in-house solution means your company invests resources into building an ecommerce solution for use exclusively within your organization. In-House Ecommerce Solution.

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Going Global: Key Considerations to Drive SaaS Success Abroad

OPEXEngine

High Growth SaaS Companies Get A Significant Portion of Revenues Internationally. There is a clear distinction between fast growth SaaS vendors (over 50% annual growth) and slow growth companies (less than 25% growth) between $100M-$500M. But scaling your business in the right place is critical. Company Maturity.

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Avoid Trapdoor Decisions: 5 Lessons Learned from Scaling Stripe (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

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. Payments has been around for thousands of years.

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SaaStr Podcast #217: Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson on The Trapdoor Decisions to Avoid When Scaling

SaaStr

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. Payments has been around for thousands of years.

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