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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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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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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. Manual processes first. Know your forever user.

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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 Registration.

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How to Start a Franchise Business

Neil Patel

There are franchise businesses in travel, restaurant, convenience stores, websites, health and wellness, business, and much more. How much money do you have to invest? Before selecting a business, consider the cost. What are their annual revenue and profits? For example, suppose you want to franchise a tax company.

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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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The Stages Of A SaaS Company: When To Scale For Success

Chargify

How long is a startup a startup? It came up because people regularly refer to Chargify as a startup, but our company has been around since 2009. Are we still a startup? There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. Pre-Startup.

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