Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

The “primary risk [during pre-startup] is the failure to design a business plan and strategy that will enable the company to become profitable as it makes sales and earns revenue. Establishing/implementing metrics and analytics**. After all, that monthly recurring revenue is the engine that makes a SaaS business work.

Scale 74

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74

SaaStr

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Because, market share is really number one metric. But invoicing happens to be connected to something really, really important, which is payments. So if you get the invoice, you get the payment and that’s a lot more interesting. Here’s the payments and if you sign them within the week you’ll be really happy.”

Payments 103

Payments Payment Features SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 103

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I was working on a startup that was an early mobile payment platform. It was basically using Bluetooth and an app on PalmPilots to do wireless payments in restaurants. And actually, one of the restaurants burned down and took our whole prototype with us, and that was pretty much the end of that company.

SaaS Payments 262

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 262

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

While getting everyone on board with culture might feel exhaustive or you might feel like “that” company, it's the down payment for making a strong culture for the long haul. Takeaway: For a culture to be strong, everyone needs to be on board. Chances are you'll hear some nuance in there.”.

Company Culture 40

Company Culture Sales Recruiting Scale Software Review 40

SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

An exceptional thought leader and a brilliant coach to thousands of executives, Allison Pickens, is a leading expert on recurring revenue growth. An alumna of Yale and Stanford, Allison has contributed to the Customer Success industry as the COO of Gainsight, a prominent customer success company, and a 1B USD unicorn. Allison Pickens.

VP of Engineering 21

VP of Engineering Customer Success Scale SaaS Payments 21

SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

WePay CEO Bill Clerico and COO Tina Hsiao discuss how the company went from launch to acquisition. WePay is a payments company for platform businesses like marketplaces, crowdfunding sites & small business software. In some ways we’ve really integrated and that part’s been great.

Payment Services 136

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 136

SaaStr

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The company raised a monster $60M Series A from Accel and Atomico with only one prior investor being Y Combinator. The company raised a monster $60 million series A from Accel and Atomico in 2017 with only one prior investor, being Y Combinator. They eventually sold the company to mobile interactive group, or MIG. .

Scale 101

Scale Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Services 101