SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

As for Rob, before founding Salsify, he was the first-ever product manager at Cambridge Semantics and before that was a Senior Product Manager @ Endeca helping grow the company to it’s $Bn exit. How does Rob think about the bundled vs unbundled thesis within SaaS? When is it right for SaaS companies to turn down potential customers?

SaaS Payments 256

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 256

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

Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

It came up because people regularly refer to Chargify as a startup, but our company has been around since 2009. There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. Do you really need to know what phase your company is in?”. Are we still a startup? Pre-Startup.

Scale 74

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74

Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Whether you have a Software-as-a-Service, subscription or membership business or you sell one-off products or services and simply want to do business with your customer more than once, Customer Success should be your driving purpose. Technology Enables Strategy; Doesn’t Define It. Sales Process Engagement.

Customer Success 136

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 136

SaaStr

OCTOBER 24, 2019

I’m an entrepreneur-turned-investor, co-founder of an early generation one, SaaS company called Message Labs that we founded in 2000. Exited to Semantic in 2008 and had a good exit for the early SaaS businesses then set up Notion and we focus on SaaS companies, mainly in Series A in the European market.

Payments 102

Payments Payment Features SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 102

SaaStr

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As for Robert, prior to MessageBird, he was co-founder and CEO of Zaypay.com which focused on driving mobile payments into 50+ countries, enabling 1.5bln users to pay for virtual goods through their phones (sold to Mobile Interactive Group (MIG). How did he see his decision-making process change post raise?

Scale 100

Scale Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Services 100

SaaStr

JULY 26, 2019

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Eric made his way into the world of startups and SaaS. What were the biggest challenges in the process? * Why does Eric believe that the bar for execution in SaaS in 2019 is so much higher than in 2009? How did Eric find raising the Series A as a non-Bay area company?

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Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services 139