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The Top 10 Important Finance Mistakes First Time Founders Make

SaaStr

Take a read if you are still running finance yourself, or just have an part-time outsourced resource. In the old days, we didn’t have to worry about finance too much. SaaS accounting and finance has gotten pretty complicated, and the impacts of getting it wrong have gone up substantially. Accounting and Finance.

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The Secrets to Aligning GTM Teams & Finance to Scale by 10X with Subskribe Founder Prakash Raina and Okta VP Finance Leslie Hui (Video)

SaaStr

What is the secret to aligning go-to-market teams and finance teams? Prakash Raina, Co-Founder of Subskribe, and Leslie Hui, VP of Accounting Operations and Finance Transformation at Okta, break down the secrets to unifying SaaS teams, processes, and systems. The secret to aligning GTM & finance teams. Prakash Raina.

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Accounting Compliance and Reporting: Best Practices for SaaS

Sage Intacct

For even the most thorough of SaaS CFOs, there's a nagging question that's always risky to ignore: "How are we doing on our accounting compliance?" With new accounting laws and regulations emerging every year, it’s a question SaaS finance leaders are increasingly fretting over.

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5 Challenges in Moving Upmarket and How to Overcome Them with Salesforce Ventures

SaaStr

Going upmarket drives category leadership because you establish yourself as the company that the Fortune 500 logos use. Security — SOC 2 compliance is table stakes. You also need dedicated resources across your organization — marketing, customer success, product, legal, and finance. We’ve already mentioned the why.

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Making the Business Case to the CFO: 5 Questions You Should Answer

BetterCloud

For example, during the roaring 2021/2022 IT investment boom, IT has more latitude to invest without the strong involvement of finance leadership. Most finance leaders expect to increase IT budgets, and Gartner agrees. Especially financial leadership. Now, those days are gone. Automating the SaaS environment is a journey.

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Bridging Silos: What is the Critical Role of Seamless Integration in Agile Monetization

Blulogix

As companies delve deeper into subscription models and agile monetization platforms , the necessity of integrating disparate processes—from sales and marketing to finance and customer support—becomes unmistakably clear.

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Itaú BBA

SaaSHolic

Three important factors for companies to consider when implementing AI are discussed: organizational structure, management systems, and leadership models, with an emphasis on simplicity and financial optimization in data processes.