SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2025

Fresh data from Ramp’s AI Index suggests that the meteoric rise in business AI spending might be showing signs of deceleration, raising questions about whether we’re witnessing market maturation or beginning to hit a potential adoption ceiling: The numbers tell a nuanced story. While overall AI penetration among U.S.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

It required Lucid to change its product, process, and overall user and administration systems to be able to scale with the customer. Your first hire wears many hats, but as you scale, you start building out more specific roles. Every knowledge worker can use them, so they have a scaled and diversified user base.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 23, 2025

Moving upmarket isn’t just a nice-to-have for most SaaS companies – it’s often the difference between building a sustainable $100M+ ARR business and getting stuck in the mid-market quicksand. Just look at the numbers: Enterprise customers bring 95%+ best-in-class retention vs. 85% in mid-market.

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SaaStr

JUNE 9, 2025

After years of drought, 2025 has delivered a scorching hot public market for tech companies so far, with some eye-popping returns that should have every SaaS founder and investor paying attention. The market is once again rewarding recurring revenue models and predictable growth patterns. What’s Driving This IPO Renaissance?

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 18, 2021

Data privacy has become a skill startups must master as they scale. the implications of these regulations for product, marketing, and compliance. As they grow, startups often collect increasing volumes of data. With great power comes great responsibility. how to protect your company and your customers' data.

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compliance Technical Review Startup Technology 278

SaaStr

DECEMBER 6, 2022

When scaling a SaaS company, striking a balance between hypergrowth and risk is essential. On Balancing Compliance and Growth: Compliance, for any sub-category in SaaS, whether it’s marketing following GDPR compliance or your product team following FinTech compliance – it’s binary.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Check out the low down on our sponsors for SaaStr Scale who are helping to make this event happen. Grab your seat for their 12:30 PM PST workshop on Scaling with Speed: How to Streamline Your Revenue Operations with Conga. Check out Twilio during their workshop on December 9 at 10:30 AM PST while they discuss Driving Services at Scale.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2024

From startup to $500M CARR, Spencer Burke, SVP of Growth at Braze, shares how Braze scaled a growth and customer success team. In this AI moment we’re in, there are still many moments in scaling a company where intuition still matters. You don’t have to leave as the organization scales. This isn’t new. But that was it.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Key areas to watch: Model Efficiency Innovations Enterprise Data Integration Tools Vertical-Specific AI Platforms Industry-Specific AI Applications Governance and Compliance Solutions As always in SaaS, the winners will be those who can move quickly while building sustainable, differentiated solutions.

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AI Scale SaaS Government 178

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Accounting Team Responsibilities: Financial recording and reporting Compliance, Audits Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Tax, Treasury Your accounting team makes sure every financial transaction is recorded correctly and categorized. You must build a lean, impactful team to help your business scale. Sign up for free HERE !

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With two weeks left to go until SaaStr Scale 2021, we’re looking at an incredible speaker line-up this year. Tickets to Scale are free, so be sure to sign up to join us live on December 15th! SaaStr Scale is dedicated to bringing you the playbooks for scaling to $100M and beyond. Mark Wayland, CRO @ Box.

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Scale Scaling SMB compliance 278

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Public & private company diligence, compliance analysis Marketing & PR 0.9 Ad creative production, AI design, customer lifecycle at scale Management Analysts 0.88 AI powered financial due diligence rips through public filings, private placement memoranda, & compliance automation. Sales Managers 0.4

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Scale-ups are exciting. Scaling to satisfy customers’ demands depends on innovation and foresight combined with enterprise-ready technology and the right partners. On top of considerable dedication, creating a scale-up requires a functional edge—a unique and unreplicable capability compared to the players in the industry.

Scale 261

Scale Scaling Marketplace as a Service Entrepreneurship 261

USIO

JUNE 9, 2025

This isn’t marketing fluff. You get: Full control over your users’ payment experience Ownership of the financial relationship Deeper data and monetization opportunities But also: Regulatory burden Risk and compliance headaches 12+ months of build time ~$1M+ upfront cost What Is PayFac-as-a-Service? You focus on product.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Merchant Services PayFac as a Service SaaS Payments 130

FastSpring

OCTOBER 16, 2024

To learn more about how FastSpring can help you scale quickly, sign up for a free account or request a demo today. Don’t create your own entity structure around the world, but be treated as a non-local business in the majority of the markets in which you sell.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Outsourcing Services 158

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2025

The new term “AI application as a service” (AIS) describes companies selling AI-powered applications to mid-market and enterprise customers. ” Weavi Founded in 2020, they anticipated the growing importance of unstructured data and embeddings. Product-led growth (PLG) motion applies well to AI-powered products.

Technical Review 177

Technical Review Artificial Intelligence AI Marketplace as a Service 177

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

What is the secret to aligning go-to-market teams and finance teams? These two departments are a SaaS company’s most important; without their alignment, there is no growth or scale. Look at the four common strategies to explore for your SaaS business: Expanding to new markets. Governance and compliance are core to alignment.

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USIO

JUNE 10, 2025

Why It Matters Now Tighter Regulations : States are increasing audits and enforcing strict compliance. Built-In Compliance & Identity Verification : KYC and AML processes ensure funds go to the right person, without manual delays. Compliance on Autopilot : Dormancy rules, alerts, and reporting are built-in—no spreadsheets required.

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SaaStr

JULY 22, 2021

Avalara manages a big problem — tax and related compliance automation. Its roots are in SMEs sold directly, a market a lot of us attack as well. market cap. They earn commissions and are offered dedicated sales, marketing and training support. And growth is strong.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

But we haven’t done a deep dive on new learnings from Box at scale. It’s especially interesting as its core market has matured, and Box has moved aggressively to expand its TAM to push growth to 19% YoY. This is a common theme from almost all SaaS leaders at scale. Well, soon enough indeed, Box will be there.

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FastSpring

MAY 19, 2020

To be able to succeed in the global online market, software and SaaS companies need to keep up with the constantly changing data security best practices to protect their consumers. In our guide, you’ll learn: Why your compliance is necessary to scale your business globally. That’s where our guide can help.

Merchant Services 148

Merchant Services compliance Software SaaS 148

FastSpring

APRIL 29, 2025

When payment partners fail to adapt to player demand and scale quickly, players leave your web shop empty handed, creating dissatisfaction that could have been prevented. We empower you to offload the complexity of global payments, sales tax and VAT compliance, player payments support, and more. How FastSpring approaches scalability.

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Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods 133

SaaStr

DECEMBER 7, 2020

It is time for SaaStr Scale and some of our sponsors are offering incredible deals and prizes for all Scale Attendees. Take advantage of a free 14-day trial special for SaaStr Scale attendees. Splash – Virtual and in-person event marketing built for scale. . SaaStr attendees Save $500 on Splash Basic.

Scaling 178

Scaling compliance Churn Innovation 178

SaaStr

AUGUST 2, 2024

If we go back a few years, when PLG was launched in the market, everyone went wild. For companies that want to scale, PLG seems like the right choice because the product sells itself, and people adopt it quickly. You get traction in the market and raise a round to build a marketing and sales team.

Scale 283

Scale Sales Hiring Sales B2C 283

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2024

Okta’s VP of Engineering, Monica Bajaj, and Senior Director of Platform Product Marketing, Priya Ramamurthi, share Okta’s playbook to PLG, developer experience, and Enterprise ARR. How do you scale PLG? How do you build a stellar developer experience and continue to scale when the user base skyrockets overnight?

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Underperforming Technical Team Enterprise Scale Payments 282

Payrix

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Takeaway #2: Inflation and surcharging compliance Ella highlighted the rising importance of surcharging as a response to inflation and escalating operational costs. Ensuring compliance in surcharging practices is critical, as violations can lead to substantial fines. Well, thats interesting.

Payments 130

Payments Embedded Payments Merchant Services Payment Services 130

SaaStr

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Replace manual GRC efforts, reduce costs, and save time preparing for audits and maintaining compliance. Drata is the world’s most advanced security and compliance automation platform with the mission to help companies earn and keep the trust of their users, customers, partners, and prospects.

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Scale Onboarding Government compliance 54

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In the new episode, Jason sits down with Drata CMO Sydney Sloan to talk about what’s new at Drata, the role of CMO at Drata vs. Salesloft, partner marketing, customer marketing, and more. Sydney pulled someone from Salesloft with a product marketing background who understands operations, running programs, and being strategic.

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TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 24, 2023

How will you be taking this to market? How quickly will we need to scale the application? Often this ties to marketing support. How do we prioritize internationalization versus getting something to market? How can we leverage AI to get our product to market faster? Who are the other stakeholders involved?

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Innovation Development CTO Hire Technical Review 780

SaaStr

JANUARY 13, 2023

So the market is flooded with folks that are now “Fractional CROs” and “Fractional CMOs”. They usually come in and handle compliance and oversight for an existing finance team that perhaps lacks the seasoned experience to handle models, venture capital and debt, prepare for an audit, etc. But Fractional CFOs are often different.

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Sales Hiring Venture Capital Scale Finance 326

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Its proprietary technology simplifies the employment process by managing the complexities of local compliance, labour contracts, payroll, benefits and taxes. We enable companies to manage their distributed teams via a simple dashboard while taking responsibility for local labor law compliance on their behalf.

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Cloud spend optimization AWS Scale compliance 260

SaaStr

JULY 20, 2021

Come hear from Chris Britt, co-founder, and CEO, about Chime’s journey in a highly competitive market and what it took to win. Secrets to Aligning Marketing and Revenue Strategies with Marqeta’s CMO. 4 Secrets to Using Data Security and Compliance as a Competitive Advantage with Very Good Security’s CEO.

Payments 274

Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments Banking 274

Stax

JUNE 3, 2025

Whether you’re building your first product or scaling an established solution, understanding the SaaS platform model is essential for long-term growth. It’s designed to help users solve specific problems, streamline workflows, and scale their operations with ease. You manage the software layer yourself.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services DevOps as a Service SaaS Payments Payments 88

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Companies in our region are good at achieving PMF and scaling to $1 million-$5 million ARR efficiently. The promise of SaaS was healthy profitability at scale and yet we see companies with hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue burning cash. The US is an extremely competitive talent market. That’s too tactical.

Scale 292

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Cybersecurity 292

SaaStr

MARCH 16, 2021

One of the biggest frictions that comes up as you scale is … hiding things. Marketing can be tempted to hide certain editions that generate less revenue. There’s one rule I’ve come up with to help unite sales, customer success, marketing and product: Assume Every Customer Knows Everything.

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Scale compliance Engineering Customer Success 288

Blulogix

DECEMBER 31, 2024

By Inga Broerman Scaling with Usage-Based Models: A Practical Guide to Metering The rise of usage-based pricing is revolutionizing the subscription economy. Adopting usage-based models isnt just about offering more choice; its about positioning your business to thrive in a market that prizes innovation, scalability, and customer-centricity.

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Payment Features Scaling AI Search Subscription 52

SaaStr

JUNE 22, 2023

At Rattle , we are redefining the way revenue teams and leaders interact with their go-to-market systems! Remote makes it easy to manage international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance in 50+ countries. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group and Evolve Bank & Trust®; Members FDIC.

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Scale Banking compliance Forecasting 244