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How Anthropic Rocketed to $4B ARR — And Why Your B2B Playbook May Already Be Obsolete

SaaStr

API-First Revenue Model Unlike the subscription-heavy models of traditional SaaS, 70-75% of Anthropic’s revenue comes from API calls through pay-per-token pricing. The key is ensuring that increased usage correlates with increased customer success.

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ARR vs NRR: How These Paired Subscription Metrics Actually Drive Business Growth

FastSpring

If you’re looking for a payment services provider and merchant of record to help you grow your subscription business, we can help. Use this signal to double down on what’s working: Identify which products, features, customer segments, or behaviors correlate with growth and build around them. Make the most of every customer interaction.

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Dear SaaStr: How Should I Calculate Gross Dollar Retention For Our Investors?

SaaStr

Here’s the best-practice way to calculate it: Start with your Beginning ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) : This is the ARR from your existing customers at the start of the period you’re measuring. Subtract Churned ARR : This is the revenue lost from customers who canceled their subscriptions during the period.

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GTM in The Age of AI: The Top 10 Learnings from ICONIQ’s 2025 B2B SaaS Report

SaaStr

It’s about fundamental organizational redesign —from pricing models (hybrid consumption/subscription) to team structures (forward-deployed engineers vs traditional CSMs) to investment priorities (94% AI spend increases among high-growth companies). vs $8.7K), and dramatically leaner operations.

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Usage-Based Revenue Models: Successes and Pitfalls from Checkr COO Lindsey Scrase on CRO Confidential

SaaStr

Naturally, their first customer was DoorDash and the quickly captured 95% of the gig economy market in their early days. When Lindsey joined, she inherited an already built-out self-serve/PLG model for small businesses and a mid-market and enterprise sales, customer success, and post-sales team.

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Dear SaaStr: We Have More Than 20% Churn Our First Month. What Should We Do?

SaaStr

This is pretty common in the prosumer space and especially in mobile subscription apps. Tools like Intercom or Pendo can help guide users through onboarding flows, but you also need a strong customer success team to handhold new users if necessary. Segment Your Churn : Break down your churn by customer type.

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Enhance Customer Experience With FastSpring’s Subscription Pause Feature

FastSpring

In today’s competitive subscription economy, providing flexibility and value to your customers is essential. FastSpring’s subscription pause feature allows businesses to retain customers who might otherwise cancel their subscriptions, offering a win-win solution for both parties.