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Recurring Payments: Definition and Implementation Best Practices

Stax

Hybrid models Hybrid models combine elements of fixed and variable recurring payments, offering businesses the flexibility to adapt their billing strategies based on the nature of their products or services. Businesses need strategies in place to retain customers and prevent revenue loss due to subscription cancellations.

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A Look Back: Slack at $30,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

It certainly has its limitations, but I generally like it as strategy. It’s probably not right in all contexts, but it definitely worked for us, seems to be working for Slack. I met you probably before that, you come out of PayPal and all this, and it’s a change. The transactions are a little bit more like PayPal.

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SaaStr Podcast 436: The State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners

SaaStr

PayPal has continued to skyrocket, and then, of course, Zoom replacing ServiceNow in the top five from 2020, as Zoom meetings, Zoom backgrounds, and for all of us, even a little Zoom fatigue is becoming a necessary and important element of our every day. It’s not a new idea, but a renewed strategy in the new normal.

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Cybersecurity in 2023: User Management Can Make the Difference

Frontegg

Data breaches have been reported by organizations like The Guardian, PayPal, T-Mobile, Ticketmaster, NortonLifeLock, Puma, and a chain of Toronto-based hospitals over the last couple of months. This is exactly what SaaS businesses need to understand before creating a foolproof security strategy. These are not isolated incidents.

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Top Lessons in Building Great Teams from Khosla Ventures (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Keith began his career in the industry as a senior executive at PayPal and subsequently served in influential roles at LinkedIn and as chief operating officer of Square. Early teams of PayPal, LinkedIn, Square, and now GP at Khosla Ventures. And you’ve been on the early teams at several companies now: LinkedIn, PayPal, Square-.

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Top Lessons in Building Great Teams from Keith Rabois and Founders Fund (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Keith began his career in the industry as a senior executive at PayPal and subsequently served in influential roles at LinkedIn and as chief operating officer of Square. Early teams of PayPal, LinkedIn, Square, and now GP at Khosla Ventures. And you’ve been on the early teams at several companies now: LinkedIn, PayPal, Square-.

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Sequencing Business Models: The Types of Marketplaces

Casey Accidental

Building on the definitions from that essay and introducing a few new ones, here are the types of business models we’ll cover: SaaS: software that businesses access online and purchase via a subscription e.g. Early on, when Gilad joined Eventbrite, accepting payment and selling tickets online was still the biggest challenge for event creators.