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Scaling The Top SMB SaaS Companies: What It Takes with GGV Capital Managing Director Jeff Richards and GGV Capital Partner Tiffany Luck (Pod 647 + Video)

SaaStr

The SMBTech economy is very different from enterprise software, and there is massive opportunity to capture it. Rewind The Clock — How Did We Get Here Most small businesses in pre-2010 didn’t have computers in their store or restaurant. Everyone was stuck in place and online was the answer. Most didn’t even have internet.

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10 Learnings on High-Velocity Sales to SMB with Gorgias CEO and VP of Sales

SaaStr

Gorgias, an eCommerce customer service platform, discovered that their customers’ main pain points were a lack of centralized customer support channels and poor integrations. For example, Gorgias knew they were targeting not only eCommerce but also customer service. Enterprise? Firstly, payment should be easy for customers.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Squarespace at $700,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

Perhaps the most interesting thing is just how similar both these website-builder-plus-ecommerce companies are. It’s growing at the same rate (~30%), booming from ecommerce (+78% for Squarespace, +60% for Wix). Monetizing ecommerce via subscriptions, but not payment processing. 85% NRR.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Shopify at $4 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

Cloud and ecommerce may end soon, but it hasn’t ended yet. It would be so helpful to know, as the #1 leader in SMB eCommerce, and also one of the very top leaders in SaaS SMB overall. It would be so helpful to know, as the #1 leader in SMB eCommerce, and also one of the very top leaders in SaaS SMB overall.

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How to build a successful Embedded Payments strategy Part 2 | Ep 34

Payrix

Embedded Payments have become a popular initiative among vertical specific software companies looking to deliver a more seamless customer experience, introduce new revenue into the business, and stay competitive in today’s digital world. We knew just the person to talk to — Andy Meadows, Head of Partner Success at Payrix.

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5 Interesting Learnings from BigCommerce at $180,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

BigCommerce is an interesting eCommerce case study on many levels. Shopify is #1 in so many market segments, but for “bigger” SMBs BigCommerce (and perhaps less-custom enterprise deployments) is arguably #2 to Shopify. Payments partners are the biggest part of this. Not competing (directly) on price.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Weave at $130,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

Weave started off as a dental ERP and comms platform (including VoIP / phone), and then expanded beyond that as it scaled. While these aren’t great metrics if Weave was enterprise, they are still solid for SMBs. Many SMB SaaS companies struggle to hit 100% NRR and 80% GRR. Many SMBs just prefer it. #4.