SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2023

At SaaStr, our partners are an integral part of our events. Carta is a platform that helps people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow. Make enables individuals, teams, and enterprises across all verticals to create powerful custom solutions that scale their businesses faster than ever.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

Finding the perfect VP of Sales position can be daunting, especially in the middle of a global pandemic. Candidates need to find opportunities that not only fit their sales experience and stretch goals, but also companies that are coming out of the pandemic with momentum. Who is looking to hire a VP of Sales in January / Q1?

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

At a16z’s recent Connect/Fintech event, a16z Partner Alex Immerman sat down for a broad conversation with Immad Akhund , co-founder and CEO of banking startup Mercury , and René Lacerte, founder and CEO of financial services company BILL. Alex: The other side of the equation on customer acquisition is monetization.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Compared to another leading tech event 2 weeks later, it was night and day in favor of SaaStr Annual” Public Fintech: “Our team buzzed about the event and the people they were able to meet in a short amount of time. ” Public Fintech #2: “Our sales team walked away with over 100 qualified leads. .”

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Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2021

Your payment processor may be an important element of your business. However, with so many of these payment platforms on the market, how are you supposed to choose? If you’re searching for one of these platforms, what qualities are important to you? After all, it plays a big role in how you get paid.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2022

SaaStr events couldn’t happen without our partners, and we wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2023. GUIDEcx® is a client onboarding and implementation platform that keeps your clients at the center of every project by providing complete visibility into the work.

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FastSpring

MARCH 15, 2024

And as the CEO of both Skillshot Media (a turnkey events production company for esports events) and Ghost Gaming (a “gaming lifestyle brand” that supports esports teams and gaming content creators such as Twitch streamers), he dives ever deeper into marketing to gamers and other gaming industry professionals.

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FastSpring

MARCH 16, 2023

Use Affiliates As Local Sales Partners MapTiler maintains developer documentation in English — and as the primary business language throughout the world, this works well for most of its users. But there are parts of the world that want to do business in a different way,” Tom explained.

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Stax

MARCH 12, 2024

But in reality, companies often have to spend considerable time and resources chasing down late payments that are stuck in Accounts Receivable. Promptly collecting payments from your customers is essential to run a sustainable business. In fact, 81% of large retailers say that real-time payments are critical to their operations.

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User Pilot

JUNE 8, 2023

Do you want to leverage event data to make data-driven decisions to enhance user experience? Event data allows you to understand your users’ behaviors and needs on a deeper level. As a result, you get the key that opens the door to a treasure of product growth insights for your SaaS business. What is event data?

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For businesses offering subscriptions, Paddle is a well-known platform for subscription management boosting features such as recurring billing, invoicing, payments and revenue management. SubscriptionFlow is one such subscription management platform that qualifies as one of the best Paddle alternatives in the market.

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Niall Wall, Box SVP of Business and Corporate Development alongside Vicki Lin, Stripe’s Head of Ecosystem and Cecilia Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing discuss scaling your revenue via indirect channels and platform ecosystems. Ceci Stallsmith – Director of Platform Marketing @ Slack.

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SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2021

Ok it’s time to grab your spot at the top sessions for SaaStr Money 2021 on July 14: The line-up of workshops and small sessions is incredible, and it’s FREE as part of our last Mega Digital Event before 2021 Annual. Global Head of Sales, Square. Mahmoud Abdelkader & Christina Monets. Sign up here now!!

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

According to Forbes , “mobile payments are increasingly being used by U.S. Not only are there a number of ways your customers could be using their mobile devices to give payments, but you as a business owner could be leveraging mobile devices to accept them as well. What is mobile credit card processing?

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User Pilot

APRIL 3, 2024

Prioritizing user experience optimization in product-led growth is crucial for creating intuitive, enjoyable products that retain customers and drive revenue growth. PLG and SLG differ in focus: PLG centers on product appeal for growth, while SLG relies on sales strategies and personal interactions. Is product-led growth right for you?

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Q4 sales numbers usually outperform the rest of the year thanks to year-end holidays and their associated shopping cycles — but how much does that trend carry over into software and SaaS sales? And does it improve B2B sales too, or is it more just a B2C advantage? sales trends by month and quarter.

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Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Eventually, the company needed to layer in new advertiser focused loops to monetize, but I’ll skip that detail for now. Creators market their events to bring in new ticket buyers. Many of those ticket buyers, once introduced to Eventbrite, start creating events themselves. But Eventbrite didn’t stop there. Why did they do this?

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FastSpring

JANUARY 10, 2023

Checkout (including payment processing and gathering sales tax, GST, and VAT). Handling failed payments and customer notifications. Reconciling payment with accounts and remitting sales tax, GST, and VAT. The second factor to consider is whether or not the solution was built for your type of business.

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Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Having a CRM like Salesforce for membership management allows your company’s technical staff to focus on other, more productive aspects of business management like expanding the company’s clientele and revenue. Within your CRM, payment details can be directly linked to contacts, sales, and membership records.

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How To Buy Saas

JANUARY 1, 2021

Well, that’s enough to motivate yourself to start creating your first course using the best online course platforms. Come out of your comfort zone, choose the best online course platform, and create your course outline for people who are ready to learn something that you already know. Why Choose an Online Course Platform?

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In that essay , we also talked about how a more common route for a SaaS business is to become a platform. Platforms can create an immense amount of long-term value for companies, or be a minor component of their product strategy to maintain product/market fit. The Types of Platforms. Integration Platforms.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2024

Strong growth, break-even margins, and very high quality revenue. The Big Efficiency Cuts Have Been in Sales & Marketing Procore got more efficient and its operating margins up mainly by cutting sales & marketing expense — down almost 10% this past year. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. So it’s not just you ?

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Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Format changes are usually only required around platform shifts already occurring or platform shifts a larger company is trying to drive. This is creating a new value proposition for your existing audience so that you can acquire, retain, and/or monetize them better. I have written more about platforms here.

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Baremetrics

JULY 23, 2021

Pipedrive is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform. CRMs help organizations manage interactions with current and potential customers, increase sales productivity, and improve conversion and retention rates. Efficiency is crucial for sales teams. The Baremetrics sales process looks like this!

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 13, 2023

If you’re currently using 2Checkout or Stripe to sell digital goods or SaaS but are considering switching — to the other, or to other options such as FastSpring — you may be wondering whether there are substantial differences between the platforms and their services. Payment Gateways , Payment Processing , PSPs, MoRs — What’s the Difference?

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Chart Mogul

AUGUST 9, 2021

Their community management platform was born from CEO and electronic musician Benji Vaughan’s need to better engage his fans. Their community management platform was born from CEO and electronic musician Benji Vaughan’s need to better engage his fans. Community members can interact with one another via events and messaging.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Web Summit holds events across the world in Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro, Qatar, Toronto and Hong Kong. Night Summit is your chance to bring the event to some of our favorite neighborhoods in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Our platform includes branded localized checkout, subscription management, and so much more.

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SaaSOptics

APRIL 14, 2022

The revenue gained from a fixed pricing model is easy for finance teams to recognize; however, you could easily overcharge or undercharge your customers based on their product usage. Usage-Based/Metered Pricing: Usage-based pricing aligns monetization with how customers actually consume your products and services.

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User Pilot

JULY 4, 2023

Reasons for seeking out Typeform alternatives vary from pricing concerns to the need for better branding options, more payment integrations, greater ease of use, etc. Outgrow goes beyond form building to deliver a content marketing platform. It features user segmentation and targeting and works with 1000+ integrations.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It is the largest in-person event in the country—2,000+ attendees, 800+ companies, and 100+ speakers—along with features such as Betakit Keynote Stage, AWS Pitchfest, Workspaces Tradeshow. You’ll get access to events such as Craft Beer Mingler, “Food For Thought”, End of Day Socializer and more!

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

FastSpring is a Super Gold sponsor of this year’s SaaStr event. Here’s why we’re attending SaaStr — and what you can expect from us at the event. You can get a 20% event discount by pre-registering to visit our booth ahead of the show. We’d love to show you how they work and how they can help you do more B2B business, faster!

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Stax

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Small Business Saturday, or SBS, is a much-anticipated shopping event that takes place between the Black Friday and Cyber Monday holiday shopping frenzy. This day benefits local businesses since it encourages 72% of shoppers to shop and dine at small, independently-owned retailers and restaurants—not only on SBS—but year-long.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 14, 2020

Using third-party integrations to bring company-wide customer data into a central hub that’s designed to automate and optimize a Customer Success Manager’s output is when Customer Success really becomes a force to be reckoned with. Since buyers typically follow a uniform purchasing journey, CRMs are ideal for managing a sales pipeline. (If

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Subscription Flow

MARCH 28, 2024

By giving the MoR for SaaS authority over tasks like paying taxes, processing payments, and conversions of currencies, SaaS companies are able to concentrate on their core services, improve customer support, and spur innovation in their products. Consumers pay with the foreign currencies (Yen, GBP, AUD) that correspond to them.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Most events have a few parties, but NAMM has a plethora of concerts to keep the excitement going towards the end of the days, so be sure to check out the agenda in advance to schedule in a discovery of a newer artist or to reconnect with old friends. Schedule a demo now or at NAMM in person!

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 3, 2024

Wati is a popular end-to-end WhatsApp API solution that helps businesses access WhatsApp API and boost their marketing and sales. It offers some robust features like a support dashboard, efficient integrations, APIs, and a no-code WhatsApp chatbot builder to boost effective WhatsApp marketing, sales, and customer support.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This allows their team to focus on product, sales, and growth. All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business. UXPin is a code-based design tool that simplifies and unifies product development process by bringing code components to the design stage.

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