SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Founder and General Partner of Craft Ventures, David Sacks, shares his perspective on what to expect from SaaS in 2024. Can you raise a Series A if you’re not “AI SaaS?” Can You Raise A Series A If You’re Not AI SaaS? Sacks suggests thinking of every major platform shift as a pond. Is everything going to be focused on AI?

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User Pilot

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Thus, properly harnessing data-driven insights is key to achieving product growth and business success. It will also guide you through uncovering and harnessing these insights in your SaaS business. Weak finances may reveal the need for hiring freezes or lead you to postpone any market expansion plans. Gather data.

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OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Usually, customer churn rate is every SaaS company’s worst enemy. But in this article, we’re going to show you how to not only deal with churn effectively but also how you can use your customer churn data as a valuable tool to build your business. You’ll also be able to run detailed forecasts on various MRR scenarios.

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OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Usually, customer churn rate is every SaaS company’s worst enemy. But in this article, we’re going to show you how to not only deal with churn effectively but also how you can use your customer churn data as a valuable tool to build your business. You’ll also be able to run detailed forecasts on various MRR scenarios.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In the fast-paced business environment of today, it is imperative to comprehend the significance of SaaS renewal management. You run the risk of losing out on important opportunities if your contracts are set to automatically renew and you do not have a strong SaaS renewal management system.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 9, 2021

While Stripe is indispensable for the average online business, providing many different tools, reports, and customizations that power online payment processing , when it comes to finding the billing history for Stripe customers, things are needlessly complicated. Stripe is a fully integrated suite of payment products.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 25, 2022

In recent years, a new discipline of financial management has emerged in response to cloud technologies and organizations growing reliance on cloud IT architectures and cloud-based business processes. Over the previous decade, many companies have embraced cloud-based services. Which cloud service providers do you use?

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The way you process B2B payments matters. To keep your company thriving, you need a fast, reliable method for collecting payments for services rendered. Understanding the intricacies of the B2B payments process, and the solutions that can help, will ensure that you’re never struggling to receive these payments.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Bookkeeping, accounting, and finance management are all critical to the financial success of your business. All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business. Controller, CFO, and finance What is a controller? What is finance?

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 22, 2021

Subscription revenue can be defined most simply as a model which generates income from customers through recurring fees that are paid at regular intervals. These can be weekly, monthly, or annual payments. Before we get into the more complicated stuff, let’s consider the difference between earning revenue and collecting revenue.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

But based on the number of requests for worst-case scenarios we've gotten from customers in the past two weeks, there's a non-zero chance you are losing sleep over this if you are a SaaS founder. We want to help, and I believe my experience with other SaaS companies may be useful to you as you plan out your company’s new future.

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Baremetrics

JUNE 27, 2021

Hopper How can you know if your SaaS business is profitable or not? Do you know what works well for your business and what doesn’t? That’s where SaaS metrics come into play and tell you what you need to know. They give you the data you need to help you make informed decisions about your business. 2 What is Stripe?

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 18, 2021

Invoicing is a sales process where a seller issues a commercial document to a buyer requesting payment. This document shows all products and services rendered, the payment owed, and the contact details of both the buyer and the seller. Invoicing can be done for both recurring and one-time payments.

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OPEXEngine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Revenue realization and revenue recognition are two different events that impact your ability to accurately forecast and reflect on the true earnings in a period. Definition Of Revenue. Before we go any further, let us look at the concept of revenue. Effectively, the revenue is deferred and not yet realized.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 21, 2021

We’ll also share an example of a cash flow statement to bring the concept to life and provide some tips for SaaS businesses seeking to simplify and streamline their cash flow statement activities. Benefits of cash flow planning for SaaS businesses SaaS-specific cash flow problems 1. Customer churn 4.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

When it comes to IPOs, 2021 was an excellent year for SaaS companies. Accelerated digital transformation across industries put SaaS companies firmly on the hypergrowth path. According to Gartner , the SaaS industry has grown from $35 billion in 2015 to $145 billion in 2021. Focus on a multi-year horizon.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

However, these are the core processes to any successful business, and a failure to keep up with bookkeeping and accounting tasks means trouble—and not just with the tax authorities. If you lose track of expenses, you’ll be overpaying on taxes, if you even stay in business long enough to reach tax season. Table of Contents.

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OPEXEngine

MARCH 15, 2022

In the first 10 years of the SaaS industry, US SaaS companies didn’t need to go overseas to build highly valuable companies. But that dynamic has changed in lockstep with the growth of the SaaS market. High Growth SaaS Companies Get A Significant Portion of Revenues Internationally. Source: OPEXEngine.

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Baremetrics

MAY 18, 2021

Working to acquire, qualify, and convert leads is a critical part of SaaS business success, whether you’re a startup or an established enterprise. It’s most helpful to organize your efforts using a well-constructed SaaS sales conversion funnel. 1 What is a SaaS conversion funnel? What is a SaaS conversion funnel?

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 22, 2021

In its simplest form, cash accounting is a system in which a company records expenses and revenues as the money changes hands. Accrual Accounting Statement of Cash Flows Cash Forecasting. If you are a business of one, or at least operating lean enough that everyone wears multiple hats, then cash accounting will make your life easier.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Baremetrics is a business metrics tool that provides 26 metrics about your business, such as MRR, ARR, LTV, total customers, and more. Baremetrics integrates directly with your payment gateways, so information about your customers is automatically piped into the Baremetrics dashboards. Table of Contents. What is EBIT?

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 23, 2021

Now, we use bootstrapping to describe the not quite impossible task of building your business without financing. If you choose not to finance your business by selling part of it to venture capitalists, and you also do not want or cannot secure a loan, then you are left with bootstrapping. Table of Contents.

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Baremetrics

JUNE 28, 2021

Some people will use PayPal or another payment gateway to keep track of their revenue and expenses - but what if Stripe isn’t the only payment gateway you use? Another major question is deciding which financial metrics are worth tracking for your business. That’s a whole other ball game. Try Baremetrics free.

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OPEXEngine

JANUARY 18, 2022

The impact of the pandemic was quite dramatic as we literally lost all of our revenue from one week to the other,” said Marcus Tillmann, CFO of online travel site Trivago. “We Another component was ensuring the company had the technology to conduct business and continue to support clients. That’s an ongoing process.”.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

To date they have raised over $113m in financing from some of the best in the business including Tiger Global, Battery Ventures, Boldstart, Canaan, Cisco, and Redpoint, just to name a few. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Vikas made his way into the world of SaaS and came to be at the rocketship that is Kustomer. *

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Chart Mogul

MAY 15, 2020

SevenFifty’s VP of Finance and Operations, Jonathan Tartell tells us how they used their existing revenue data to improve financial reporting and create a compelling vision for investors. SevenFifty provides a platform that connects all three actors. The Challenge: Track revenue metrics and act on them.

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Chart Mogul

MAY 15, 2020

SevenFifty’s VP of Finance and Operations, Jonathan Tartell tells us how they used their existing revenue data to improve financial reporting and create a compelling vision for investors. SevenFifty provides a platform that connects all three actors. The Challenge: Track revenue metrics and act on them.

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Point Nine Land

MARCH 7, 2019

Lemkin recently posted a tweetstorm about his observation that most startups are bad at finance. As you’d expect from Jason, he didn’t try to sugarcoat things: A top trend I have noticed past 3 years: Startups are MUCH, MUCH worse at finance. No proper finance or account until even after raising millions, even to $5m+ ARR.

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OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Weaker demand, slower sales cycles, and customer insistence on pricing concessions and payment deferrals have conspired to cloud the outlook for many tech companies’ growth. Forecasting Growth in a Pandemic: A Difficult Job Just Got Harder. For certain businesses, COVID-19’s impact on revenue was immediate.

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Baremetrics

MAY 20, 2021

Financial forecast software helps you create projections of financial outcomes within a specified area of your company. This information can then feed into your business's larger overall financial model, whether it's a SaaS or a subscription service. All the data your startup needs 1 Why Use Financial Forecast Software?

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Point Nine Land

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In that post, I looked at how long it took publicly traded SaaS companies to get to $100M in ARR and concluded that if your goal is to reach $100M in ARR, you should try to get there within 7–9 years after launch. Meanwhile, a few SaaS companies have shown even more spectacular growth. eight years.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Stripe is indispensable for the average online business, providing the many different tools, reports, and customizations that power online payment processing, but it isn’t without limitations. For example, the Stripe analytics dashboard is lacking the needed depth for SaaS businesses that rely on recurring revenue.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 12, 2022

This article is one such list, where we take a deep dive into cash flow modeling for SaaS businesses and the software that can help you do it. You take all of your assets , liabilities , revenues , expenses , investments, etc. Why is cash flow modeling important for SaaS? and project them into the future. QuickBooks 4.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Since the original version of this post from early 2017, we’ve worked with many more SaaS companies and a common theme has been moving companies from a starter template to a more robust financial model. This model allowed me to work with dozens of SaaS startups using spreadsheets, while we built our financial modeling software Flightpath.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 30, 2021

The advent of cloud-based SaaS offerings has revolutionized the way of doing business. SaaS offerings facilitate this flexibility. SaaS companies generate their revenue from the subscription payments that customers pay for using their software. How essential is ARR in measuring business success?

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The ASC 606 outlines a five-step model for revenue recognition. Recognize revenue when or as the entity satisfies a performance obligation. These rules are now enforced for both private and public businesses. These rules are now enforced for both private and public businesses. What is revenue recognition?

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 28, 2021

As a business owner, you measure your incoming profits and revenue with several metrics. Some of the common metrics for this include net income, gross revenue, and net revenue. But what are the differences among these measurements, and which is the best measurement to tell you the financial health of your business?

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