Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Within the 200 ICOs I analyzed, there are tens of next-generation infrastructure players and a twenty or more platforms-as-a-service. Blockchain startups have already targeted major buyers of software, from email security products to job marketplaces, from legal products to human resources software.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

The Latin American SaaS landscape is hustling and bustling, having seen more IPOs in the last 6 months than the previous 20 years combined. We will gather 300 leading SaaS founders, executives and investors for three days packed with opportunities and rich exchange of knowledge to push the whole ecosystem forward. Founded : 2013.

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Subscription Flow

JANUARY 11, 2024

There are many lessons to be learnt from its success and its specific offering of features in the world of SaaS, all of which we will be going over in this blog. Benefits of Xero SaaS integration: A Guide Every business must have visibility into its operations and processes in order to succeed.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 6, 2021

Although bookkeepers and accountants share some duties, for example preparing tax returns or producing the end of year financial statements, a bookkeeper’s main duty is keeping the basic, daily finances in order. SaaS metrics with Baremetrics But what if you have too many receipts and invoices to be able to do that? Table of Contents.

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Chart Mogul

JUNE 23, 2022

“May you live in interesting times” is a rough translation of a traditional Chinese proverb that is bearing more meaning today than ever in the history of SaaS. After a brilliant run up to 2022, SaaS valuations got hammered in the public markets lately. SaaS startup growth has taken a hit as well as we noted.

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Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Square is a leading mobile payment provider that provides a wide range of business solutions, including services designed specifically for small businesses, software, hardware for point-of-sale (POS) systems, and payment processing. What is QuickBooks? Why you may need to integrate the two? What is Square? What is QuickBooks?

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For example, HR and finance SaaS vendor Workday bought Scout RFP (a San Francisco startup with a team of 8) for $540 million. Micro Acquire is a marketplace that connects startups to buyers. The marketplace is designed to cut down on the time you need to sell your business and find startups to invest in. Micro Acquire.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 23, 2022

The process of purchasing software is increasingly complex – the choices for products and services are endless, and customers have a harder time parsing which companies to trust and which product will better cater to their needs. But once they’re happy with a service, they can help build trust with new customers as well.

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Stax

JANUARY 8, 2024

For SaaS companies, becoming a payment facilitator (or PayFac) offers a ton of advantages—including but not limited to—boosting retention and profitability while exercising greater control over the customer experience. Reputational risks Risks associated with things like data breaches, poor customer service, company controversies, etc.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 30, 2020

An affiliate network connects publishers, like blog owners or influencers, with companies looking to promote their products or services. Affiliate networks work as a marketplace for affiliate programs. What types of products and services are your readers likely to be interested in? What is an Affiliate Network?

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FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

On this podcast, we share stories from global SaaS leaders like Ryan, that you can use to inspire new growth strategies in your own business. And I just started a consulting business, it was a service business. Corporate learning is really enterprise SaaS. Ryan, thank you for joining me, why don’t you introduce yourself?

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 2, 2016

Cloud computing, which encompasses the infrastructure products used by developers to build services, has remained flat at 4% over the past five years despite some recent declines in 2013 and 2014. During the period, we two salient education companys have gone public: 2U, a SaaS online college company worth $1.3B

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OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As part of our last three annual finance and operating benchmarks surveys, we’ve asked nearly 2,000 startup founders and leaders of B2B SaaS businesses this simple question: “What’s keeping you up at night?”. implementing fintech services, developing marketplaces, and leveraging usage-based pricing).

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Besides overseeing your own team, the Ecommerce Manager is also responsible to work with other departments, like the product team, operations, and customer service. Depending on how big the software company is, the ecommerce team may also include a dedicated IT tech, customer service reps, and finance and accounting personnel.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 9, 2021

In addition, Stripe’s analytics side can be lacking the needed depth for SaaS businesses that rely on recurring revenue. Baremetrics monitors subscription revenue for businesses that bring in revenue through subscription-based services. Stripe can also be used to run software platforms, marketplaces, and subscription businesses.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. But not all SaaS products are alike. Other types of SaaS are relevant only to companies in specific industries.

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Totango

JUNE 9, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic may have radically altered the marketplace around us, but the fundamentals of customer renewal strategies remain the same. Customers have always based their renewal decisions on emotional connections, financial realities, and the amount of trust they have that a service can deliver sustained value.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2021

If you’re an OEM or selling physical products, this one’s for you (sorry, SaaS folks). McKinsey notes that B2B decision-makers are pushing to e-commerce and e-commerce-like sales cycles, and up to 80% prefer either digital self-service tools or to contact teams remotely. But that might mean overlooking a golden opportunity.

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ProfitWell

JANUARY 15, 2020

The subscription model is booming—meaning more and more companies are acquiring the model—giving your SaaS business even more motivation to remain competitive. They guide clients toward general best practices based on ProfitWell’s extensive experience with more than 100 SaaS businesses. What’s the secret weapon? Your pricing.

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SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2023

The average mid-size company has 111 SaaS applications. There’s so much competition in SaaS that it can feel confusing to figure out where to start and compare solutions. This is the biggest trend in SaaS. Should you purchase through a third-party marketplace? SaaS changed that. How can you make purchasing easier?

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BetterCloud

APRIL 25, 2024

SaaS tools are fantastic, but keeping your tech stack from turning into a financial snowball can be tough. Let’s break down smart SaaS budgeting, so you can make your tech work for you, without blowing the bank. What is SaaS budgeting? These are the things you’ll discover when you take an inventory of your SaaS spend.

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Point Nine Land

JANUARY 17, 2019

Hi there, we’re Point Nine Capital a VC firm focused on SaaS and marketplaces. Funding becomes more tight, which means that only the most impactful and disruptive opportunities get financed. Almost every step requires paperwork and postal service, many entail physical presence. but it’s a tradition now).

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How To Buy Saas

JULY 26, 2021

It offers you the best of services including Expert HR. One of the most recognizable and best startup tools for hosting web service is best for speed, reliability, and excellent support. This site assists as a bidding marketplace for people to buy and sell websites (think eBay for websites). Check here for details. ShareASale.

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 25, 2021

No business can survive in the long run without a loyal customer base for its services or products. SaaS leaders need to believe and keep the product in mind to guide customers properly. What is Customer Development in SaaS? The models in the book are useful for both SaaS companies and startups. The customer is right.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 16, 2022

How do you enter a highly competitive marketplace, carve a niche for yourself, and then scale the business to $100 million+ ARR? Entering a hyper-competitive marketplace . Entering a crowded marketplace as a new business can be intimidating, especially when established players with a solid customer base surround you.

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OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Pricing is an incredibly important part of any SaaS product’s go-to-market strategy. And—like everything else in the fast-moving SaaS world—pricing is not a once-and-done task. Instead, we now pay a finite, fixed fee for mobile service. No unexpected costs. No sliding scale. – once. Ensuring Success – Teamwork and Focus.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

For years we have been reading and hand-picking the best SaaS blog posts to share with 24K+ SaaS Roundup subscribers. Subscriber or not, anyone who wants to increase their SaaS knowledge will benefit by reading the curated posts below. In all seriousness though, that’s kinda what Horizontal SaaS promises (or tries) to be.

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SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2020

And so we’re a great experience for your employees but also for your finance teams who are trying to control costs and save money. We saw McDonald’s, they started separating their arches and really trying to do public service announcements around social distancing. What does finance care about? And we did that.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Why it’s hard to build a two-sided marketplace [13:38]. Most recently he was the CRO of a SaaS company that grew from 35 million when he joined to 120 million. And the ones that aren’t are generally, kind of related industries, IT services and those sorts of things. Show Introduction [00:10].

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 17, 2020

These tools connect with third-party SaaS apps, so you can build out really rich workflows that leverage information from the tools you already use. Other helpful features include: Reporting dashboards Native integration with Slack and GitHub API access Self-service portals and forms SLA and deadline tracking.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 16, 2019

Having seen multiple scaling culture, where do SaaS organisations tend to break down both in terms of culture and process? 258: Companies that have access to more accurate financial data have the ability to develop seamless exchanges of information, providing consumers with improved ways to manage their finances. Justin Welsh: Yeah.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JUNE 27, 2020

Gross margins–which are essentially a company’s revenue from products and services minus the costs to deliver those products and services to customers–are one of the most important financial metrics for any startup and growing business.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Latin America is undergoing a digital transformation, and the SaaS community is exploding as a result. The SaaStock team will be landing in São Paulo to run the region’s first Pan-Latin American SaaS conference, SaaStock LatAm. Afterward, Patrick founded several businesses in diverse sectors, including tech, healthcare, and finance.

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SaaSOptics

APRIL 7, 2022

How do they benefit SaaS companies, and what tools are needed to implement a successful freemium offering? Here’s everything you need to know about freemium offers in product-led SaaS. Even the most SaaS-savvy users require a human touchpoint at some point in the buyer’s journey. What is Product-Led Growth (PLG)?

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Outseta

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Over the past 12 months there’s been an explosion of new financing options and models made available to companies that feel like us. This post is for other early stage SaaS companies who are similarly considering whether some of these new forms of capital make sense for their business.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2021

Daniel Kahn, Global Open Finance Lead @ Plaid. Devon Rutherford, Managed Services Program Manager & Pre-Sales Manager @ Leaseweb. Matteo De Renzi, Global Marketplace MD @ GT Gettaxi (Gett). Nicole Culver, Director of Product Marketing, SaaS @ Bandwidth. Brooke Jutzi , VP Finance @ TIMIA Capital.

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