SaaSOptics

JANUARY 9, 2020

One person to manage expense reports, commissions, billing and invoicing, cap tables, revenue recognition, deferred revenue and more. Could you imagine sending out an invoice to a customer whose office is in Dallas, headquarters are in North Dakota and your business operates in New York accurately stating sales tax before it gets sent out?

Payment Features 77

Payment Features Deferred Revenue Scale Finance 77

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Powered by a modern business messenger , it scales your ability to answer more questions from more customers without increasing headcount, budget, or hours logged. Subscription payment and management: Stripe. When a customer wants to change or upgrade their subscription plan, they’ll often reach out to your trusted support team.

Technical Review 249

Technical Review Customer Support Payment Methods Payment Solutions 249

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

Headcount planning, budgeting, fundraising, etc can often be largely based on a top line plan. Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA.

AI 183

AI Revenue Cloud Technical Advisors 183

Chart Mogul

APRIL 2, 2021

Everything you need to consider before you’re ready to make the Build vs Buy decision for your subscription analytics platform. In this post, we want to share some of that knowledge in order to help companies that are trying to decide whether they should build or buy their subscription analytics software. Further reading.

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Subscription Payment Features Headcount Trends 72

Chart Mogul

APRIL 2, 2021

Everything you need to consider before you’re ready to make the Build vs Buy decision for your subscription analytics platform. In this post, we want to share some of that knowledge in order to help companies that are trying to decide whether they should build or buy their subscription analytics software. Further reading.

Subscription 52

Subscription Payment Features Headcount Trends 52

SaaSX

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

This INCLUDES headcount-related expenses. If you are utilizing Gusto or a similar payroll tool, your headcount expenses are likely coming into your P&L as one (or maybe two) line item(s). these figures are going to be WRONG because you haven’t properly accounted for your headcount costs in Sales & Marketing.

Finance 118

Finance Sales Hiring Headcount Scale 118

The Angel VC

MARCH 23, 2016

If you have a SaaS startup with a higher-touch sales model where revenue growth is largely driven by sales headcount, the plan needs to be modified accordingly. For Enterprise customers, the model assumes pricing increases at the time of renewal but not during the term of the subscription.

SaaS Payments 217

SaaS Payments Headcount SaaS Payment Methods 217

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 31, 2023

If we believe that AI will ultimately allow us to do “more with less,” we may see headcount growth slow for traditional roles. Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). What do I mean by this?

Cloud 130

Cloud Sales Hiring AI Headcount 130

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Ryan Johnston, Head of Customer Success at Tanda, explains that as their customer base has grown in recent years, the team has been able to scale their support without dramatically increasing headcount, which has been a big benefit to the team. Here’s how they’re doing it.

Scale 237

Scale Headcount Mobile Communication 237

SaaSOptics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In reality, one simple discipline can take your Financial Operations from good to great—with no additional cost or headcount. . When it comes to shaping up your Financial Operations, you may think you need a shiny new tool, an additional member on your team, or even more hours in the day. . What’s the secret? Be consistent.

Point of Sale 60

Point of Sale Outsourced Development Headcount compliance 60

ChurnZero

MAY 17, 2022

The company plans on doubling its headcount in 2022. About ChurnZero ChurnZero is a real-time Customer Success platform that helps subscription businesses fight customer churn. ChurnZero has quickly become one of Washington, D.C.’s

Marketplace as a Service 98

Marketplace as a Service Technical Review Headcount Software Review 98

Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

Here are a few benefit sticking points: Owned media can be measured by subscriptions. Platforms like Substack and Patreon allow consumers to connect and support creators through subscriptions. With subscriptions, SaaS companies are able to organically build a targeted email list.

VP of Engineering 71

VP of Engineering Scale SaaS AI Search 71

Kellblog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

(In a small initial land and big expand model, this may run much higher than 30-40% but that also depends on the definition of land – i.e., is the “land” just the first order or the total value of subscriptions acquired in the first 6 or 12 months). The next block focuses on headcount: Total employees, at end of period.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Software Review Forecasting Churn 118

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This INCLUDES headcount-related expenses. If you are utilizing Gusto or a similar payroll tool, your headcount expenses are likely coming into your P&L as one (or maybe two) line item(s). these figures are going to be WRONG because you haven’t properly accounted for your headcount costs in Sales & Marketing.

Finance 52

Finance Sales Hiring Headcount Scale 52

OpenView Labs

MAY 24, 2021

For private SaaS companies that do not publish their financials, you can alternatively compare R&D headcount with Sales and Marketing headcount using LinkedIn data as an approximation. Veeva sees similar dynamics among its Vault customers, with 2013/2014 cohorts growing subscription revenue by 26.8x and now adopting 4.4

Scale 98

Scale Headcount Sales Hiring Benchmarks 98

OPEXEngine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

From variations on the subscription model itself, to inbound marketing or product led growth, account based sales models and Customer Success organizations, the CFO is in the driver’s seat to guide the corporate vessel through evolving models and changing economics.

Benchmarks 52

Benchmarks Sales Hiring Headcount Customer Lifetime Value 52

FastSpring

JANUARY 31, 2023

Paddle vs. FastSpring, this guide compares: What areas of the payment lifecycle each one provides a solution for (e.g., payment processing, gathering and remitting taxes, and subscription management) and what additional software you’ll need to add to your tech stack. Flexible subscription management and recurring billing tools.

Payment Services 111

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Features 111

ChurnZero

JANUARY 3, 2020

The new Customer Success Software Momentum Grid from G2 showcases CS solutions with the highest growth trajectory on a product’s user satisfaction, online presence, and employee headcount growth over the last year. ChurnZero helps subscription businesses fight customer churn. You see their work mentioned in almost every G2 review.”.

Customer Success 69

Customer Success Venture Capital Software Review Technical Review 69

CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 3, 2021

You may find yourself protecting your headcount, rooting for investments you want in tech, and giving suggestions for new product features. The biggest cost areas are typically staff-related (salaries, tax, travel, training, recognition), systems (software subscriptions), and facilities.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Data Technical Review Headcount 52

ChurnZero

MAY 17, 2022

The company plans on doubling its headcount in 2022. About ChurnZero ChurnZero is a real-time Customer Success platform that helps subscription businesses fight customer churn. ChurnZero has quickly become one of Washington, D.C.’s

Marketplace as a Service 52

Marketplace as a Service Technical Review Headcount Software Review 52

SaaSOptics

JULY 20, 2020

They had to take out 7-8 headcount in order to get their burn rate down. SaaSOptics is a subscription management platform that empowers SaaS companies to automate their financial operations and removes the human-error element of relying on spreadsheets. They realized something wasn’t right. Their spreadsheets weren’t footing properly.

Technical Review 56

Technical Review Metrics Deferred Revenue SaaS 56

InsightSquared

MAY 7, 2019

At the highest level, SaaS companies look at sales expense, headcount, sales productivity and SaaS metrics like: The cost of new customer acquisition (CAC). Contract value: Companies selling subscriptions with larger average contract values also have longer sales cycles than companies selling low priced, low touch subscriptions.

Scale 102

Scale Sales Hiring Metrics Sales 102

CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 14, 2021

That’s the beauty of the subscription economy. Thus, Customer Success is the one responsible for getting more licenses and subscriptions from those customers. Viewing CS as a cost center and cutting costs by cutting headcount will definitely backfire. Well, how can you grow your business through current customers?

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Customer Lifetime Value Headcount Retention 52

ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

MineralTree is a payment platform that helps thousands of business automate their invoice-to-pay process. This enables the team to deliver high-touch service across all of their accounts, without the need to significantly grow their headcount . The ir CS team has found a home in their ‘Customer Success Workplace.’

Payment Services 40

Payment Services Engagement Payments Headcount 40

ChurnZero

JANUARY 7, 2020

This has allowed for the optimization of their trial subscriptions program. . It has allowed the team to scale to 500+ accounts without the need for additional headcount. . Access to usage insights have optimized the trial subscription process. T h e team has b etter oversight into user activities and trends. .

Scale 52

Scale Headcount Consulting Customer Success 52

OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This is true even though selling software on a subscription basis has been around for well over 20 years. In my experience working with enterprise SaaS companies over the past five years, I’ve seen a large variance in benchmarks for gross margin across subscription software businesses. The Value of Benchmarking.

Benchmarks 40

Benchmarks Metrics Headcount SaaS 40

ChurnZero

AUGUST 23, 2019

The new Customer Success Software Momentum Grid from G2 showcases CS solutions with the highest growth trajectory on a product’s user satisfaction, online presence, and employee headcount growth over the last year. ChurnZero helps subscription businesses fight customer churn. About G2 (formerly G2 Crowd). Headquartered in Chicago, G2.com

Software Review 56

Software Review Customer Success Software Venture Capital 56

ProfitWell

MARCH 27, 2019

Grab your pals, whatever the heck their names are, and let’s get into some midweek subscription. The continued support of their investors has underscored the market potential and has led the crew to expand their partner ecosystem and double their headcount across engineering, sales, and marketing. The Rundown In resources.

Travel 45

Travel Cybersecurity Headcount Entertainment 45

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 29, 2021

SaaS is the subscription business. So your goals in terms of headcount remained stable from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic? But at that level, it’s about more than just adding some headcount to individual teams, you’re building new teams, you’re creating new roles, potentially new reporting lines.

Sales Hiring 223

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team 223

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The new Customer Success Software Momentum Grid from G2 showcases CS solutions with the highest growth trajectory on a product’s user satisfaction, online presence, and employee headcount growth over the last year. ChurnZero helps subscription businesses fight customer churn. About G2 (formerly G2 Crowd). Headquartered in Chicago, G2.com

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Software Review Technical Review Headcount 40

ProfitWell

MARCH 3, 2020

Listen wherever you get podcasts: Your top subscription news. Slack, for instance, grew their sales headcount by 66% year over year, compared to 31% for other functions. In just two days, the Chargify crew goes live and beyond subscription —and they’re taking us with them. That’s it for your March 3 episode of Recur Now.

Sales Hiring 59

Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services 59

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The Subscription Model Gives Power to the Customer = Power to Customer Success. How to Scale without Scaling Headcount. To ensure you success function scales without scaling your headcount, make sure everyone in the company is bought into the success mindset. . — Chris Weddick (@chrisweddick) November 8, 2018. pulseEurope2018.

Customer Success 49

Customer Success Scale Headcount Sales Hiring 49

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Your top subscription news. And in this article he explains why, and proposes a different approach to thinking about the optimal CSM headcount to help you build a more effective customer success organization. And that’s a wrap for your December 6 subscription news. On today’s episode, we’re calculating the ROI of your CSM.

Scale 43

Scale CTO Hire Sales Hiring New CTO 43

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

OCTOBER 9, 2012

They pay you over the life of the subscription. Cut sales and marketing headcount and scale back spending on customer acquisition programs. But those customers don't pay you money now, or at least not all of it. Here's how that looks on an income statement: costs are higher than revenues.

Acquisition 124

Acquisition Scale SaaS Headcount 124

User Pilot

MAY 11, 2022

Behavioral segmentation is a key to understanding why one group of customers turns into power users when another stays in a core user segment or even worse, cancels the subscription. Boost customer loyalty. You can increase customer loyalty and product stickiness by figuring out what drives the user segments with the highest engagement.

SaaS 98

SaaS Underperforming Technical Team Onboarding Churn 98

Totango

OCTOBER 8, 2020

This uncertainty has forced the SaaS and subscription industries to work to improve customer retention as the market for new business shrinks. Introducing a scalable digital solution now will leverage your current resources toward taking proactive steps to create value without the need to add to your headcount during an uncertain time.

Retention 63

Retention Headcount Customer Success Engagement 63

FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

Zuora is a recurring billing and monetization solution for: Subscription management Revenue recognition Payment collection Quotes And more… However, Zuora has one main shortcoming — it doesn’t handle sales tax or transaction liability for you. Provide electronic invoicing of all transactions.

Payment Services 78

Payment Services Payment Methods Payments Merchant Services 78