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The Keys to Getting to $500M ARR In Just 7 Years with Attentive’s CEO

SaaStr

Everyone knew mobile commerce was exploding (from 15% in 2014 to 75% in 2024), but reaching customers on mobile was broken. The learning: When you solve a genuinely hard problem, you get three moats for free: Technical advantage through innovation Legal protection through patents Thought leadership in the space 2.

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Nobody Knows : Steel & Blockchains

Tom Tunguz

Which database did PayPal use to enable internet payments? 1 Venmo surged with social & mobile payments in the 2010s. The pace of innovation is hard to overstate. Very few people know whether today’s apps are built with, just as they don’t consider the construction materials of their office building.

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Best PayPal Alternative Services: Online Payment Methods & Options

FastSpring

For some businesses and online merchants, PayPal may be the payment method of choice and that’s totally acceptable. But if you’re solely depending on PayPal, you could be leaving money on the table. Check out our list of the best Paypal alternatives that you need to have on your site today! PayPal, why it works.

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The Startup Sector That’s Quietly Booming

Tom Tunguz

Mobile messaging and big data are knee-jerk reactions at this point. In the last two years, financial services startups have been innovating impressively quickly and challenging some of the fundamental ways in which capital and credit are distributed. I’m asked with some frequency which startup sectors are booming.

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Best Payment Processors for Startups

Baremetrics

The story of payment processors begins in 1998 when Confinity (later X.com, but you probably know it as PayPal) was released. Integrating innovative software that can cull MRR values from CRM and payment processing systems is a valuable shortcut. They are also cheaper than PayPal. How does the payment process work? 2Checkout 2.

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Everything You Need to Know About Credit Card Processing

Stax

Stax Stripe Square PayPal Banks Contract Required No No No No Yes Early Termination Fees No No No No Yes Card Present Processing Pricing $99/month + 8¢ per transaction + interchange 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction (includes interchange) 2.6% + 10¢ per transaction (includes interchange) 2.7% These tools cater to various business needs.

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The Ultimate Guide to Online Payment Processing

Stax

Your customer visits your online store or mobile app, selects a product or service to fill their cart, inputs credit/debit card details on the checkout page, and receives payment confirmation mere moments later. Popular digital wallet brands include Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Wallet, PayPal Digital Wallet, and Venmo.