Aaron Beashel

MARCH 9, 2018

I’ve been fortunate to work in a number of SaaS businesses in my career. Sure adding sales & marketing help fuel the growth, but these business were growing pretty rapidly before they injected the sales & marketing rocket fuel. Some of them, like InVision and SafetyCulture, seemed to just grow naturally without any help.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Another collection of their customers actually turned their kitchens into service offerings. They’re facilitating virtual schooling, they’re helping governments organize. It’s the software within hardware that’s powering innovation, and powering efficiency, and powering growth.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This is Zach from Plaid and I guess … well, it’s interesting because you’re not a SaaS company, we’re at Saastr … but we’ll talk about what it’s like to not be a SaaS company at SaaStr. Zach : SaaS-ish. Ari : SaaS-ish. That’s pre-Plaid.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. There’s a lot of services. This episode is sponsored by Linode.

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SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Manual processes first. Dare I say SaaS.

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Stax

MAY 30, 2024

While remote work is all the rage these days, there is still very much a need for on-site services, particularly industries like construction, healthcare, utilities, and telecommunications. This is where field service management (FSM) come in. Who needs my service?

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Confused about trying to understand SaaS roles? SaaS companies have many moving parts, and it can be difficult to determine who does what. TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. What is a SaaS business model?

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Stax

APRIL 17, 2025

In the payments industry, choosing the right ISV partner is critical; look for robust APIs, hardware support, strong onboarding, and fair revenue-sharing models. Think: cloud platforms and operating systems like Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Salesforce ecosystem, or a payment platform.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Read on for our 5 tips on creating inbound links for SaaS business. Whatever marketing strategy you choose, use Baremetrics to monitor your sales data. Baremetrics makes it easy to collect and visualize all of your sales data. Referencing your service also implies the direct endorsement from the platform that linked to you.

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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. The startup built a cloud-based office procurement system that helps customers streamline supplier management. Sell your startup by following a quick and simple selling process. No middlemen.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Before we look at the promised SaaS revenue models, let’s get a couple definitions out of the way. For example, a SaaS company might have a subscription revenue stream. In fact, the average SaaS business will use different ones over time as their business becomes more established in their chosen market. Table of Contents.

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Stax

AUGUST 20, 2024

Airline credit cards, payment plans for costly items, and car rental insurance are forms of embedded finance that have been around for a while. Request Quote Understanding Embedded Finance Embedded finance is the seamless integration of financial services and digital banking into conventionally non-financial business services.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

We’re a team of former investors and operators from the likes of Facebook, Deliveroo, and the Swedish payments company Klarna. Education has impacted both the supply of … we’re talking about the B2B SaaS entrepreneurs and the supply of investors. Maybe fifty of them are B2B SaaS. It’s become cheaper.

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OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Open source: These products have an open-source (free) component and typically monetize based on what upmarket buyers might need through proprietary features, managed hosting, or services. API-first products have a high switching cost, so it helps to be a category creator or have an innovative go-to-market approach.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

FastSpring sits at the intersection of three core areas: software and subscription billing, payments, and ecommerce. We also didn’t have a sales or marketing team in place so I was interested in seeing how much more we could grow the business once we’ve implemented these formal structures. FastSpring’s core business. A: Absolutely.

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Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

I was able to take that challenge off the table by consulting and severance, which enabled me to build the right product and business that became self-sustaining about a year later. The great thing about SaaS is that it’s a very cheap business to start. John Doherty of Credo. Are our incentives aligned?’ Equity Financing.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

Fast forward to today, and Eventbrite is the world’s largest self-service event ticketing and registration platform – processing more than 3 million tickets each week. Going back a bit, Brian was a co-founder at SkillSlate, a local services marketplaces similar to Thumbtack. We raised a $1.5-million

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers , EVP of Revenue Grid. Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. They’ve built a new process of guided selling, which Neil discusses during the show.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 13, 2022

Science, conscious consumers, and next-gen founders will drive ESG’ innovation in 2022. 45% of SaaS companies said they had some form of usage-based pricing, up from 34% in 2020. Plus companies face significant change management hurdles if they choose to migrate their legacy subscription customers onto a new pricing model. .

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Outseta

APRIL 14, 2020

It’s amazing how people can innovate when they’re forced to. You’ve built a successful business and have a repeatable customer acquisition process that you’ve already demonstrated can scale with access to more capital. Do I sell services or SaaS? If cash flow is an immediate concern, consider selling your services.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Whether that’s AI-enabled analysis of customer data to help teams be proactive, in-house virtual assistants that are a resource to support teams as they work with customers or other operational applications, AI will play a larger role in this capacity next year.” – Julia Ahlfeldt, Customer Experience Advisor, Julia Ahlfeldt CX Consulting.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we interview Rob Lopez , SVP of Sales at Justworks , one of the fastest growing businesses focused on HR including payroll, benefits and the like. Using conversations with customers to inform the development of the sales playbook. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 18, 2024

The role of the chief customer officer has become an essential function in subscription-based business models such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where customer retention is paramount and requires executive-level leadership. SaaS businesses, meanwhile, benefit from predictable streams of recurring revenue.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing. What is SaaS?

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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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Chart Mogul

JULY 30, 2024

Find everything involved with SaaS funding, from the types of funding to navigating the investment process (with first-hand lessons and insight from SaaS VCs). Securing SaaS funding can be exciting but nerve-racking – understandably, it may be the starting point for significant growth. No large payments.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

SaaS is about creating long-term value for your customer, and being compensated appropriately for that value as a business. What I love about SaaS as a product person is that it’s a longterm value exchange. This lesson is a nod to the book, Monetizing Innovation. Want to see more content like this? FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 1, 2019

Over the past few years, the term “Growth” has been one of the most frequently used buzzwords in the SaaS world, especially at product led growth businesses. Recently I surveyed over 350 SaaS companies and found that 43% of B2B software companies already have a dedicated growth team and 27% are looking to fill a growth role.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Whether that’s AI-enabled analysis of customer data to help teams be proactive, in-house virtual assistants that are a resource to support teams as they work with customers or other operational applications, AI will play a larger role in this capacity next year.” – Julia Ahlfeldt, Customer Experience Advisor, Julia Ahlfeldt CX Consulting.

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User Pilot

JULY 28, 2024

Whether you’re hiring, job hunting, or simply curious, we’ve got you covered with practical insights and ready-to-use resources. Subscription Management & Upselling : Assist users with subscription management (e.g., Make a tangible impact on the company’s growth and contribute to innovative solutions.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 3, 2022

Customer Success Books provide insights about what customer success can achieve for your business, as well as best practices for determining what your customers need (versus what they typically “want”) and managing your customer interactions at every stage. What do you need to know about scaling a sales team? out of 5.

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 1, 2024

Their expertise will surely help your brand reach a larger customer base, engage with customers, and boost their sales and revenue. Saves Time and Cost to Build a Team: With the support of an agency, you can take off the burden of building a marketing team and spending funds to hire, train, and manage them. Check Out Alfezo!

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All that Saas

MAY 1, 2021

To save your time and make your decision process easy we have reviewed some of the best platforms. Manages your campaigns on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, Snapchat, Pinterest, Blog, Facebook and more. Manages budget per client and also keeps track of the payment sent to the hired influencer.

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Chart Mogul

MAY 15, 2020

The company is bringing technology-driven innovation to this huge but antiquated market. At the time, we had years worth of financial data on our subscribers; but it was organized in a way that made it difficult to analyze and report on our SaaS KPI metrics across different customer bases and cohorts. What is SevenFifty.

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Chart Mogul

MAY 15, 2020

The company is bringing technology-driven innovation to this huge but antiquated market. At the time, we had years worth of financial data on our subscribers; but it was organized in a way that made it difficult to analyze and report on our SaaS KPI metrics across different customer bases and cohorts. What is SevenFifty.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2020

SaaS companies have transformed the way global businesses work. Ever since its inception in the 1960s, SaaS has evolved from a mere time-sharing system to innovative and efficient applications that can be accessed on multiple computers. In this blog we’ll talk about SaaS business and top 50 SaaS companies in 2020.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A strong people strategy can create a noticeable competitive advantage by marrying culture, innovation, leadership, and inclusiveness. However, making the culture code public prompted a very important journey for HubSpot that helped employees become more accountable. Mistake 6) Mismanaging your people managers.

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