Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

To help speed up the process, I reviewed six of the best systems on the market and put together a comprehensive list of what to look for as you make your final decision. If you’ve spent some time searching for solutions from Google or asking for peers’ recommendations, you know there are hundreds of payroll companies to choose from.

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Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

PPC is a method of digital advertising in which you aim to get your ads to rank as the highest result displayed for user searches, and you, as the advertiser, pay a fee each time it’s clicked. It can also appear on websites that have similar content and keywords to your business. Image courtesy of Bloomberg Wealth.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Today, we’re all about ecommerce. We have a list of podcasts for the ecommerce-righteous crew out there, plus 2Checkout hosts a webinar, and Rewind partners with BigCommerce to bring you a Black Friday playbook. The pods on ecommerce. In 2007, he and his wife started their own online store. Noah Kagan Presents.

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FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

Jera Brown interviewed Dopple founder and CEO Justin on how he launched Dopple and found success by pivoting to a new market. Full Interview: Audio Only Full Interview: Video [placeholder for Wistia] 3 Lessons From Justin’s Experience 1. They have dimension, they have shape, they have personality. We hit it pretty hard.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

To answer that question, we interviewed leaders from many of the largest healthcare providers and insurers across the country. In Part A , we outlined the paths to generating unique value for the healthcare system and patients. For example, we heard a variety of answers to the “build vs. buy” question from our interviews.

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Chart Mogul

JANUARY 27, 2023

In this episode of SaaS Open Mic, I speak with Matt Lerner, the founder and CEO of Startup Core Strengths. Later, … In this episode of SaaS Open Mic, I speak with Matt Lerner, the founder and CEO of Startup Core Strengths. Later, as a VC at 500 Startups, he led dozens of early-stage investments.

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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. Speaker video: Stripe is really a set of developer tools for building and operating an online business. I’m an execution person.

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FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

It got us thinking: Why is there no purpose-built operating system for corporate learning and development teams, when their jobs are so strategic to the business, and they’re managing massive budgets, but they can’t track things like ROI?” Stream the full interview below or find it wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 3, 2018

She’s worked in product from early-stage startups all the way up to publicly traded companies like Rackspace and Square, a company with the sensitive task of handling customers’ money. I went into the startup world, figured out product management, and then came to Square about two years ago. ” Michelle: I know.

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OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The new data reveals a similar picture for private SaaS startups. . But top performers have begun to far outpace their peers, especially for startups with less than $10M in ARR, and the gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ has gotten wider than ever. OpenView has been tracking growth rates by ARR scale for four years running.

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SaaSHolic

MAY 15, 2023

Three important factors for companies to consider when implementing AI are discussed: organizational structure, management systems, and leadership models, with an emphasis on simplicity and financial optimization in data processes.

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SaaStr

MARCH 18, 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. But we provide a combination of APIs and software. Payments has been around for thousands of years. Dare I say SaaS. They were self taught developers.

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. The different roles in SaaS companies: Chief Executive Officer : As the highest-ranking executive, this person ensures the company runs smoothly and employees are happy and engaged.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

But sales is the one thing founders cannot oversee — without it your startup will die. Startup founders are stretched thinly like silly putty. Without sales, your startup dies. Below, I’ll share common pitfalls and avoidance techniques in four fundamental areas of startup sales based on my experience. They get salesy.

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FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

When thinking through your pricing model and your customer success strategy, it’s worth trying to engineer negative churn into your startup.”. Quantitative Data Gathering: Website and Product Data. Qualitative Data Gathering: Surveys and Exit Interviews. Update Your Dunning Management System. But don’t stop there.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It’s been 10 years since co-founders Eoghan McCabe , Des Traynor , David Barrett , and Ciaran Lee sat in a small Dublin coffee shop and dreamed of making internet business personal, and we’re still every bit as excited. Speed is every startup’s biggest competitive advantage. 10 years of making internet business personal.

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SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

I’m probably the most hated person in the room right now, but please indulge me. More than half of Kenya’s GDP is now transacted through a mobile, through arguably the most successful mobile banking and payment system called M-Pesa. What does this mean for startups and tech companies? For example, in Kenya.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Barriers are anything that stop a buyer from converting, such as website usability, solution fit, or pricing. But he explains that what happens on the website is such a small and early part of the entire customer relationship. “For Stream the entire conversation or read the highlights below. Jump to highlights.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Instead of selling face-to-face, inside sales utilizes all the communication tools that modern salespeople have at their disposal: Phone. It may be done over the phone, Skype, email, web conference…. Outside sales is the sales of products and services through in-person, face-to-face interactions. CRM platforms. And much more.

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Chart Mogul

AUGUST 30, 2019

The real-life examples of 3 companies that use online courses (that they charge a premium for) to educate customers, lower churn, and grow their revenue. Nico is an online marketer and the founder of Launch Space. The graph shows how payment plans impact usage. This is a guest post by Nico Prins. Source: HBR.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

We’re focusing on how to win in the new sales era: new go-to-market strategies, deeper funnel insights and actionable takeaways for your entire organization from revenue leaders at high-growth startups and fortune 500 companies. Now, without further ado, let’s listen to this interview with Neil Ringers.

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Chart Mogul

AUGUST 30, 2019

The real-life examples of 3 companies that use online courses (that they charge a premium for) to educate customer, lower churn, and grow their revenue. The graph shows how payment plans impact usage. In all of the examples listed above, your software is just a tool for achieving a business goal. Source: HBR.

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Chargify

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Looking back at their own experiences, Sonnenberg has this advice for new subscription-based startups: “Start with Stripe + Chargify. In this post we dive into understanding the billing iceberg effect and what to consider when determining if you should build or buy your recurring billing solution. costs money and 2.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Does it have to be in person? Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Krish Subramanian. Krish Subramanian: We are software engineers by training. My co-founders cut their teeth at Zoho for over 10 years building product and for over six years [inaudible] software products. Harry Stebbings.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

But sales is the one thing founders cannot oversee — without it your startup will die. Startup founders are stretched thinly like silly putty. Without sales, your startup dies. Below, I’ll share common pitfalls and avoidance techniques in four fundamental areas of startup sales based on my experience. They get salesy.

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Outseta

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Before we get into the interview, a bit of background - I have hired Soren’s team at Working Planet multiple times. Even further up market and in my past engagements with Working Planet, there are a number of challenges related to paid search management that I’ve felt first hand and still don’t see a great solution to.

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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. They are a phone system designed for the modern sales team. For now, let’s listen to our interview with Rob Lopez from Justworks.

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OpenView Labs

APRIL 11, 2019

My personal and professional backgrounds contributed to my tendency to see the world through many mental models. I wanted to be a neuroscientist in college because I was so interested in the combination of the scientific method and the study of human behaviors. The Four Growth Levers – Foundational Building Blocks.

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SaaStr

JUNE 19, 2020

Christoph has invested in more than 20 SaaS startups and lives and breathes SaaS, everything from “A as in AI-enhanced B2B software” to “Z as in Zendesk”. Before that, he co-founded two Internet startups (DealPilot.com in 1997 and Pageflakes in 2005). Christoph co-founded Point Nine Capital in 2011.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

Ep 255: Vikas Bhambri is SVP Sales and Customer Experience @ Kustomer, the startup providing Real-time, actionable views of customers with continuous omnichannel conversations and intelligence that automates repetitive, manual tasks. What is the right way for startup founders to address sales rep onboarding? Missed the session?

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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. From my own experience of joining the finance department of a startup in year 10 with ca.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

Has been CEO before, was CEO of Alfresco Software and long career in software and comes in, I think, with a lot of passion for customers and customer success, which I’m excited to hear about and also comes in live streaming, my understanding is from a boat right now, right Bernadette? So they kind of got that wrong, right?

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How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SaaS is a global software solution created by different businesses in order to improve human activities in a matter of clicks. SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. SaaS as we already understood is a software as a service. These saas can be either web or app-based or even both.

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ProfitWell

MAY 8, 2020

It means convincing customers to do something—like take a meeting, adopt your solution, see the value you can provide, or be a reference. When revenue is tied directly to recurring monthly payments, any negative experiences that lead to churn have a direct impact on your bottom line. It all comes back to building relationships.

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SaaStr

MAY 9, 2019

Michael Seibel is CEO and a partner at Y Combinator and co-founder of two startups – Justin.tv He has been a partner at Y Combinator since 2013, advised hundreds of startups, and has been active in promoting diversity efforts among startup founders. If your payment system works, you’re not going to rip it out.

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ProfitWell

JANUARY 17, 2020

Another solid one: Forgetting to interview fellow leaders in your space. At 2x its final private valuation and a triumph for investors, Visa will now own financial services API startup Plaid. Why did Visa scoop up the startup for such a pretty penny? Instead, ask questions. Be inquisitive. Again, it’s all about feedback.

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SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

What does Dave believe is crucial to achieve in these in person meetings? Here’s what Elisa talks about: How to win Talentshare when the system is stacked against you. Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Dave Kellogg. How many meetings is normal to have in this process? How long do they last?

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