Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In Part B (coming soon), we’ll be summarizing interviews with key decision makers at leading payor and provider enterprises on what entrepreneurs should consider as they bring their AI products to market. The tasks are labor-intensive, with low historical adoption of traditional software products to facilitate them.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

They also talked about the difficulties — and potential advantages — of selling into small businesses, taking alternative approaches to interviewing candidates, and the importance of keeping culture a vital part of a company as it scales. One of the holy grails of SMB software is, how are you going to acquire customers?

Payments 101

Payments Forecasting Payment Services Payment Solutions 101

FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

When you’re using a DIY payment solution like Stripe, making it work for your business falls on your developers. From testing out plugins to setting up new payment methods, maintaining Stripe can be very time-consuming. I interviewed him live on LinkedIn about four signs that SaaS companies have outgrown Stripe.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 146

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

“It’s likely that a finance or sales tools will be less susceptible to churn than a marketing tool, simply because it’s perceived to be more directly responsible for revenue.”. Because word-of-mouth for us is actually much bigger fuel than the revenue that we’re collecting or churning or dropping or whatever.”.

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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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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Maybe you’d spend it creating new marketing campaigns to generate more revenue. 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. What would you do with ten extra hours a month? Basic payroll features. Integrations.

Payment Services 145

Payment Services SaaS Payments Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 145

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2021

There’s one theme we’ve reiterated over the years, at least since 2017 or so when we interviewed the CEOs of Twilio and Veeva back-to-back : To grow quickly after $100m ARR, you probably need a second core product. In fact, now it’s more than 2x the size of its SaaS software alone. The only question is when.

Merchant Services 178

Merchant Services SaaS Payments SMB Payment Solutions 178

Incredo

DECEMBER 3, 2019

And you look for ideas on how to promote your software for these holidays. Or maybe you are curious whether Christmas marketing works at all? We have interviewed tens of SaaS community members to understand how they perceive SaaS Christmas promotions.

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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. SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. Average salary: $156,062/yr.

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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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Incredo

DECEMBER 3, 2019

And you look for ideas on how to promote your software for these holidays. Or maybe you are curious whether Christmas marketing works at all? We have interviewed tens of SaaS community members to understand how they perceive SaaS Christmas promotions.

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OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The ‘haves’, defined by growing quickly out of the gate and then maintaining 50% or faster revenue growth at significant scale, have seen their valuations skyrocket over the years. The first call with a candidate is no longer an interview; it instead needs to be 100% focused on setting the hook. Explore Untapped Revenue Streams.

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Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

This obsession with getting new customers is natural: the more customers you convert, the more revenue you will make. The period refers to a month or year depending on which payment option you offer or which of them is more popular. Software companies that serve large organizations experience a 6-10% churn rate.

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Chart Mogul

JULY 28, 2021

Jenna Wyer, VP of Partnerships and Head of Payments at Recurly, joins me on this week’s episode of SaaS Open Mic. Jenna Wyer , VP of Partnerships and Head of Payments at Recurly , joins me on this week’s episode of SaaS Open Mic. We discuss what it takes to build a successful partnership program.

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FastSpring

APRIL 4, 2024

In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview John, Chief Sales Officer of Demandbase , about his adventures solving exponential growth puzzles within organizations like Canva and others using both PLG and sales-led growth motions. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. Jump to video.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 17, 2022

Free newsletters are great to build brand credibility, nurture and retain customers, but they can use resources like time and money without generating revenue. But if they succeed, they may connect with leads better and get a considerable extra replenishing of the revenue. What’s the difference between free and paid newsletters?

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Management Payment Solutions Scale Payment Methods 95

User Pilot

JUNE 28, 2023

Split-test your upsell pop-ups to maximize expansion revenue. Analyze user feedback to determine which features need more attention in your in-app flows. Senior Project Manager Arjoon Talukdar came across Userpilot and decided to build in-app onboarding flows that would encourage new members to upload their CV. Source: Osano.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 26, 2024

And at a company like Sideways 6 — whose product is an idea management software to help organizations engage people and foster innovation — that emphasis on collaboration gets even louder. But I think there is an emerging trend for C SQL S, which helps customer success be more, you know, rewarded accountable responsible for the new revenue.

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Chart Mogul

JULY 28, 2021

Jenna Wyer, VP of Partnerships and Head of Payments at Recurly, joins me on this week’s episode of SaaS Open Mic. Jenna Wyer , VP of Partnerships and Head of Payments at Recurly , joins me on this week’s episode of SaaS Open Mic. We discuss what it takes to build a successful partnership program.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In this special episode, we sat down with Zanade to talk about allyship, empowering Black-owned businesses, and what it takes to change deeply seated systemic issues and affect policy at a national level. There is so much knowledge in the sales CRM systems. Listen to the rest of the interview here. What’s the sequence?

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Finally, create in-app product experiences to improve your metrics. With this data, you can proactively retain them by offering 1-on-1 help or triggering in-app product guidance. These insights usually are gathered through surveys and interviews. To collect immediate feedback, run in-app surveys. Check it out today !

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2021

Enterprise OEM software licensing is a multibillion-dollar segment of the software industry. It includes factual information, personal experience, and interviews from successful professionals on both the buy-side and the sell-side of enterprise OEM software licensing to ensure a broad mix of experience and ideas.

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Outseta

DECEMBER 17, 2017

The rules of the organization are enforced by blockchain technology rather than paper based contracts, allowing anyone to contribute to the organization and earn payment or ownership commensurate with their contributions to the “colony.” Jack du Rose: People should care about this thing because it’s powered by software.

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Blockchain SaaS Payments Technical Review Technology 58

SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

Prior to Kustomer, Vikas spent over 20 years implementing, consulting, marketing, and selling CRM and ContactCenter solutions with companies like LivePerson and Oracle. What ratio of revenue is healthy for professional services to account for? Here’s what Eyal and Megan talk about: How to develop software faster. Eyal Manor.

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SaaS Payments Cloud Technical Review Scale 128

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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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. 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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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

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. Krish Subramanian. Robert Hohman.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 7, 2021

We hear a lot about equipping salespeople with customer insights to help them move from simple questioning to exploring challenges and discussing solutions with customers. What are the characteristics of organizations that are likely to make them a good fit for the products and solutions your company sells? Sales customer insights.

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Chargify

OCTOBER 4, 2017

It provides metrics month-over-month on critical data such as the number of customers, revenue, and lifetime client value.”. 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. You’ll save time and money in the long run.”

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FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

From leading sales at Zillow to brand strategy at Tumblr to revenue at FiscalNote (a global policy platform), Justin Scott started noticing a trend. Jera Brown interviewed Dopple founder and CEO Justin on how he launched Dopple and found success by pivoting to a new market. And I was one of the first revenue employees at Zillow.

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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. 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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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Lambda School trains people online to be software engineers. All of the cool ideas that you had, you would get really clear feedback about what was going on, but if it was a good idea, it would really move the needle in revenue and volume. And when we got to that point, the solution was really simple. It’s not even close.

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Acquisition Software Review Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 134

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast is an interview based show where I bring in small business entrepreneurs who are killing it online.". 2Checkout—online payment processing—hosts a webinar on October 24 with Conversion Optimization Expert Shannon MacLeod , to rundown the essentials of conversion optimization. Noah Kagan Presents.

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Payment Methods Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 40

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. We abstracted the way a lot of the complexity of payments.

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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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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Scale Payments 55

FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

I was recently interviewed by my friend Steve Lurie, who’s the Chief Engagement Officer of B2B Rocks. We talked about one of the biggest trends playing out in the software industry: the convergence of B2B and B2C. Are you making it easy for all your customers to pay you (such as localized currency and payment methods)?

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The My Wife Quit Her Job Podcast is an interview based show where I bring in small business entrepreneurs who are killing it online.". 2Checkout—online payment processing—hosts a webinar on October 24 with Conversion Optimization Expert Shannon MacLeod , to rundown the essentials of conversion optimization. Noah Kagan Presents.

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Payment Methods Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 40