SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

What you’ll see in that cloud spend box is actually Gartner’s 2020 estimate for infrastructure as a service spending for companies, which was $50 billion. And if you also look at the platform as a service category, that’s also an additional $50 billion of spend, and that’s typically with those same vendors.

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Scale Marketplace as a Service Cloud SaaS Payments 259

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 2, 2016

Channel distribution represents one of the biggest and most important changes in customers acquisition for SMB SaaS startups in quite a while. One of the most interesting examples is Microsoft’s Office 365 SMB business. It’s the most successful SMB SaaS acquisition channel ever built. by Thomas Hansen.

Outsourcing Services 111

Outsourcing Services SMB Acquisition Scale 111

SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. Omie main goal is to bridge the efficiency gap in Brazilian SMB, helping customers to be more prosperous. from Astella Investimentos, Spectra Investments and others. Funding to Date : $7.5M Funding to Date : $1.4M

SaaS Payments 257

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 257

Hitenism

DECEMBER 26, 2016

That’s because the people who are working in the SaaS industry or investing in these businesses are sharing much more of the details about all aspects of growing and scaling a SaaS business. SMB-focused companies often find growth by going upmarket. Sales has become a saturated channel.

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Scale SaaS Marketplace as a Service SMB 152

SaaStr

JULY 22, 2019

We are the world’s most complete and comprehensive instrumentation platform on the marketplace today, that is cloud-based, that is SaaS-based. We started out in the commercial SMB mid-market space. And I think it’s especially true of SaaS companies, when you start to think about the fact that everything is a service.

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Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 234

SaaStr

JUNE 3, 2020

The SaaS Trust Crisis is making it harder to market and sell software and services than ever before. And today, I’m very excited to be the co-founder and CEO of G2 where we’re building the world’s leading marketplace for SaaS software. The situation is getting worse. Godard Abel | Co-Founder and CEO @ G2.

Software Review 254

Software Review Scale Technical Review SaaS 254

Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

NP Digital is a performance marketing agency built by marketers, and our global offices allow us to deliver our specialized services to clients worldwide. Below, we’ll explain how each of our agencies works, the services they provide, and what to expect from each of them in the future. NP Digital Marketing Services.

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VP of Engineering Marketing Marketplace as a Service Social Media 137

SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

Matt Garratt: So for those that aren’t familiar with Salesforce Ventures, we are the strategic investment arm for Salesforce. I was an account executive covering financial services vertical and covering in New York. It’s the SMB space. And so, I remember being in New York and the whole market was melting down.

Sales Hiring 210

Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services 210

OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

SaaS metrics are viewed differently at different stages of growth and for different sales models, primarily whether a company is selling into an SMB or enterprise marketplace. When calculating this metric, it is important to only use contracted recurring revenue and not one-time payments from services or any other one-time payment. .

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Metrics Payments Payment Services 98

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 23, 2020

HubSpot CRM – Best free marketing CRM Really Simple Systems – Best free sales CRM Agile CRM – Best free customer service CRM Flowlu – Best for SMB finance Apptivo – Best for basic business management. The time invested in a CRM isn’t free, even if the platform doesn’t “cost” anything.

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Payment Solutions Software Review Software Payments 145

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

The plus side of this is that it leads to a comradery at start-ups and SMB organizations that is often hard to replicate at the enterprise level. Salespeople are not as tightly managed in start-ups or SMBs, and most of us like that. They also usually invest in fulfillment and customer support functions.

Scale 105

Scale Enterprise Sales Hiring Technical Review 105

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 11, 2019

As the General Manager for HubSpot’s Service Hub , Michael knows a thing or two about keeping customers close. Kaitlin: You’re the General Manager HubSpot’s Service Hub. Could you give me a bit of background on why HubSpot built Service Hub in the first place and the philosophy behind it?

Scale 188

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 188

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 13, 2021

A great customer success team will help you to better understand your customer’s needs, identify what “success” means to them, and in turn, help your customers realize the value of your services, creating a more successful outcome for both their team and yours. Of course, we always excelled in SMB at Slack as well.

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Customer Success Scale Sales Hiring Strategy 177

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 23, 2022

The process of purchasing software is increasingly complex – the choices for products and services are endless, and customers have a harder time parsing which companies to trust and which product will better cater to their needs. But once they’re happy with a service, they can help build trust with new customers as well.

Software Review 118

Software Review Trends Software Marketplace as a Service 118

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

To keep growing at the same growth rate requires a significant investment in the acquisition efforts as depicted in figure 2. Previously they may have only spent $1,000 when buying a SaaS service online. Now the services have matured where buyers are spending 20x in online services is relatively comfortable.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

With the advent of product-led growth – where people can experience a SaaS product with a free self-service account or want hands-on support over several months – evaluations can take different forms, have varying costs to the seller, and require different levels of commitment from buyers and sellers. Sales Profile: SMB to Commercial.

Revenue 101

Revenue Sales SMB Engineering 101

Sales Hacker

MARCH 18, 2019

How to build both SMB and Enterprise-grade CS teams and what tools to use to empower them. He’s responsible for leading all aspects of the company’s customer facing technical resources across sales, engineering, technical account management, professional services, and support engineering. Growing the Customer Base.

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VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Scale Technical Review 80

OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

SMB customers will want high-touch sales engagement and service delivery but SMM SaaS companies will likely not have the budget necessary to justify providing this level of sales support. Being “stuck in the middle” drives SMM SaaS companies to invest in one of two strategies. eCommerce Marketplaces. Direct Sales.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 52

Brian Balfour

JANUARY 4, 2017

We assume the other tiers all are self service and don’t require sales. Ecommerce – Vistaprint is a massive ecommerce business serving SMBs. But the SMBs range from restaurants, to small shops, to service agencies, and many other business types covering a variety of industries. Learn Growth, No Fluff. One Essay Per Post.

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Scale Marketplace as a Service Acquisition Content Marketing 71

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

With the launch of the Pipedrive Marketplace a very wide range of third party apps & integrations. Mimiran – More Leads and More Deals for SMB Services Business. ZeroBounce - Award-Winning Email Validation Service. Currenty investing time in our Drift setup. Verifalia - We validate email addresses.

Scale 113

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 113

SmartKarrot

JUNE 7, 2023

Apply here: [link] Role: Senior Customer Success Manager Location: San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote) Organization: NCX As a Senior Customer Success Manager, you’ll build strong relationships with landowners to comprehend and advocate for their needs, ensuring their success with NCX’s platform and marketplace.

Customer Success 19

Customer Success Point of Sale Marketplace as a Service SMB 19

Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

5 Reasons I Hate the Rule of 40 by Mikael Johnsson, SaaS Nordic While not necessarily completely useless, I would strongly argue that R40 is a metric applicable to the world of PE and public markets investing and is not a good metric for assessing the quality of venture-stage companies. Because this drives investment decisions.

Scale 52

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring SaaS 52

Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As someone who has spent a lot of time building marketplaces in my career, a curious thing has happened over the last couple years. Founders have started reaching out asking for help converting their SAAS or SAAS-like business into a marketplace. The Weak Transition to Marketplace Arguments. So goes the story.

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Marketplace as a Service Business Model Business Underperforming Technical Team 106

SaaStr

JULY 11, 2019

What we try to do is this integration between two or three companies to be so flawless that for the customer seems like it’s only one application, but you are taking advantage of the best E-mail service, the best chat service, the best voice service. Doing a product for SMB is fairly simple. Tiago Paiva: Oh yeah.

Sales Hiring 270

Sales Hiring SMB Scale Cloud 270

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Whereas Facebook’s overall vision relies heavily on third-party developers having access to user data, Workplace wants to be the app that’s connected to all your other apps and a highly curated marketplace that has the best SaaS applications in the world. Facebook is a company where we like to see people trying new stuff.

Scale 151

Scale Marketplace as a Service Mobile Sales Hiring 151

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The litmus test is if you’ve created a marketplace: are people actually building on your product because there’s value that you’ve created, or is it just a nifty integration? The upside of having this big two-sided marketplace and extending your product into tons of different products with an API is quite large. But are they platforms?

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Underperforming Technical Team Marketplace as a Service Outsourced Development Development 170

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

We’ve got everything from self-service all the way up to the enterprise. So how we accomplish something at the enterprise level in a one to few or a one-to-one or a one to few is very different to how you would accomplish it in a self service model. We are still heavily oriented to SMB and to entrepreneurs.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payments 269

Unbounce

JUNE 16, 2020

especially for SMB SaaS startups. These are often built with agencies, consultants, and managed-service-providers (MSPs) in mind. These partners resell your product and benefit from offering ongoing services, usually on a retainer basis. Tom Tunguz, Venture Capitalist at Redpoint. Reseller Programs.

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Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting Scale SaaS 131

SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

Maria : Yeah, I think, coming from a marketing side and thinking about that as a marketer, marketing is all about investments. There’s none of the brands that you’ve seen get to an IPO or continue on to a Fortune 500 company that is not making some significant investments there. Aaron : And they just have to do it.

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Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 244

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The best products, services, and ideas are nothing without a way to turn them into currency, and sellers are a big part of making commerce happen. Invest in your development internally and externally. Invest in your cross-functional partners. Anne is a principal analyst in the Sales Operations Research Service at Forrester.

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Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 136

SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2020

We saw McDonald’s, they started separating their arches and really trying to do public service announcements around social distancing. It’s a competitive marketplace. How much time are you investing in creating COVID-19 related content? So I think it’s a really great investment almost for any company right now.

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Travel Scale Marketing Outsourcing Services 236

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Karen made her way into the world of SaaS as one of the first employees at Box and then how that led to her transition to the world of investing with B Capital. How does Karen think her mindset will shift when making the move from angel to now institutionally investing with B Capital?

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Scale Underperforming Technical Team Investment Sales Hiring 216

SaaStr

JULY 26, 2019

She likes to invest across consumer, B2B saas, and technology infrastructure companies at the earliest stages. In 2008 Leah founded TaskRabbit, the leading on-demand service marketplace in the world. ” Is it SMB or is it Enterprise? Then, you can decide, is it a high volume play in the SMB?

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Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting 164

SaaStr

APRIL 3, 2019

The biggest companies on earth spend billions of dollars on this service no one’s ever heard of called freight forwarding and they all hate their vendors. So we never should have even been a, we’re in multi sided marketplace. And the reality is we’re in a service business. So we have this enormous market.

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Scale Sales Hiring Systems Review Marketplace as a Service 100

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

268: Ryan Bonnici is the CMO @ G2, the company that allows you to get the right software and services for your business with over 897,000 user reviews to help you make smarter buying decisions. We would generate 10x what we invested into that based on those people. How does Ryan think about the relationship between the two?

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Software Review 141

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

I’ve been in software since the ’90s and for over 20 years, nearly that entire time, we’ve been talking about digital transformation, developing strategies, architecting new technologies, and moving beyond digitization to rethinking our businesses, our products, and our services in a way that’s optimized for a digital world.

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Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Branding 199

SaaStr

AUGUST 16, 2019

There was the product and the service, which I just completely believed in. What VC wants to truly invest in a founder who is quote unquote, hustling 24/7. At the same time as that, I met this incredibly smart group of people at ZocDoc that just blew my mind. They were so intelligent. I thought this was an incredible software product.

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Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Interviewing 203