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What Bootstrapped Companies Do Better than VC-Backed Ones with Paddle Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Campbell and Senior Product Manager Allissa Chan (Video)

SaaStr

Startups often begin with a bootstrapping phase with little to no outside investment. Instead of displaying the 10-15% discount that users will receive while signing up for an annual contract, say they’ll get $15 off or two months free.”. Venture capital-backed companies update their pricing once every 2.8

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How going the extra mile to understand customers propelled Squire into a $750m SaaS company 

ChurnZero

The barbers still wanted cash payments too. So, while a customer might have scheduled a haircut through the Squire app on a mobile phone, they’d still have to stop somewhere to withdraw cash to pay for their haircut. “We On the one hand, the investment tied up Squire’s cash and put the company at risk of failing.

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Scaling Revenue via Indirect Channels and Platform Ecosystems with Stripe, Box and Slack (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Niall Wall, Box SVP of Business and Corporate Development alongside Vicki Lin, Stripe’s Head of Ecosystem and Cecilia Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing discuss scaling your revenue via indirect channels and platform ecosystems. Then also went into venture capital where I invested in API first products.

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Who are Asia’s SaaS VCs?

SaaStock

According to Mike Laven, CEO of Currencycloud, the one thing necessary for any company to succeed in China – or in any of the Asian countries – is to get local investment. SAIF Partners is one of the top private equity firms that provides growth capital financing for Asia businesses. SaaS Investments: Goodera, and others.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Landing Your First Enterprise Client

SmartKarrot

It is a sign of development, showing that the business has effectively transitioned from an R&D organization dependent on venture capital to an autonomous, long-lasting enterprise. . It is challenging and labor-intensive to develop a product that meets all the requirements of an enterprise organization.

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Funding in the Time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Mark Suster | Managing Partner @ Upfront Ventures. So the ability for people to store oil doesn’t exist. So people were paying people to take their futures contracts. When the future is predictable, people like to invest.

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Understanding the SaaS business model

ProfitWell

Recurring payments. The software-as-a-service business model involves providing a subscription service, so you will have to worry about getting payments every month/year as opposed to only once. Recurring payments take the form of monthly recurring revenue, otherwise known as MRR. In SaaS, clients do not buy hardware.