SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

I am Matt Garratt, Managing Partner of Salesforce Ventures, and we will be talking about the secrets to building a $1 billion vertical SaaS company, and we’re very fortunate to have two executives from leading enterprise software companies who have done this. Matt Garratt: If you just look at Vlocity and nCino, amazing businesses.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Do you want to start a simple blog documenting your travel adventures? However, as they are multi-purpose in nature, you cannot expect these features to not be as in-depth and robust as more specialist platforms. Content management platforms. eCommerce platforms. Another type of website builder are eCommerce platforms.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 23, 2021

The success of current platforms is one of the main reasons entrepreneurs are looking to get into the business. A service marketplace is a website or app for buying and selling services. Here are some tips for researching your niche to find a business idea: Identify inefficiencies: What tasks are time wasters?

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Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Thousands of businesses are willing to spend unbelievable amounts of money to rank at the top of search engine results pages (SERP) and in the most relevant places for their users around the web. In 2019, small businesses spent between $9,000 and $10,000 per month on PPC , with Google making an average of $116.5 Retargeting.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Now more than ever, it is crucial for businesses to invest in SaaS customer journey in this era of the complete overhaul of the digital world. Teams will also be able to defend their investments in the various SaaS marketing campaigns, sales tactics, and customer success strategies they employ.

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Audacix

JANUARY 28, 2020

Do you have a “dish washing” process to find and eliminate the security vulnerabilities in your SaaS app? However, if your cloud software is infested with security holes, then you’ll agree that it would take many more $$$’s and even more upheaval for you to contain the damage. That is, the software should have no bugs.

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OPEXEngine

JANUARY 18, 2022

Challenges wrought by the pandemic haven’t come with easy or obvious solutions—other than a measure of agility to adapt to new situations. The impact of the pandemic was quite dramatic as we literally lost all of our revenue from one week to the other,” said Marcus Tillmann, CFO of online travel site Trivago. “We

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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. And we need platforms to be able to do that. In September 2022, Dopple publicly launched its new platform. They Launched With a Platform, Not a Product Another big advantage?

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 8, 2024

million per dose , and many involve very intensive clinical regimens that require everything from travel to specialized centers, to multi-week hospital stays, to heavy clinical and caregiver support. In essence, we have a different kind of “drug delivery” problem—one that has to do with patient access.

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FastSpring

JUNE 19, 2019

Data is now fundamental to how people work & the most successful companies have intelligently integrated it into everyone’s daily workflow,” he said. Alibaba Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai said millions of small businesses are now using the platform. 50% of the world’s population is now using the Internet.

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OPEXEngine

JANUARY 27, 2021

You should assess how that may have changed any of your tracking systems to separate CAC expenses from customer retention expenses. New systems or tools used for contactless sales should be added to CAC, such as sales usage of Zoom or any other sales tools for contactless sales, such as investments in videos for prospecting, etc.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Software is inherently global and easily transcends borders—localizing it can be as easy as translating the language. In Brazil, for example, Pix became the most popular payment method in the country in just two years—as well as the second-most used instant payments system in the world. Who is the Google of Brazil?

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All that Saas

OCTOBER 12, 2021

For the past couple of years, COVID-19 has steadily made the financial sector take 360 degrees by integrating tech to evolve buying and spending. Formerly known as e-wallets, digital wallets use mobile apps that store credit or debit card details from one place. The Best Digital Wallets for Online Payments in 2021.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Also, the five phases of software development and how an outdated IPO process has resulted in $171 billion worth of underpricing. Software developers, unite. Changelog tweeted a solid Reddit thread for the software developers out there. Think: payment, booking, personalized communication sequences, ETL processes.

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Software Platform Consulting

MARCH 23, 2016

The note below informed me of their new re-fueling policy: Travel industry suppliers have mastered the art of the “buried in the fine print” add-on charge: resort fees, “opt-out” fees for the paper delivered to your door each morning, “9/11” fees that never went away, you get the idea. Trust, but Verify.

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yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

Connect with Jakob on LinkedIn to stay updated on all things sales and let's dive into looking at the sales tools, which will power your sales process and take you to your next level of growth. Do you know of software, which belongs on this list? Drive Revenue. Terminus - Account-Based Marketing Platform for Quality Growth.

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Stax

JANUARY 10, 2024

Credit card fees, including interchange, assessment, and payment processor fees, impact businesses on a per-transaction or recurring basis. Leveraging technology, monitoring chargebacks, and addressing individual business factors help to reduce credit card fees and improve overall profitability.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 3, 2020

Dave Kellogg , the consultant, advisor, and blogger with an expertise on enterprise software startups—author of the cleverly titled Kellblog —recently posted a piece on Coronavirus and its correlation to CEOs everywhere. And I think ‘no sales’ sort of became to Atlassian what ‘no software’ was to Salesforce in, sort of, this rallying cry.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Goals like increasing monthly recurring revenue by 15 percent or boosting your conversion rate by 3 percent are good examples of quantitative goals. Are you focusing your attention on a specific niche, i.e., affluent travelers, price-conscious fashion aficionados? Investing in the channels your customers use (e.g.,

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 9, 2020

You may be too busy reacting to the crisis to think about recovery at this moment, but research shows you will want to act before the crisis ends if you want the fastest recovery. Recent survey data from Global Research shows there is an expectation of -20% hit to the 2020 professional services revenue forecast.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Enter the platform company. Or if you’ve ever gotten a 2 cent and a 4 cent deposit into your account as you’re trying to set up direct deposit or payments transfers, that’s a pre-Plaid world. Zach : So in our back end, we’ve integrated with about 10,000 financial institutions in the U.S. Zach : About 260.

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Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Format changes are usually only required around platform shifts already occurring or platform shifts a larger company is trying to drive. This is creating a new value proposition for your existing audience so that you can acquire, retain, and/or monetize them better. I have written more about platforms here.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Wix’s industry-specific themes, design templates, tools, and resources often feel like the company had you in mind when creating its platform. The platform simply doesn’t offer sufficient functionality and scalability for larger businesses and bigger ecommerce websites. Once on the Wix platform, you are locked in for life.

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ProfitWell

AUGUST 8, 2019

Subscription lifetime value and churn data (for subscription business models). Pricing optimization is a similar process to dynamic pricing strategies used in hospitality, travel, ecommerce, and other industries, although dynamic pricing tends to change much more rapidly as companies tweak pricing to match real-time demand.

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Backlinkfy

JULY 26, 2019

Do you enjoy waking up every morning, driving to a place where you spend most of your time invested in making someone else dreams come true? Over the past years, I have researched and worked with over 150+ entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses in Los Angeles and around the world. If you do, this piece is not for you.

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yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Enabling the right customer journey with sales tools that power your sales process has been high on our agenda for years. During 2019 many of the larger providers of sales solutions have spoken of a "rapid consolidation" happening in the sales tools space. Salesforce.com – The Customer Success Platform To Grow Your Business.

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yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Enabling the right customer journey with sales tools that power your sales process has been high on our agenda for years. During 2019 many of the larger providers of sales solutions have spoken of a "rapid consolidation" happening in the sales tools space. Salesforce.com – The Customer Success Platform To Grow Your Business.

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yoursales

JANUARY 29, 2021

Salesforce.com – The Customer Success Platform To Grow Your Business. Salesforce.com – The Customer Success Platform To Grow Your Business. Salesflare – Simple yet powerful CRM for small businesses selling B2B. Pipedrive – Sales CRM & Pipeline Management Software (use this link for 30 days extra trial).

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SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

What Nobody Tells You About Seed Investing with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Cowboy Ventures Founder and Partner Aileen Lee. I think it gives us a perspective that maybe we don’t get in some other places, in addition to many great investments over the years. Jason Lemkin: Anyone post-revenue. That’s way post-revenue.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 5, 2020

We invest in companies that transform the way people work. We mostly do seed-stage investments and a little bit if Series A. We’re investing both down and up the stack, anything from infrastructure to the data layer, to algorithm, to application. Business, the customers are getting impacted.

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yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

During this year we’ll also start sharing the country sales tools stacks series entitles “Sales Tools made In…” Finally all that is being tied together in integrated tool stacks with some of our friends at the companies listed here. Salesforce.com – The Customer Success Platform To Grow Your Business.

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Buffer Resources

JUNE 8, 2023

His project management work operates under 'George Solutions,' while his creative endeavors fall under 'The Cre8tor Hub.' This approach has yielded Lloyd the "luxury of time to think, conduct interviews, and even travel if required." ' He also offers podcast administration services through PodMan. "Even

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All that Saas

JUNE 11, 2022

In this ManageEngine OpManager review, we will have a closer look at the features/functionalities, customer support, and certifications of this leading software. Today businesses of all scales rely heavily on networks for all their tasks. Hence, monitoring the networks continuously has become a necessity for any business.

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All that Saas

JUNE 11, 2022

In this ManageEngine NPMS review, we will have a closer look at the features/functionalities, customer support, and certifications of this leading software. Today businesses of all scales rely heavily on networks for all their tasks. Hence, monitoring the networks continuously has become a necessity for any business.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 20, 2022

From apparel brands to food delivery platforms, almost all B2C businesses offer loyalty programs; and a majority of them are a huge hit. But, implementing these programs in Business-to-Business (B2B) environments can be a little different. The major difference is because of the businesses’ approach to the customers. .

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ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

As ChurnZero recently secured a Series B investment bringing our total funding that has been raised to date to $35 million, we thought we’d take a look back and see the role that Customer Success plays at each respective stage of funding for SaaS companies. And we thought, who better to ask than those that chose to invest in us along the way.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

WePay is a payments company for platform businesses like marketplaces, crowdfunding sites & small business software. They process billions annually for platforms like Constant Contact, GoFundMe, Ecwid, Infusionsoft, Meetup, Freshbooks & Zoho. And Jay was sort of our solution to that process.

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