User Pilot

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Reducing the CAC payback period can help SaaS companies boost their financial performance and drive growth. TL;DR The CAC payback period measures the time it takes for a company to recover the money invested in new customer acquisition. Userpilot onboarding, analytics , and feedback features can help you reduce CAC and boost revenue.

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Baremetrics

JULY 30, 2021

Within their platform, users can manage various aspects of their online customers such as subscription, recurring billing, invoicing, payments, accounting, taxes, and more. Baremetrics on the other hand monitors subscription revenue for businesses that bring in revenue through subscription-based services.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

There are many ways to classify SaaS companies, but differentiating companies based upon who their customers are presents the best approach for measuring performance and driving success for SaaS businesses. Business to Consumer (B2C). SMM SaaS Company Overview & Market Dynamics. Enterprise.

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ChurnZero

MAY 20, 2021

Chasing the wrong priorities and investments can quickly snowball and compound over time, resulting in stunted progress and flatline growth. That’s why it’s essential to invest in the people, processes, and technologies that create the most value for your customers and your organization. Traits: Product-market fit. $6M

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Totango

MAY 19, 2020

The continuing COVID-19 health crisis may well produce a recession that has a significant impact on the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industry. No one is certain how this will change the long and short-term behaviors of customers, lenders, and enterprises in a SaaS world. Be Lean and Agile to Reduce Customer Churn in SaaS.

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Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. Understanding which stage your SaaS business is in can help determine the appropriate time to scale to the next phase—and do so successfully. The four major SaaS life cycle stages we’ll cover: Pre-startup.

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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. Across markets, companies were “taking big data sets and visualizing them in interesting ways to create user experiences.” And we need platforms to be able to do that.

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FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

Founded in 2019, Cognota is the first and only LearnOps platform for corporate learning and development teams. There are now over 150 enterprise companies using the platform. He also shares insights about how Cognota is maintaining ownership over the category they created while encouraging dialogue and collaboration in the market.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 16, 2019

It’s the question on every SaaS founder’s lips: Is my churn rate too high? Worse, comparing average churn rates across different markets and industries will leave you mired in confusing statistics and contradicting studies. So how do you know what a healthy churn rate is for your SaaS company? Let’s find out.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. How does Krish think about purely serving the SMB market? Does one have to expand the product line to retain customers?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2019

I’ve worked at multiple high growth SaaS businesses as a growth leader, and the data we’re seeing right now … This is from … is that CAC is increasing both in B2B and B2C, and you’re going to see how that relates, right? Alice : Definitely pre-product market fit. Guillaume : Keep the mic.

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Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

CEO Joel Gascoigne tells us about the decision to invest in new analytics tools and how Buffer sustained long-term growth thanks to growing their ARPA. While Baremetrics was fulfilling the desire for public transparency, internally the team was using Looker almost exclusively to track and report revenue metrics. What is Buffer.

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SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

Before that Dave was SVP/GM of Service Cloud @ Salesforce where he led the $500m line of business for customer service applications. Finally pre-Salesforce, Dave was CEO @ MarkLogic where he grew the team from 40 to 240 and revenues from $0 to an $80m revenue run rate. How do they set up the process from there?

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

But those three things are what got Starbucks its first profitable coffee shop in Seattle, not what allowed that shop to morph into an $80 billion business with 30,000 cafes around the world. Product, marketing, and sales are table stakes for growth. And for software businesses, it’s exactly the same. “In

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Average Revenue per Customer. It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. So the first question is what made SaaS so successful. Customers love SaaS products and tools because it simply works.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Grasswire, it was because we had no team and no monetization strategy, which I do not recommend. At LendUp, it was because we were in the subprime lending space and we were trying to not screw people over, unlike the rest of the market. It’s not even close. So I realized during that time … Let me take one more step back.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 3, 2020

Then, we hear from Kyle Poyar over at OpenView on bringing sales into a self-service business. And finally, the evolution of B2B SaaS billing. What’s the next milestone disrupting the market? I love to see companies start by really honing that self-service motion. Today, Dave Kellogg talks CEOs and Coronavirus.

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SaaStr

MAY 9, 2019

Most people know the YC Accelerator, but YC actually has a number of programs now, including Amook, the Accelerator, a Series A program to help companies raise Series A, and a growth program to help companies expand post product market fit. Sometimes we call ourselves experts in failure. Like any good list, I have a top ten list.

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User Pilot

APRIL 18, 2024

In SaaS, getting users to value quickly matters a lot, so invest in onboarding and self-service support. Userpilot is a product onboarding platform that can help you with that. With so many options around, choosing a digital product is like finding your way through a maze. Book the demo to find out more!

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Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In a previous post , I talked about how product work post-product/market fit shifts from zero to one innovation to features, growth, and scaling work. I highlight six different types of product expansion, in increasing levels of difficulty based on these vectors. I have written more about platforms here.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

What GTM metrics should you track as a product marketer? On your way to building a go-to-market strategy to launch a new product, you might wonder the former question a lot. GTM metrics are pieces of data or indicators that help product marketers like you keep track of the success of their strategy.

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SaaSOptics

APRIL 14, 2022

SaaS pricing is typically done on a subscription basis where customers pay a recurring monthly or annual fee to use a company’s software. In recent years, usage-based pricing has become popular amongst growing SaaS companies and their customers—but is it the right choice for your business? Types of Pricing Models.

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SmartKarrot

JULY 13, 2020

It is a known fact that MRR aka Monthly Recurring Revenue is a lifeline for SaaS business. Since they live or die off this scheme, you might want to take a notch up if you wish to see a boom in the SaaS market. In a subscription-based business, it is expected to regularize a recurring revenue to a monthly figure.

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Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

What started as Dimitris (now my Co-founder at Outseta ) writing a few lines of code to collect rent payments from tenants he had living in a duplex in Providence, Rhode Island, turned into something worth hundreds of millions of dollars 15 years later. I learned a million lessons about SaaS, about start-ups, and about life along the way.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 14, 2023

Are you struggling with creating an effective growth marketing strategy? With more players entering the SaaS market and the growing use of digital technology in marketing, traditional marketing alone cannot sustain your business. What is the growth marketing framework? moment ) and experience it.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

As for Rob, before founding Salsify, he was the first-ever product manager at Cambridge Semantics and before that was a Senior Product Manager @ Endeca helping grow the company to it’s $Bn exit. How does Rob think about the bundled vs unbundled thesis within SaaS? How does Rob think about usage vs seat-based pricing in SaaS?

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Looking for a good SaaS reporting tool and wondering which one of Heap, Pendo, and Baremetrics is the best option for your SaaS company? There are plenty of tools for SaaS reporting on review sites, but they don’t make the choice any easier. Get a Userpilot demo for SaaS reporting and drive your product growth code-free.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 17, 2022

This is an especially important stage, especially for SaaS startups. This is the stage where you identify an existing problem and understand how your product or service solves the problem. As a SaaS startup, your biggest task would be to land your first customer. You have also established yourself in the market.

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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. Aileen Lee | Founder @ Cowboy Ventures. Jason Lemkin | Founder @ SaaStr.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Looking for a good user engagement analysis tool and wondering which one of Heap, Pendo, and Baremetrics is the best option for your SaaS company? In this post, we’ll discuss exactly that – which tool is best for user engagement analysis depending on the different criteria that different SaaS companies may have.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Looking for a good funnel analysis tool and wondering which one of Heap, Pendo, and Baremetrics is the best option for your SaaS company? In this post, we’ll discuss exactly that – which tool is best for funnel analysis depending on the different criteria that different SaaS companies may have. Let’s compare them!

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SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The land-and-expand strategy starts when you land a small deal with an organization and use the contract to form a solid relationship with the organization by providing superior service. Then, you continue to sell to the business across different projects and expand your services and profit margins over time.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

It’s become apparent that for hypergrowth SaaS startups today, there are two distinct phases. The second stage is treating growth as top of funnel marketing and layering on sales to open up profitable yet harder to reach segments. To find out, we sat down with Jeanne de Witte , Head of North America Revenue & Growth at Stripe.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Looking for a good event tracking tool and wondering which one of Heap, Pendo, and Baremetrics is the best option for your SaaS company? In this post, we’ll discuss exactly that – which tool is best for event tracking depending on the different criteria that different SaaS companies may have. Let’s compare them!

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User Pilot

MARCH 14, 2024

Looking for an effective event tracking tool and wondering if Heap is the best option for your SaaS company? We’ll explore its features, pricing, and offer a comprehensive review to aid in your decision-making process. Heap is one of the most sophisticated product analytics tools available in the market.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Looking for a good user behavior analysis tool and wondering which one of Heap, Pendo, and Baremetrics is the best option for your SaaS company? In this post, we’ll discuss exactly that – which tool is best for user behavior analysis depending on the different criteria that different SaaS companies may have.

Payment Solutions 52

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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. Here’s what he had to say.

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