FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In our first post about our online community , we mentioned launching the Global SaaS Leaders Slack group because we saw a need for the kind of software-and-SaaS-focused community we’d want to be a part of. But marketing is only one of the reasons we’re doing this. That includes: A global focus. Professional moderation.

SaaS Payments 143

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 143

Neil Patel

MARCH 12, 2021

Considering building an app? The mobile app industry is expected to be worth more than $407 billion (yes, with a B) by 2026. Meanwhile, the average person has more than 80 apps on their phone. That represents a ton of opportunities for app builders. How to Build Out Your App Idea. How does your app stand apart?

Payment Methods 144

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments Sales Hiring 144

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Smaller companies have become more sophisticated in the tools they use, the IT systems, and automation for onboarding and offboarding, and all of that has resulted in needing to plug stuff into the tools you’re using quickly. If you want payments, sign up for Stripe. Which is why it’s almost a misnomer to call them Enterprise features.

Enterprise readiness 213

Enterprise readiness Payment Solutions Enterprise Payments 213

SaaStr

JULY 31, 2020

Last year, the company doubled its headcount, tripled revenue and landed on G2’s Top 100 Global Software list. . For us, that means including a clear understanding of the challenges and obstacles facing AEs, SDRs, CSMs and Revenue leadership. And some of the marquee customers include MongoDB, Gitlab and Qualtrics. .

Scale 345

Scale Artificial Intelligence Payments Payment Services 345

SaaStr

APRIL 1, 2023

The SMBTech economy is very different from enterprise software, and there is massive opportunity to capture it. Throw in the rise of social media and mobile web payment systems like Stripe and Braintree, and something revolutionary was at our doorstep. The market continued to expand and grow into what it is today.

Scale 190

Scale SMB Merchant Services Payment Methods 190

SaaSOptics

MARCH 1, 2022

So, where do point solutions fit into all this? . Most finance teams are familiar with enterprise and integrated solutions (think Netsuite, Sage Intacct.). However, integrated solutions can be rigid and aren’t always the perfect fit for growing businesses—kind of like trying to wear a shoe that’s one size too big.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services Payment Features 52

SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

Add all of these considerations to an already competitive job market, and the search may seem insurmountable. Take heart, with the stock market still performing well into 2021 and vaccines beginning distribution across the United States, things are looking up. Who is looking to hire a VP of Sales in January / Q1?

Sales Hiring 313

Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Payments 313

User Pilot

MAY 8, 2024

Localize product experiences for different markets to increase inclusivity and usability. Anticipate future customer needs and work proactively to find solutions. Cultivate a customer-centric culture from leadership down. Implement customer feedback promptly and keep customers in the loop. How to identify customer needs?

SaaS Payments 87

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 87

SaaStr

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This is the same advice they give YC companies to become much more successful at fundraising when they’re pre-product market fit. The Common Elements of a Seed Stage Pitch The common elements of a seed stage pitch include: What you do Team Traction Unique insights Market size Ask What does your company do? What’s your market size?

Payment Methods 212

Payment Methods Startup Payment Solutions Sales Hiring 212

SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

They focused on building a payment platform that empowers international talent and independent contractors to get paid on time in a compliant way while also ensuring that companies can hire international talent and make payments efficiently. This insight led Deel to focus on solving payments and compliance. Listen to your team.

Sales Hiring 218

Sales Hiring Payment Services SaaS Payments Scale 218

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

SVB collapsed, market multiples are down, yet the IPO window is re-opening, and we have a platform shift to AI that’s exciting everybody. The Macro Impact On Public Cloud Software Over The Past Year Cloud stocks dropped in 2022 in a severe market pullback event that Bessemer Venture Partners call The SaaSacre. Let’s find out.

Cloud 232

Cloud Payments Software Review Payment Solutions 232

Tom Tunguz

MARCH 19, 2020

This is important to project churn rates, assess timing of software payments, and estimate the impact on cash flows/burn. The volatility in the market is so great that long term projections aren’t likely to be meaningful. Dunning is the process of collecting outstanding payments and communicating with customers about them.

Startup 207

Startup SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods 207

ChurnZero

AUGUST 14, 2020

At ChurnZero, we’re humble enough to admit that Customer Success software can’t do it all, and quite frankly, it shouldn’t. We stick to our circle of competence and focus on our area of expertise: Customer Success software. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software. Customer Support/Service Software and Ticketing Systems.

Payments 87

Payments Payment Solutions Customer Success Software Review 87

SaaStr

MAY 29, 2019

Stripe’s software allows its customers to make and receive payments by providing the technical, fraud prevention and banking infrastructure to operate online payment systems. Qualtrics is an online survey software maker. Claire Hughes Johnson is Stripe’s COO.

Payment Methods 216

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services Banking 216

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

Do you know of software, which belongs on this list? With the launch of the Pipedrive Marketplace a very wide range of third party apps & integrations. And that's probably why we come across Hubspot as much as we do, as well as for its marketing capabilities. Account Based Marketing. Find them now.

Scale 111

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 111

Kellblog

JULY 24, 2021

I sometimes get asked about how to structure an enterprise software marketing organization and the relative roles of product marketing vs. competitive analysis. My first job in marketing, which served as my bridge from a technical to a sales-and-marketing career, was as a competitive analyst.

Product Marketing 136

Product Marketing Marketing Sales Hiring Payment Services 136

Baremetrics

AUGUST 30, 2021

These are very important questions to be asking, and show that we’ve gotten wise to some of the more questionable marketing tactics and business practices we’ve been subjected to over the decades. Take away the pressure The solution is anathema to most marketing strategies: take away the goal of selling anything.

Payment Methods 98

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Strategy Marketing 98

GetUplift

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

If you’re a B2B marketer, then you (more than) know this simple truth: messaging is hard. However, in a crowded market, prospects need to clearly see the difference between you and your competitor in order to make a buying decision. And ‘challenging’ is the understatement of the year.)

B2B 65

B2B Technical Review Payment Solutions Scale 65

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. I was amazed by the app exchange. Actually, two. Matt Garratt: Fantastic.

Payment Solutions 145

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 145

yoursales

JANUARY 29, 2021

Pipedrive – Sales CRM & Pipeline Management Software (use this link for 30 days extra trial). Pipedrive – Sales CRM & Pipeline Management Software (use this link for 30 days extra trial). noCRM.io - Lead management software that really helps salespeople. Agile CRM - Sell & Market Like the Fortune 500.

Scale 104

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 104

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

How should sales and marketing work together on pricing? I was working on a startup that was an early mobile payment platform. It was basically using Bluetooth and an app on PalmPilots to do wireless payments in restaurants. And there’s a lot of benefit to running a software as a service, in general.

SaaS Payments 245

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 245

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

LeagueApps is the operating system for youth sports leagues and helps people to compete in a healthy and wholesome way. Key lessons learned in 10 years of top leadership [12:23]. LeagueApps is the operating system for youth sports leagues and helps people to compete in a healthy and wholesome way. We’re on iTunes.

Leadership 63

Leadership Payments Scale Payment Methods 63

GetUplift

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Conversion rate optimization has become a critical part of digital marketing strategy. What really works to increase conversion rates is effective emotional marketing. . This guide provides a detailed breakdown of my emotional marketing process. This guide provides a detailed breakdown of my emotional marketing process.

Payment Methods 122

Payment Methods Marketing Payment Solutions Underperforming Technical Team 122

SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

WePay is a payments company for platform businesses like marketplaces, crowdfunding sites & small business software. I’ve learned a lot about just the financial system at scale. A lot of companies show trillion dollar market sizes. It’s a really fast growing part of the market. Tina Hsiao : Yeah.

Payment Services 134

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 134

Buffer Resources

DECEMBER 14, 2023

  Here are two creators who have mastered the art of sharing industry news through LinkedIn carousels: Girl Power Marketing uses a distinct tone of voice and visual branding to share important social media updates.  Pretty Little Marketer shares their favorite marketing moments of the year in a visually engaging carousel.

Social Media 125

Social Media Payment Methods Payment Solutions AI Search 125

OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

Amid the chronic turbulence and rapid change of today’s technology markets, they believe there isn’t time to deliberate over three- to five-year goals that may turn out to be obsolete within the next 12 months. It’s not really surprising that so many tech company executives punt on the traditional corporate strategy process.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Strategy Payment Services Scale 52

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?” We’re enterprise software for a new category called LearnOps.

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 105

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers.

VP of Engineering 118

VP of Engineering Scale Technical Review Outsourcing Services 118

SaaStr

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Every SaaS company strives to adapt to the emerging changes in the market as soon as possible and achieve sustainable growth. Product differentiation strategy entails capitalizing on your company’s uniqueness to attain a competitive advantage in a saturated market. The marketing tone you use. The strategies you deploy.

Payment Methods 173

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Company Culture Payment Solutions 173

yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

During 2019 many of the larger providers of sales solutions have spoken of a "rapid consolidation" happening in the sales tools space. Over the course of 2019 we saw the opposite happening: an ever-increasing flood of sales tools seem to hit the market and our own 2019-list grew significantly compared to the 2018-version. Other CRMs.

Scale 102

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 102

yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

During 2019 many of the larger providers of sales solutions have spoken of a "rapid consolidation" happening in the sales tools space. Over the course of 2019 we saw the opposite happening: an ever-increasing flood of sales tools seem to hit the market and our own 2019-list grew significantly compared to the 2018-version. Other CRMs.

Scale 102

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 102

Totango

JULY 15, 2022

When the stock market is down and interest rates are climbing, businesses are often faced with some tough decisions. Helping you easily identify customers who may be at risk due to issues like low product adoption, poor financial standing and/or leadership changes.

Payment Methods 85

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 85

SaaStr

AUGUST 6, 2019

We have a background doing software and standards for trade, and we thought that there’s a massive opportunity in this space. It is if you took LinkedIn, combined it with the app platform from Salesforce, and looked at the domain, which is supply chains. Third parties are developing apps for our platform.

Payment Solutions 142

Payment Solutions Payments Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 142

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Subscription based and fixed pricing were two payment methods that had benefits but also major drawbacks such as: flexibility for the client as well as the company. Instead of having to pay a set fee for unlimited usage, a company that needs to use a specific software application only a few times a month can pay for those few uses.

Pricing 52

Pricing Payment Features Payment Services Payment Methods 52

yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Pipedrive – Sales CRM & Pipeline Management Software (use this link for 30 days extra trial). Nimble – The #1 Rated Social Sales & Marketing CRM. noCRM.io – Lead management software that really helps salespeople. SugarCRM – CRM Software & Online Customer Relationship Management. Buyer Enablement.

Scale 99

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Outsourcing Services 99

SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2022

In a tougher public market for SaaS commpanies, VCs are pulling term sheets again, and deals are also falling apart again after soft commitments. And any odd stuff on the cap table, or existing terms — at least highlight them, and come with a solution. But now we’re back full circle. Who is the CEO?

Finance 271

Finance Technical Review CTO Hire New CTO 271

SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2022

Payhawk is the financial system of tomorrow that combines credit cards, payments, expenses, cash management, and pre-accounting into one integrated experience to give you maximum control and visibility over your business spend. Zoho offers beautifully smart software to help you grow your business.

Payments 37

Payments Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting Onboarding 37