SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

I sell highly engineered complex pumps and I can’t sell them like a book online.” Dell was selling configural PCs online. And for me as I mentioned BigMachines is a very personal problem. And also my personal life, my wife and we, well luckily I found out we were pregnant but we were having twins.

Sales Recruiting 170

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Payments 170

SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

Personally, our team has been holding back a little bit. What I personally have seen in my little portfolio and the founders I work with is what I call the COVID beneficiaries. Look, okay, let’s say half your business sells to eCommerce, but 20% sells to live events. Are you more excited about eCommerce?

Investment 160

Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 160

SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

WePay is a payments company for platform businesses like marketplaces, crowdfunding sites & small business software. I think on the plus side, coming into a firm like JPMorgan, we were a 200 person company when we were acquired. The day that acquisition closed, we became a 250,000 person company. Tina Hsiao : Yeah.

Payment Services 135

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 135

SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

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. Ari : Millions of dollars in lawsuits as an eight person company and you need them to give you an amount of money that’s roughly equal to that.

Payments 147

Payments SaaS Payments Banking Underperforming Technical Team 147

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 7, 2019

We’re also talking subscription sports with a pricing expert, and highlighting a former Netflix culture-building badass. Each year, Comparably releases a list of the best companies to work for—in regard to items like compensation, career-personal balance, perks, and happiest employees. Can you guess who? Your top subscription news.

Subscription 49

Subscription Payment Features Payments Payment Services 49

OpenView Labs

MARCH 27, 2020

You’ve probably already stopped traveling, and you should expect to continue to limit travel even after the quarantine is over. Flights, trains, hotels and meals all add up as employees travel, and these costs can be saved relatively quickly. We know that you’ll have customers asking for a price reduction during a downturn.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions Travel 52

SaaStr

JULY 26, 2019

It’s not about the convincing sales rep or the old school view of a sales person anymore. In the early days, you obviously have less leverage and brand to price strongly. In a lot of larger companies, they’re completely okay with giving you two or three year payments all up front. Look at Eric Yuan at Zoom.

Sales Hiring 142

Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services 142

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2019

Hear how to navigate fast growth and how to look ahead as you travel forward. Robert Vis: So, I was working on my previous company called ZayPay, which was an API to pay for virtual goods on your mobile phone bill, and we ran into this problem where we needed to use text messaging as a way to verify user’s phone numbers.

Scale 100

Scale Payment Methods Scaling SaaS Payments 100

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2019

Hear how to navigate fast growth and how to look ahead as you travel forward. Robert Vis: So, I was working on my previous company called ZayPay, which was an API to pay for virtual goods on your mobile phone bill, and we ran into this problem where we needed to use text messaging as a way to verify user’s phone numbers.

Scale 100

Scale Payment Methods Scaling SaaS Payments 100

SaaStr

OCTOBER 22, 2019

So whether you’re aspiring to be a small business owner or you support them personally or financially, they impact all of us and it’s an important part of our economy. They also don’t hang out online, there’s no congregation where a bunch of small businesses are that you can find them.

Payment Methods 101

Payment Methods Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Business 101

SaaStr

OCTOBER 4, 2019

How does Jeppe respond to 3 common concerns VCs have with SMBs: * The price points are so low that it takes huge volume to scale to meaningful revenue? * How does leadership change for Jesse in the face of scale? How does Jesse think about scaling humanity and the personal touch with the scaling of his leadership?

Scale 121

Scale SaaS Payments SMB Sales Hiring 121