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Unlocking Growth in the Internet Economy: a Perspective from Stripe Head of Invoicing, Suzanne Xie (Video)

SaaStr

These days, as the business lead for invoicing at Stripe, Xie has earned her own stripes in navigating the unique challenges of building and thriving in the SaaS marketplace. Market trends: why is it easier than ever to build an online business? You get a service, you get a service, you get a service—everything is a service now.”.

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SaaStr Podcast 436: The State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners

SaaStr

Shopify, since last year, has nearly tripled in market cap driven by the rise of e-commerce, but also the digital payments and the QR code system they provide for contactless payments. Zoom’s market cap grew over 4X to reflect that. Each of those, independently, are massive market cap drivers for their businesses as well.

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Software-led payments: What’s on the horizon for platforms in 2025? | Episode 46

Payrix

Navigating market dynamics in 2025 and beyond Matt emphasized the cyclical nature of the payments industry, likening it to a pendulum. remains the largest interchange and software market, Matt predicts a loosening of regulatory constraints. Those that fail to adapt risk losing market share to more innovative players.

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A sneak peek into Point Nine's investment thesis

The Angel VC

We will continue to focus on two business models: SaaS and marketplaces SaaS We use a broad definition of SaaS. As a rule of thumb, we’re looking for markets that consist of at least 3,000 whales ($1M ACV), 30,000 elephants ($100k ACV), 300,000 deer ($10k ACV) or 3M rabbits ($1k ACV). What’s important is the right founder/market fit.

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The most exciting Latin American SaaS Startups

SaaStock

Metatext offers a solution to help SaaS entrepreneurs to automate business processes such as customer services, marketing and insights. The startup is comprised of expert researchers from academia and financial markets. Elevator pitch : Digital entrepreneurs have many daily tasks that consume time and energy. Founded : 2018.

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Reading list: Platforms, ecosystems, and partnerships

Intercom, Inc.

All of this thinking, planning and building culminated most recently in the launch last week of our App Partner and Service Partner programs , which unlocks new sales, marketing and technical opportunities for companies we collaborate with. Those are fundamentals to actually building an effective marketplace.”. Jeetu Patel, Box.

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How Usage-Based Pricing is Transforming Subscription Billing

Blulogix

This model, also referred to as metered billing, aligns costs with actual consumption, offering customers a fair and flexible way to pay for services. How Usage-Based Pricing Benefits Customers Usage-based pricing offers customers transparency and flexibility, empowering them to choose services that fit their needs and budgets.