Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Any change to the business — whether its a simple change to your product’s pricing or packaging, or an acquisition requiring the integration of new CRM data with your existing data — means your system needs to be adapted. Being able to scale easily. Subscriptions (custom object). The challenge? It’s not an easy task….

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Ideally, lenders look for 12+ months of starting cash runway prior to need for debt, but that can vary on a case-by-case basis depending on factors such as debt size, lender risk tolerance, capital invested to date, and the scale/growth of the business. Examples could include installment loans, credit card receivables, or invoices.

Outsourcing Services 122

Outsourcing Services Software Review Scale Banking 122

FastSpring

AUGUST 2, 2023

It was paramount for TestDome to have a partner to help them easily scale across borders and take many kinds of payments from many different places, but there weren’t many options available to them at the time. Now, Stripe offers it. Braintree offers it. Are you still using the FastSpring legacy Classic platform (Springboard)?

Payment Solutions 148

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Merchant Services AI Search 148

SaaSOptics

MAY 19, 2022

Not only is it one of the main drivers of revenue growth for early-stage companies, but it’s a primary goal for SaaS businesses across market stages. For subscription-based SaaS businesses, your customer acquisition metrics indicate how effectively you acquire new users via sales, marketing, or a product-led approach like a free trial.

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Acquisition Scale Strategy Software Review 59

OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

When it comes to your tech stack, other than feasibility and ROI, you need to focus on two main things: Does it scale with growth? Automating the right finance processes means future-proofing your business to scale while saving costs and reducing the burden on your finance team.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS 52

OPEXEngine

JANUARY 14, 2020

Price/Revenue Ratio. Many factors drive the high-growth of SaaS companies, including higher market adoption of SaaS and the structural advantages of the recurring subscription revenue model – see Why SaaS Companies Grow Faster. Since B2B subscription contracts rarely have early termination rights, the revenue is assured.

SaaS Payments 59

SaaS Payments SaaS Scale Customer Lifetime Value 59

The Angel VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

7th DO for SaaS startups Build a repeatable, profitable sales process Sales is a very different animal depending on the stage of your company, the market segment you're going after and on whether we're talking about inbound sales or outbound sales. Be "obsessively focused on getting to product/market fit", as Marc Andreessen put it.

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Scale Sales Hiring Startup Sales 153

User Pilot

JANUARY 18, 2024

A pricing survey is the most surefire way to figure out an acceptable price range that maximizes profit without being prohibitively expensive — made possible through the power of user feedback. This guide will help you get to that optimal price point by conducting pricing surveys! What is a pricing survey?

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Pricing Scale Market Segmentation Scaling 105

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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Payments Pricing SaaS Payments Payment Services 98

ProfitWell

JANUARY 6, 2020

There may be multiple markets in your product-market fit, but it’s an incredibly important first step when building a product/business to find at least one. If you’re not ensuring the product you’re building is aligned with a buyer persona, it’ll be difficult to scale. 5 steps to discovering your product-market fit.

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Product Marketing Underperforming Technical Team Marketing Advertising 52

Navint

APRIL 3, 2019

While we want our recurring revenue stream to grow “up and to the right” as our companies mature, Navint has found that, at a certain point in time, the business performance can start to unintentionally erode. Exploring : Starts with an idea about launching a recurring revenue business or service line.

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Revenue Scale Compensation Innovation 45

FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

They’re Careful Which Customers Have a Say in the Future of the Platform When you’re taking advantage of an emerging market like VR/AR, there are so many ways to grow. And so I did early stints at Zillow, Tumblr and a company called Fiscal Note, all in different markets, doing different things in different market segments.

Payment Methods 142

Payment Methods Marketing Payments SaaS Payments 142

FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

While this still holds true for finding initial product-market and go-to-market fit, more and more we’re seeing examples of businesses evolving much more quickly into both market segments. For example: Are you making your quoting and invoicing experience as efficient and flexible as possible?

B2C 146

B2C Payments SaaS Payments B2B 146

Chart Mogul

JUNE 29, 2018

You can set your own price point, avoiding any preconception among potential customers. Marketo (marketing automation). Marketing automation as a category is dominated my Marketo , which took advantage of a shift toward more self-service B2B software with free trials — conditions ripe for scale through automation.

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Venture Capital Scale Cloud Branding 70

ProfitWell

AUGUST 15, 2019

Pricing isn’t about numbers; it’s about knowing. In a fast, complex, changing world, businesses need both knowledge and flexibility in abundance when determining their pricing strategy. A business that doesn’t take a dynamic approach to its pricing won’t be able to optimize customer value and won’t stay competitive for long.

Pricing 40

Pricing Subscription Payment Features Business 40

User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Why should SaaS companies invest in growth marketing? Growth marketing helps companies to attract new users and keep them engaged. This increases the likelihood of subscription renewals and upgrades. Moreover, marketing growth enables them to stay competitive and relevant in the fast-evolving SaaS space.

Underperforming Technical Team 105

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Marketing Customer Lifetime Value 105

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Annual Recurring Revenue. Average Sale/Selling Price. AB Testing (or Split Testing) is an experiment involving two variants, usually for measuring and comparing market response to each. Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) is the value of contracted, often subscription-based revenues normalized for one calendar year.

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Scale Payment Methods Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments 99

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

SaaS, or software as a service, is a delivery model in which a centrally hosted software is licensed to customers via a subscription plan. Recurring payments. Recurring payments take the form of monthly recurring revenue, otherwise known as MRR. What is the SaaS business model. Growth stage.

Business Model 54

Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

One of the more common things that I tell entrepreneurs is to immediately raise prices. Every time we raised prices, the sales team was freaked out that nobody was going to buy our software. Every time we raised prices, the sales team was freaked out that nobody was going to buy our software.

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Sales Recruiting Scale Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring 164

Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

Focus on a market segment until you dominate it When I arrived at Buildium, we were selling our product only to residential property managers located in the United States. There was no strike price or vesting schedule associated with these units—they were simply granted to employees based on performance or as a recruiting tool.

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Services 145

Backlinkfy

JULY 30, 2019

Capture: The process of securing payments from a payment process after an authorization. It is common for distributors to charge a premium over a manufacturer-direct price for the service and convenience provided. All bids are considered and a common low bid price is determined for the sale of all items.

Payment Methods 40

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 40

SaaSOptics

AUGUST 16, 2018

We were born and raised and bred serving the needs of early stage emerging and growth SaaS and subscription based businesses. Exclusively, we have a modern financial platform for early stage and growth subscription businesses and really focusing on three major pain areas of these businesses. That’s kind of been our journey.

SaaS 40

SaaS Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital 40

SaaSOptics

AUGUST 16, 2018

We were born and raised and bred serving the needs of early stage emerging and growth SaaS and subscription based businesses. Exclusively, we have a modern financial platform for early stage and growth subscription businesses and really focusing on three major pain areas of these businesses. That’s kind of been our journey.

SaaS 40

SaaS Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital 40

SaaSOptics

AUGUST 16, 2018

We were born and raised and bred serving the needs of early stage emerging and growth SaaS and subscription based businesses. Exclusively, we have a modern financial platform for early stage and growth subscription businesses and really focusing on three major pain areas of these businesses. That’s kind of been our journey.

SaaS 40

SaaS Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital 40

Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Whether you have a Software-as-a-Service, subscription or membership business or you sell one-off products or services and simply want to do business with your customer more than once, Customer Success should be your driving purpose. Logical Customer Segmentation: The Key to Scaling Customer Success. Your Recurring Revenue.

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Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 136