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How an Estonia-based SaaS Grew to €10M ARR by Expanding Across 3 Continents?

FastSpring

How Messente scaled with no funding. They also noticed a lack of transparency and efficiency in the services that were being provided at the time and decided to fix that problem. One way to scale: be location-agnostic. Instead of looking for hot new markets to market their services in, Messente let their customers lead.

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Scaling Revenue via Indirect Channels and Platform Ecosystems with Stripe, Box and Slack (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Niall Wall, Box SVP of Business and Corporate Development alongside Vicki Lin, Stripe’s Head of Ecosystem and Cecilia Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing discuss scaling your revenue via indirect channels and platform ecosystems. Then also went into venture capital where I invested in API first products.

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

These acquisitions, which focus more on scope than scale, accounted for 90% of tech deals in 2019 , which is a 40% increase from 2015. Micro Acquire is a marketplace that connects startups to buyers. The marketplace is designed to cut down on the time you need to sell your business and find startups to invest in. Tiny Capital.

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SaaS Funding Napkin, the 2017 edition

The Angel VC

So if you want to raise capital for your SaaS startup in 2017, investors will wonder if you can become a true system of record, build a real platform/ecosystem/marketplace or build a unique data asset over time. The latter option will get particular attention this year, so I highlighted that in the "Defensibility" row of the napkin.

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Hi from David at P9

Point Nine Land

What’s your favourite part of working in Venture Capital Having been a founder, my favourite thing is providing the little but key pieces of aid when our portfolio founders need it most. Long-term my goal is to support the first African companies to truly compete on a global scale.

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How going the extra mile to understand customers propelled Squire into a $750m SaaS company 

ChurnZero

In a sense, it was originally more like a lead generation service, or marketplace for barbershops. Squire debated expanding its ICP to enterprise – think hair salon chains – hoping to scale faster. I am going to focus on my customer because that allows you to design products and services that make sense for them,” noted Dave.

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Start-Ups VS Enterprise: Which Sales Team Should You Work for? (Infographic)

Sales Hacker

ADP, a large organization that sells payroll and human resource services, for example, is well known for its rigorous, mandatory weekly sales meetings. As the company scales up due to growth, more formalized procedures and processes will be put in place. People with key roles become in-demand and are often pirated by other start-ups.

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