SaaStr

APRIL 14, 2023

Mistake #1: Viewing Investors Only As Capital As founders build a team, they focus on obtaining complementary skill sets. Of course, building great teams and finding product market fit is critical, but don’t forget about product investor fit. As global investors, GGV Capital looks at SaaS companies in the U.S., Absolutely.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Are you having trouble deciding on what feature adoption metrics you should choose to measure the success of the new feature? In this article, we’ll cover the key metrics you need to develop an informed feature adoption strategy and discuss how you can improve them. What is feature adoption in SaaS?

Metrics 85

Metrics Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Onboarding 85

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Confused about trying to understand SaaS roles? SaaS companies have many moving parts, and it can be difficult to determine who does what. TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. What is a SaaS business model?

Sales Hiring 97

Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 97

User Pilot

AUGUST 15, 2021

A key reason why customer engagement metrics are important to successful SaaS businesses. In this article, we will walk you through ten important user engagement metrics to measure. What are customer engagement metrics? What customer engagement metrics are important to track? Let's get started!

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Engagement Metrics Scale SaaS 98

ProfitWell

MARCH 12, 2020

The subscription-based economy boom has brought with it more competition than ever before, raising the bar for companies trying to offer recurring products or services to their customers. However, behind the boom lies the rising consumer demand for subscriptions. Payment processing. Customer support. Bookkeeping.

SaaS Payments 59

SaaS Payments Subscription Payment Features Payments 59

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

Last week, I canceled an annual SaaS subscription (I had three weeks left until renewal). Interestingly, even though I paid for a year-long subscription, the company didn’t let me keep the last three weeks of access to its premium features. This action will immediately downgrade your subscription. Table of Contents.

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Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 115

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

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 6, 2023

We know software is impacted from macro - but how bad will it get? ” Top 10 EV / NTM Revenue Multiples Top 10 Weekly Share Price Movement Update on Multiples SaaS businesses are generally valued on a multiple of their revenue - in most cases the projected revenue for the next 12 months. Call this a “known unknown.”

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User Pilot

APRIL 7, 2023

What are the different types of B2B customer insights for SaaS businesses? When your product is catering to other businesses, it can be difficult for sales reps and other teams to understand the needs and experiences of the clients, especially if the client company sells multiple products. Their challenges and pain points.

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B2B Underperforming Technical Team B2C Scale 93

ChurnZero

AUGUST 14, 2020

And by virtue of that, it’s essential that Customer Success software – like a Customer Success team – plays well with the others it works alongside if the customer is to truly come first. Bad satisfaction rating” alert so CSMs can immediately reach out to frustrated customers who cite having a poor experience. Who owns it?

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Payments Payment Solutions Customer Success Software Review 87

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

This post is part of a continuing series evaluating the S-1s of publicly traded SaaS companies in order to better understand the core business and build a library of benchmarks that might be useful to founders. New Relic processes this data and provides interactive reports to identify underperforming code.

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Benchmarks Underperforming Technical Team Metrics Sales Hiring 100

User Pilot

MARCH 15, 2022

Why a go-to-market strategy plays an integral of your SaaS product success? We will cover what they are, why you need them, and how to create one for your SaaS business using real examples. We will cover what they are, why you need them, and how to create one for your SaaS business using real examples. Let’s get started!

Strategy 88

Strategy Marketing SaaS Customer Lifetime Value 88

OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The shift to cloud-based subscription models is creating even more value in a thriving sector. In more mature software companies, we see oversized returns for companies that are moving to software-as-a-service subscription models (see Figure 1). Metrics will also change. Sticky after all. Four ways to drive value.

Software Review 52

Software Review DevOps as a Service Software Underperforming Technical Team 52

Chart Mogul

MAY 30, 2019

Ingmar, our VP of Customer Success, and our support team cracked the code on first response time and measuring NPS. As we grow, we’re able to spend more time developing the proactive tiers of the pyramid without de-prioritizing a strong foundation of fast, helpful ticket replies and features that delight.

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Underperforming Technical Team Development Strategy Management 78

CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 17, 2022

How unfortunate is it to see a subscriber canceling their recurring payment! This enables your product team to identify and track engagement data and optimize the product. It lets you go beyond those vanity metrics and tie the data back at every step of the customer journey. Track and Measure Metrics and KPIs.

Churn 52

Churn SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team Payment Features 52

Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

Existing customer renewal is a high priority for 59% of SaaS companies and a medium priority for 27%. However, the subscription business model can’t survive if you keep on acquiring new custo mers but the old ones keep on walking away. How to calculate this metric and what’s the average SaaS churn rate?

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Churn Payment Services 105

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 18, 2021

All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business. Baremetrics can calculate MRR for Shopify Partner Apps What are growth metrics for? But, where do Shopify Partners track the metrics of their app portfolio? What are growth metrics for?

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Outsourced Development Underperforming Technical Team Churn Systems Review 98

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Hear from Duo Security’s VP of Inside Sales America on how to build a $2.3B sales team. Jennifer Lawrence | VP, Inside Sales @ Duo Security. I would argue it was one of the first SaaS companies of its time, but back then we called it an ASP, an application service provider. Want to see more content like this?

Scale 229

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales 229

Baremetrics

AUGUST 1, 2021

Acquiring customers for SaaS is a completely different ball game altogether than, say, for the traditional business models (think: eCommerce, for instance). In the SaaS industry, acquiring new leads through short-term marketing promotions will not cut it--which works as a killer strategy for the eCommerce business model.

Acquisition 98

Acquisition Strategy SaaS Underperforming Technical Team 98

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Determining the timing for the release of a SaaS is one of the main conundrums faced by old and new founders alike. The premature release of a product that has major overlooked software flaws can turn off potential customers immediately, with no chance to remedy the bad first impression. Sign up today for a free trial.

Scale 98

Scale Marketing SaaS Underperforming Technical Team 98

CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 25, 2022

Customer retention is an essential component of any successful B2B SaaS firm. Be aware of what and how to avoid these 7 SaaS customer onboarding mistakes to optimize your customers’ journeys. 7 SaaS Customer Onboarding mistakes to avoid. A poor transition upsets CS professionals. Do not overwhelm them with facts.

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Onboarding Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Social Media 52

Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 3, 2019

This is where the value of subscription metrics comes to the fore — and specifically the customer acquisition cost (CAC) and the customer lifetime value (LTV). Every team has their own slightly different way of calculating the cost of customer acquisition. Why CAC is so important for SaaS businesses. How to calculate CAC.

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Acquisition Underperforming Technical Team Startup Customer Lifetime Value 91

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 22, 2020

But as straightforward as their metrics may be, their jobs are anything but simple. This is especially true in the Software as a Service (SaaS) industry, in which the subscription-based sales model means prospects are typically committing to a product for months or years at a time. Again it’s all about balance.

Sales Hiring 76

Sales Hiring Interviewing Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 76

Upscope

JANUARY 10, 2019

SaaS metrics like LTV to CAC ratios are simpler to understand when you see real examples and why they're important. Below we breakdown the metrics of one company and show you metrics for a number of others. Buffer's metrics Captured on 5th April 2016 via former co-founder of Buffer , Leo Widrich. 50 is 10% of 500.

Metrics 40

Metrics SaaS Underperforming Technical Team Churn 40

Frontegg

AUGUST 19, 2021

Instant gratification is now a mandatory aspect of SaaS application usage. Users don’t want to write emails or engage with support teams anymore. Onboarding, user management, subscriptions – let’s take a closer look at the potent self-service and PLG combo. Related: Top 10 PLG Tools for Your SaaS Application.

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Underperforming Technical Team 98

Sales Hacker

MAY 10, 2021

As a SaaS business owner, you know that the competition is intense. To create an effective and efficient sales funnel, your sales and customer support teams need to be well trained and in sync with each other. This guide will look at how you can include the support team in the sales process. Reduce churn.

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Customer Support Underperforming Technical Team Sales SaaS 62

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. You can have the great product and a great team, but the market of small or very niche. And then what’s your unique advantage as a company, as the team? Jyoti Bansal: Yeah.

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Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale VP of Engineering 256

Incredo

OCTOBER 2, 2019

SaaS products like live chat, email automation, keywords research tools have become indispensable parts of any advanced business’s digital marketing toolkit. SaaS companies fighting f?r This situation makes you to take better care of your growth strategy and always look for SaaS growth hacks that actually work. ur development

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Scale Scaling SaaS Business 131

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 28, 2020

If you’re running a subscription or SaaS business, you know that at the end of the day your chief metric is monthly recurring revenue (MRR). Churn occurs when an existing subscription is canceled, downgraded, paused, or becomes delinquent. You may be thinking, “How bad can it be?” Think about that.

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 105

ChurnZero

JULY 22, 2022

Does your Customer Success team have a shallow view of onboarding? The webinar’s Q&A session covered popular onboarding questions in SaaS like how long it should take a customer to reach first value, what should you do when a customer disengages, and how to hold customers accountable at scale. I have two handoffs.

Scale 98

Scale Onboarding Scaling Underperforming Technical Team 98

TriTuns

JANUARY 21, 2020

*This is an updated version of the article , “The Big Bold Future Of SaaS Growth Is Customer Success” that I originally published on Software Executive Magazine in May 2019. Do you want to boldly grow your SaaS company in 2020 – and beyond? THE BROKEN SAAS BUSINESS MODEL. This is very bad news for SaaS vendors.

SaaS 71

SaaS Underperforming Technical Team Customer Success Business Model 71

TriTuns

JANUARY 21, 2020

*This is an updated version of the article , “The Big Bold Future Of SaaS Growth Is Customer Success” that I originally published on Software Executive Magazine in May 2019. Do you want to boldly grow your SaaS company in 2020 – and beyond? THE BROKEN SAAS BUSINESS MODEL. This is very bad news for SaaS vendors.

SaaS 71

SaaS Underperforming Technical Team Customer Success Business Model 71

User Pilot

MARCH 26, 2023

It is an essential process to get the necessary insights for conversion rate optimization and your SaaS product growth. Dave McClure’s Pirate Metrics. Conversion funnel analysis example Suppose your SaaS company launched a new marketing campaign for a product line. Let’s start! What is a conversion funnel analysis?

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Underperforming Technical Team User Experience Customer Lifetime Value Retention 95

ProfitWell

MARCH 27, 2019

On this episode of the ProfitWell Report, Sarah Bedrick , Co-Founder and Head of Marketing at Compt , is curious to know if we have any data on how open offices impact subscription growth. We studied just over one thousand subscription and SaaS companies who had teams that were co-located in the same location.

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Subscription Payment Features Underperforming Technical Team Churn 62

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Ashley Smith, Venture Partner at OpenView provides insight on what investors are looking for in product metrics and growth indicators so you can capitalize on your product’s story for funding. Your sales team becomes more efficient, your customer success team becomes efficient, your customers like you more. But it worked.

Investment 101

Investment Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Software Review 101

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

But after working with hundreds of SaaS companies, I've realized that the same advice applies for your retention rate as well. Keeping your customers as long as possible is the key to running a sustainable subscription business. Align team incentives around retention. Sales teams like to track dollars in the bank each month.

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Retention Strategy Underperforming Technical Team SaaS 56

SaaSHolic

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Product onboarding is an essential part of customer activation and retention for businesses that are SaaS providers. One of the best things you can do for your customers’ success as a SaaS provider is to ensure that you walk them through a wholesome onboarding experience. What makes an onboarding experience a bad one?

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