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5 Interesting Learnings from Squarespace at $700,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

Perhaps the most interesting thing is just how similar both these website-builder-plus-ecommerce companies are. It’s growing at the same rate (~30%), booming from ecommerce (+78% for Squarespace, +60% for Wix). Over $500,000 revenue per employee. Monetizing ecommerce via subscriptions, but not payment processing.

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5 Ways Small Businesses Can Setup An Online Store On A Tight Budget

Backlinkfy

We live a totally different world today, gone are the years where you'll need to have Angel or venture capital funding for you to start a business. Today, selling products through traditional brick and mortar stores are slowly depleting, due to most purchases that start with an online search.

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10 Tips to Help Manage the Burn

SaaStr

But public stock prices are way down, and venture capital is much tighter than it was just a few months ago. They can negotiate themselves on where to spend incremental revenue and dollars. An L4M speaks with data, and it projects your revenue and burn rate more accurately than a “wish and a hope” model. And stick to it.

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What Bootstrapped Companies Do Better than VC-Backed Ones with Paddle Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Campbell and Senior Product Manager Allissa Chan (Video)

SaaStr

Many, however, will eventually switch to the externally funded phase because bootstrapping isn’t for every business. Yet, funded startups can learn a lot from the bootstrapped ones to grow smoothly and generate revenue. Hooking in new customers is exciting, but customer retention is where your business will make money.

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Are You Counting Payments as Renewals?

Kellblog

Enterprise SaaS has drifted to a model where many, if not most, companies do multi-year contracts on annual payment terms. Buyers typically perform a thorough evaluation process before purchasing and are quite sure that the software will meet their needs when they deploy. How did we get here?

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What is Equity Financing?

Baremetrics

Equity financing is a method of capital raising via the selling of stock. Businesses grow money for a variety of reasons. They may need cash to meet immediate financial obligations or have a longer-term objective and require capital to invest in their development. Table of Contents. What is Equity Financing in SaaS?

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Why We Created a Slack Community for SaaS and Software Professionals

FastSpring

In our first post about our online community , we mentioned launching the Global SaaS Leaders Slack group because we saw a need for the kind of software-and-SaaS-focused community we’d want to be a part of. More established professionals and businesses (less students and early-stage startups). That includes: A global focus.