SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

They focused on building a payment platform that empowers international talent and independent contractors to get paid on time in a compliant way while also ensuring that companies can hire international talent and make payments efficiently. This insight led Deel to focus on solving payments and compliance.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

PST, Stephanie Opdam, Partner at Notion Capital, shares four business model changes that will allow SaaS companies to build resilience and staying power over time. This is where traditional SaaS methods like subscription pricing only, driving growth through headcount only, or a pure sales GTM strategy only live.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Two sentence description of what Airbnb does: They let any home or apartment owner rent out their place online. They collect the payment online and take a 15% fee for every booking. Airbnb handles the payments and gets you a guest, and now your rent is covered for the next couple of months. That’s it.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 15, 2023

It’s hard to know when you’re ready to hire a sales team — and the consequences can make or break your startup. Perhaps not surprisingly, about 40% of new companies go out of business because they run out of cash or fail to raise capital, reports CB Insights. How do you know you’re ready to hire a sales team?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Jonathan joined Toast as the SVP of Sales in 2017. A Glance at Toast’s Hypergrowth Journey When Jonathan joined Toast as the SVP of Sales, the company was Series B with $20M in ARR. Toast is a vertical software embedded payments solution for restaurants in the U.S. The ones they met in person closed at a 3x rate.

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Stax

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Offering payment processing services is a move that makes sense for a lot of SaaS companies, particularly if your software helps your customers run their business. For example, if you have a project management app, then you can add payment features that allow people to use your software to take payments from their clients.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 88

Neil Patel

MARCH 12, 2021

Meanwhile, the average person has more than 80 apps on their phone. Like any business, creating an app requires laying the groundwork before launch. Here’s a five-step guide for getting ready to launch your app, including how to do your research, ways to monetize your app , and what to include in your business plan.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Who makes sure all your online transactions run smoothly? Who creates an online marketing strategy that’s consistent with company goals and objectives? And who manages the ecommerce team that creates a seamless online customer experience? Yep, the Ecommerce Manager gets to do it all. Know the Product.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 11, 2019

That means setting up an online store. But don’t worry; there are tons of tools and services to help you set up an online store that’s perfect for your digital business. Here is the ultimate checklist to help you set up an online store that is sure to get the traffic and customers you want.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It’s actually quite simple: business process management (BPM) software. Visualize every process from end to end. If optimizing your business processes sounds like a good idea, this post will tell you everything you need to know about how to find the perfect BPM software for you. Process Visualization.

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Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Payment Services 131

SaaSHolic

JULY 31, 2023

TLDR: Probably when your company hits $5M+ in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). Let’s dive into it: Pre-Revenue → You In the earliest days, successful founders need to be extremely efficient: drive as much productivity as possible with the few resources they have until they “hit something.” It is a lose-lose scenario.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

.” So what are maybe one or two things you want to give as advice to founders who are doing sales in the very early stage, the first couple of million ARR, that you feel are super useful in that stage in kind of trying to develop that, I think that sales muscle, if you will. If you don’t have two, who do you hire?

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Backlinkfy

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Today, selling products through traditional brick and mortar stores are slowly depleting, due to most purchases that start with an online search. With these online retailers, you’ll discover that you can shop at the comfort of your home and have your items delivered to you the same day or the next day.

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SaaStr

MAY 23, 2022

Let go of your bottom 20% of sales reps, concentrate leads in the best reps. This always gives you both a top-line boost (the top reps close more per lead), and gives you room to hire more reps at the same budget (to replace the 20%). And make all your VPs accountable to it. They hire mediocre folks on their team.

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FastSpring

MARCH 14, 2023

It takes an enormous amount of time, money, and headcount for SaaS companies to handle VAT, GST, and sales tax (and any other form of indirect tax) in-house. Keep in mind: Not all tax consultants will offer this service, so you may also need to hire an accountant.) Remit indirect tax at the appropriate time.

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Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 89

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The first thing SMBs did was look at their credit card payments and cancel everything they could. Anyone processing a lot of SMB and credit-card deals saw churn probably double. They still needed to process payments, track orders, ship orders, run financials, sign contracts, store data, etc. Almost irrationally.

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SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Scale SMB 274

Neil Patel

MARCH 8, 2021

WordPress outshines Wix in terms of flexibility for allowing users of all skill levels to create a more sophisticated website and customize it to their liking. Wix, on the other hand, forgoes some flexibility so beginners and non-coders without advanced needs can launch their websites in no time. A Review of The Best Website Builders.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services 109

Baremetrics

MAY 13, 2021

Cash flow modelling software lets you use historical data from a time period to develop a forecast of your incoming cash from revenue. For SaaS businesses, you use your contraction monthly recurring revenue (MRR) , churn, and average revenue per customer in addition to other transaction data to predict your future cash flow.

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Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 78

Stax

MARCH 19, 2024

Business owners are increasingly showing an overwhelming preference for SaaS platforms with embedded payment capabilities as part of their offerings. Not to mention the benefit of extra revenues from payment processing fees collected on each transaction. What are Integrated Payments?

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Payments Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 88

Stax

JANUARY 8, 2024

For SaaS companies, becoming a payment facilitator (or PayFac) offers a ton of advantages—including but not limited to—boosting retention and profitability while exercising greater control over the customer experience. For example, the breakdown of old hardware, human errors, or malware can cause a hindrance to payments.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payfac Payment Services SaaS Payments 88

Neil Patel

JANUARY 18, 2022

You’re a busy entrepreneur or digital marketer. What about hiring a web designer or a developer? Your website text, fonts, images, and brand colors. Everything else is drag-and-drop with dozens of integrations to make capturing leads and sales as straightforward as possible. Let’s face it.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments Sales Hiring 109

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. Before hiring, assess your current needs and hire as your company grows. Account Managers: They serve as the lead point of contact for all customer account management matters.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams. These businesses usually consist of 2 to 3 people, and companies are taking bets on their products that aren’t even fully realized yet. The platform is free, private, and has no middlemen.

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FastSpring

JUNE 29, 2020

Get to know the fantastic team behind the ecommerce platform! In this post, we’re featuring our Inside Sales Representative, Nick Jones! I am currently an Inside Sales Representative at FastSpring. I help customers with implementation and adding FastSpring to their website.

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Payment Methods Sales Hiring Sales Payments 119

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with Dimitri Dadiomov, the co-founder and CEO of payment operations platform Modern Treasury, about the challenges of creating a new category, hiring for marketing before you hire for sales, and why developing new features is similar to birding.

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Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services Payments 103

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. I’m an execution person.

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Neil Patel

MAY 3, 2021

In true modern fashion, many of these courses are remote, but there are also options for in-person teaching. Interacting with Websites. It’s become much easier to build and run websites in recent years. With platforms such as WordPress, Shopify, Wix, and SquareSpace, you don’t need coding skills to create a functional site.

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Payment Methods Cybersecurity Payment Solutions Artificial Intelligence 108

Buffer Resources

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s not the first time I’ve tried out LinkedIn Premium — but it is the first time I’m approaching the platform’s paid subscription as a creator.  I love creating content on the platform, plus I’ve just launched a podcast for B2B marketers that I’m keen to, well, market.

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Technical Review Systems Review Sales Recruiting AI Search 110

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

We’ve designed this to mirror the thought process of an entrepreneur building an AI product with an enterprise use case. Whether or not a program integrates AI is less important than quality, safety, usability, and cost. Koester warned us that standalone solutions, without being integrated into the existing workflow, often go unused.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Highlights from Our Conversation Where Should SaaS Companies Localize [2 min clip] David walked through a step-by-step process to assess where SaaS and software companies should consider localizing. Start with your existing sales and see where there’s interest from existing buyers. David used the U.S.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 78

Point Nine Land

MARCH 7, 2019

The issues are real and include:  —  @jasonlk In a funny coincidence, one of our portfolio CEOs wrote me an email with the subject “Should we be hiring a CFO?” is but an experienced finance person can play a vital role in internationalisation as well. So, when is the right time to hire a CFO?

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2019

There are no silver bullets in sales – no tricks, hacks, or mantras that can guarantee you’ll hit target. But there are actionable plays that high-growth companies use to scale their revenue. Having led sales teams at Facebook, Twitter, and now Intercom, I’ve developed and executed many of these plays. Short on time?

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Neil Patel

JULY 26, 2021

How Does a Franchise Business Work? In a franchise business, a franchise owner pays a fee to essentially “rent” a brand name. The franchisee runs the business themselves (or hires someone to run it) and must follow the rules and regulations related to how the brand is used. What industry are you interested in?

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Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

PPC is a method of digital advertising in which you aim to get your ads to rank as the highest result displayed for user searches, and you, as the advertiser, pay a fee each time it’s clicked. This means that when a user types in words related to your business, your customized ad will be the first result they see— sometimes.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments AI Search 145

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2023

Earlier this week, we announced that my new company, the GTMfund , has acquired my old company, Sales Hacker , from my…other old company, Outreach. I’ve gone through a mix of emotions, reliving the insane 10-year journey that came out of a young Max being naively intellectually curious about how to scale sales at a startup.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

With this faster method of calculating, what might have taken weeks could now take seconds. Early KKR executive Donald Herdrich is said to have bought an Apple IIe in 1980 for his children, got a demo of VisiCalc at the electronics store, and that turned into a decisive advantage for KKR going forward. Inside sales?

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Used correctly, backlinks are an invaluable tool: they generate organic traffic to your website, foster important connections within your community, and ultimately help you hit your SEO growth targets semi-autonomously. Used incorrectly, however, incoming links to your website can land your business in some extremely hot water.

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