SaaStr

MARCH 25, 2021

BigCommerce is an interesting eCommerce case study on many levels. Shopify is #1 in so many market segments, but for “bigger” SMBs BigCommerce (and perhaps less-custom enterprise deployments) is arguably #2 to Shopify. It’s done it by going more upmarket, and better monetizing partners and services.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

So, despite SaaS multiple and the public markets being at near record highs, we’ve seen things start to … wobble a bit overall in tech: The WeWork IPO simply failed , and the Peloton and Direct Smile IPOs were broken. One of the greatest SaaS companies of all times, but still, it turned out to be mortal. Slack is mortal.

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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. Look for existing ecosystems of websites, communities and social presence that exist in that geography around your topic. “So

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Point Nine Land

JANUARY 2, 2019

50 B2B software marketplaces listed & four observations 50 Shades of SaaS App Stores - Spreadsheet If you’d like to be notified of our next posts you can subscribe to our newsletter. As the SaaS industry is reaching maturity, the app store model is becoming increasingly important. a security audit).

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yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

When it comes to sales technology quite often sales tech isn't picked based on what YOU need, but based on what your network have been using for their sales process. What you should be making decisions based on is, which sales processes generates the best outcomes you're after - and for your customers.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2023

They learned from some of the biggest in SaaS — Aaron Levie and Jeff Lawson. Before Navan, there were different apps for managing expenses, events and meetings, payments, etc. The new app was extremely customer-focused and solved problems for people, like Doordash or Netflix might do, but within Enterprise and SMB.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

I think it’s a challenge to folks that think we are in some sort of terrible downturn for SaaS and cloud. While Azure and Google Cloud grew at record rates, Shopify for example, its SaaS business only grew 10% last quarter. Colin here, CEO of a startup, B2B SaaS, and raising a seed round right now. Take the meeting.

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yoursales

JANUARY 29, 2021

Which sales process works best with your customer experience journey and to generate your desired outcomes? Which sales tools best support your sales process? Which sales processes generate the outcomes you're after and which tools best assist you in doing so? Mimiran – More Leads and More Deals for SMB Services Business.

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User Pilot

JUNE 29, 2022

You can also use gathered data to create personalized in-app experiences for customer segments, therefore, increasing customer satisfaction. This data enables product managers, customer success, and marketing teams to detect friction points and unravel product growth opportunities. What are the benefits of customer segmentation tools?

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Point Nine Land

JUNE 18, 2023

Everything you always wanted to know about cohort analysis (but were afraid to ask) Back in 2012, I wrote a blog post titled “Know your user cohorts” , which began like this: “One of the most important tools to better understand the usage of a web application — or a service, a game or a mobile app, it doesn’t matter — is a cohort analysis.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

This dynamic trio of SaaS experts share how to stay customer-centric and set yourself apart in today’s rapidly changing environment. Nick Mehta: On a boat in Rhode Island and then our second guest Jay Snyder, who just recently took over as Chief Customer Officer of New Relic, publicly traded SaaS company. So really well said.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Whether you created your SaaS product to help solve a problem you had or because you wanted some extra income, the truth is that your SaaS business is a valuable asset. Running a profitable SaaS business allows you to take control of your own schedule - some would even say your life! We’d hate for that to happen to you.

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yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Enabling the right customer journey with sales tools that power your sales process has been high on our agenda for years. Which sales process works best with your customer experience journey? Which sales tools best support your sales process? Sales Tools for Professional Sales. What do we mean with "best"? Other CRMs.

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FastSpring

APRIL 4, 2024

As an experienced sales and GTM leader, John Eitel has more than witnessed how product-led growth (PLG) has affected the tech and SaaS space in the last few years — he and his teams have been up close and personal with how PLG increased in popularity as a sales strategy. “I Set up a demo or try it out for yourself. Jump to video.

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yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Enabling the right customer journey with sales tools that power your sales process has been high on our agenda for years. Which sales process works best with your customer experience journey? Which sales tools best support your sales process? Sales Tools for Professional Sales. What do we mean with "best"? Other CRMs.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

There are many ways to classify SaaS companies, but differentiating companies based upon who their customers are presents the best approach for measuring performance and driving success for SaaS businesses. SMM SaaS Company Overview & Market Dynamics. SMM SaaS Company Overview & Market Dynamics. Enterprise.

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CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The net revenue retention rate which you may also state as the net retention rate in SaaS businesses is an indicator that depicts the profits and the revenue earned by the business. For the cloud-scale applications, Datadog monitors the servers, tools, databases, and services, with a data analytics platform that is SaaS-based.

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yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

PROFESSIONAL SALES SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS I t’s 2019 and we’re back at the sales tools workshop, working out the best sales tools for your sales process. You’ll get lots of content from us along with advice for your sales process. Which sales tools best support your sales process?

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2021

Anyone managing a SaaS or subscription business is aware of customer churn. The benchmark customer churn for SaaS for SMBs is 5%. Transitioning to SaaS On January 1st 2020, we transitioned the company out of a strategic partnership (we were operating the platform under a non SaaS business model!).

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yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

PROFESSIONAL SALES SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS I t’s 2019 and we’re back at the sales tools workshop, working out the best sales tools for your sales process. You’ll get lots of content from us along with advice for your sales process. Which sales tools best support your sales process?

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In this episode of Growth Stage, Carl will dives into his experience running acquisitions of SMB software businesses, including: His thoughts on what makes a software company a good target for an acquisition by a brand. Now that was something you found online and bought in person. My name is David Vogelpohl.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Account refers to a record of primary and background information about an individual or corporate customer, including contact data, preferred services, and transactions with your company. . Accounts Receivable refers to the amount of money yet to be collected from your customers who purchased a product or subscribed to a service.

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

Leveraging survey data from 66+ enterprise SaaS companies, Matt Garratt, Managing Partner of Salesforce Ventures shares the landscape of how businesses are shifting their sales & GTM strategies to react to today’s uncertain times. So I think that is somewhat of a good news in this in that SaaS businesses are sticky.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 22, 2019

As one of the most difficult markets to enter and succeed, how can new and old SaaS providers win with SMBs? So whether you’re aspiring to be a small business owner or you support them personally or financially, they impact all of us and it’s an important part of our economy. Representing 98% of all U.S.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Gross Margin should take into consideration any support, installation, and servicing costs,” Skok says. Hubspot Focused On LTV to Scale Its SaaS Company. Almost a decade ago, SaaS company HubSpot focused on improving its LTV:CAC ratio in hopes of expanding. In doing so, their LTV tripled. Here’s an example.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2020

Just look at subscription analytics startup ChartMogul whose brand and product are now a household name in the SaaS community. Looking around at the market, Nick saw an appetite for content about growing a SaaS business. Tomasz Tunguz and David Skok – they were publishing a lot of content around SaaS metrics and these kinds of things.

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Aaron Beashel

MARCH 9, 2018

I’ve been fortunate to work in a number of SaaS businesses in my career. In the case of a B2B SaaS company, your Go To Market model outlines the way in which you acquire customers. Some of them, like InVision and SafetyCulture, seemed to just grow naturally without any help. In others however, growth has seem like a slog.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 15, 2021

Tempo on the sales call and in the sales process is everything for us. An SDR/BDR can take the best notes in the world and will probably only be able to communicate 20-30% of what’s really happening, and can’t communicate much about the prospect’s personality, tone, or demeanor—all of which are critical. You’re losing tempo.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Krish made his way into the world of SaaS and came to found one of India’s fastest growing SaaS companies in Chargebee?

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OPEXEngine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Most SaaS and Software companies are starting to gear up for end of the year budgeting and planning exercises. Here are a few of the trends that we are hearing about from CFOs, investors and lenders: Flexible pricing models and payment terms: A couple of things are happening here. Support your team.

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SaaStr

MARCH 13, 2020

Prior to Pipe, Harry co-founded Skurt raising over $11M in the process before being acquired by Fair.com. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Harry made his way from the UK to founding one of Silicon Valley’s hottest SaaS startups with the founding of Pipe. * Harry has also angel invested in the likes of BreathePod and Try.com.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Instead of selling face-to-face, inside sales utilizes all the communication tools that modern salespeople have at their disposal: Phone. Inside sales may be used by any sales team, but it’s one of the top sales models in B2B, especially for SaaS and tech. It may be done over the phone, Skype, email, web conference….

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2019

But that’s easier said than done, which is why we’ve published our new book Intercom on Sales : a deep dive into the many lessons we’ve learned about how selling works at scale, covering everything from hiring tactics to the needs of modern buyers to fundamental processes for forecasting and managing deals. Everybody was on the same page.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

If you have a product that is absolutely crushing it in SMB/mid-market, you may be tempted to dive straight into the Enterprise market. Related: The SaaS Executive’s Guide To Building A Winning Go-To Market Strategy. SMB and Mid-Market orgs don’t have an analytics department with data scientists, so the technology fills the gap.

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User Pilot

JULY 18, 2023

TL;DR Customer churn is the rate at which users discontinue their subscription or stop using a particular product or service. For established SaaS companies, the average churn is between 5% to 7% per year, early-stage startups should expect an average annual churn of 10% to 15%. Bad customer service. Multiply the figure by 100.

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Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

And if the market is growing fast, market growth can frequently drive enough company growth on its own, like, say, Shopify with ecommerce. Let’s look at an example in SaaS. Canva was more of a single player and SMB tool. New Product Value and S-Curve Sequencing In my previous post, I talked about S-Curves.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 4, 2019

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How did Jeppe make his way into the world of startups and SaaS with his becoming CFO @ Tradeshift? Why did Jeppe decide to focus on SMBs from Day 1? How does the product build in the early days differ when building for SMB vs enterprise? What was that a-ha moment for him with Pleo? *

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