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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). Monetizing ecommerce via subscriptions, but not payment processing. 85% NRR.

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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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Iterative Approach to Localized Marketing for SaaS & Software

FastSpring

As a former agency owner, now the Chief Marketing Officer at FastSpring, David Vogelpohl has helped many software companies scale around the world. Look for existing ecosystems of websites, communities and social presence that exist in that geography around your topic. “So David used the U.S. as an example: “You charge in U.S.

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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. Less focus on venture capital or funding rounds. Less focus on venture capital or funding rounds.

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Doubling Down: Nina Achadijian, Partner at Index Ventures

SaaStr

The company is an AI platform that empowers teachers to give instant, personalized feedback to students, based in San Francisco. Often, we ask ourselves: “If there was no venture capital available, would this person still want to build this business?” Why did you do the deal?

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Who are Asia’s SaaS VCs?

SaaStock

Stage: Venture Capital, Angel. For its near 30 years of existence, JAFCO Asia has turned into one of the leading venture capital firms in APAC. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed. SaaS Investments: Consilium Software, HRBoss, and others. Stage: Corporate Venture Capital.

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

Neil Patel

Yes, the tech giants could develop the software these micro startups are making, but by the time it’s ready for market, a competitor might have rolled a similar product out and taken all the glory. For example, when Instagram bought Luma (its first acquisition), the tiny three-person team was part of the deal. Tiny Capital.