SaaStr

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Like Bill, it took the process seriously and became a licensed money transmitter itself. Ultimately, this leads to higher margins in payments, but also entails taking on financial risk, fraud risk, and a significant regulatory and legal overhead. #5. Sometimes, the self-serve / PLG engine stalls out at a certain scale. In one year.

Scale 285

Scale SaaS Payments SMB Payment Solutions 285

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Baremetrics integrates directly with your payment gateways, so information about your customers is automatically piped into the Baremetrics dashboards. What is the difference between Equity Financing, Loans, and Venture Capital Funding? Venture Capital Funding When should you be thinking about Equity Financing?

Finance 98

Finance Venture Capital SaaS Payments Payments 98

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Less focus on venture capital or funding rounds. It’s a valid concern: We help facilitate literal transactions for online businesses, so it’s easy for all of us to fall into the rut of having a — well, transactional relationship. We provide a service; you make money; repeat on autopilot. That includes: A global focus.

SaaS Payments 143

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 143

FastSpring

APRIL 7, 2022

Learn more about how FastSpring helps SaaS and software companies collect and remit taxes globally or localize and accept global payments. Today, Messente operates across three continents, helping companies that deal in multiple markets deliver SMS messages, regardless of their clients’ location or operator network.

SaaS Payments 138

SaaS Payments Technical Advisors Payment Services Payments 138

ChurnZero

JANUARY 18, 2024

The role of the chief customer officer has become an essential function in subscription-based business models such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where customer retention is paramount and requires executive-level leadership. A chief customer officer is an operational role responsible for all customer-facing activity post-sale.

Development Team Review 52

Development Team Review Technical Review Software Review Sales Hiring 52

SaaStr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Users cancel SaaS products for different reasons: not seeing ROI on their investment, poor customer service, not seeing the value proposition, availability of a cheaper alternative in the market, lack of features, and a buggy product. Venture capital-backed companies update their pricing once every 2.8 Lever #5: Monetization.

Payments 130

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Venture Capital 130

Kellblog

MARCH 6, 2019

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? Let’s consider an example.

SaaS Payments 73

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 73

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Tienpay enables merchant payments, person-to-person transfers, and vouchers, among other functionalities. . The platform integrates with 100+ shipping services and ensures discounts for many of them. The platform integrates with 100+ shipping services and ensures discounts for many of them. Founders : William Tien.

SaaS Payments 225

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 225

Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

million – about half of all the cash they had on hand – to buy out their main venture capital investors after eight years since founding. Tyler Tringas of Earnest Capital. Equity financing is the process of raising capital by selling shares of stock in the business. Venture Capital. Buffer spent $3.3

Finance 111

Finance Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods 111

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

Or is it really just kind of what people are saying, it’s like, well, it’s a slower process and it’s in a slow down.? And I think even if multiples are worse, even if the stock market is down in September, October, at least VCs will have processed all the ones that are struggling or hemorrhaging their portfolio.

Scale 187

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling SaaS 187

SaaStr

JUNE 20, 2019

In this session, the audience will learn about Adyen’s journey from a Dutch payments startup, to a global public company with more than 15 offices around the world working with large global companies like Facebook, Spotify, Uber and Microsoft. I mean payment cultures, payment habits are, yeah, different in every country all over the world.

Payment Methods 132

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 132

Baremetrics

AUGUST 23, 2021

Customer-Funded Stage: At some point, your revenue stream will get to the point where customers can finally fund the day-to-day operations of the business. When revenue begins to exceed your operating expenses, you can invest in growth and will begin to see a stark increase in revenue. Existing markets: This is your average market.

Business 96

Business Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 96

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. FastSpring automatically changes the language, currencies, and payment methods of the checkout experience based on where a customer is located.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 78

Chart Mogul

AUGUST 15, 2019

You may have heard of Revenue-based financing (RBF), venture debt or hybrid structures blending a revenue or profit share concept with an equity ownership stake. Or, maybe you haven’t and are still thinking your only options are to bootstrap or pursue angel and/or venture capital. Who is it for? Simplified RBF. Once the 1.5x

Finance 85

Finance Payments Revenue Payment Solutions 85

Outseta

APRIL 14, 2020

I’ve come to believe that there are only two scenarios where it undeniably makes sense to raise venture capital: You’re building something so capital intensive that it can’t possibly be built without massive amounts of money. If the second describes you, well done—venture capital may very well make sense for you.

Payment Methods 68

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments 68

Point Nine Land

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

How to show different revenue streams in vertical SaaS A few weeks ago, our portfolio company Jobber announced (besides a $100M Series D) that its 200,000 customers — small businesses that provide home services like lawn care, plumbing, residential cleaning, and painting — have earned $13 billion in revenue in 2022.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services 52

Casey Accidental

APRIL 19, 2021

When I joined, we had raised $1 million in venture capital, and had three competitors all about the same size, but with different strengths and strategies. Just talk to any telemedicine startup, grocery delivery service, or remote work tool about what happened to them when the pandemic started. Take Grubhub, for example.

Payment Methods 110

Payment Methods Technical Review Payment Services Venture Capital 110

OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Technology is reshaping the economy, and it starts with venture capital. Technology was a driving force behind the boom in venture investments over the past decade. Where are venture investors focusing their technology bets? Venture investors’ horizontal inclination is no surprise in either cloud segment.

Technology 40

Technology Venture Capital Artificial Intelligence SaaS Payments 40

OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Technology is reshaping the economy, and it starts with venture capital. Technology was a driving force behind the boom in venture investments over the past decade. Where are venture investors focusing their technology bets? Venture investors’ horizontal inclination is no surprise in either cloud segment.

Technology 40

Technology Venture Capital Artificial Intelligence SaaS Payments 40

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That’s when it occurred to him: the process of scheduling an appointment with the barber was the same as it was 20 years ago. In a sense, it was originally more like a lead generation service, or marketplace for barbershops. The barbers still wanted cash payments too. Dave had found his niche and Squire was born.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods Scale 52

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2020

That happens in venture capital, and that’s happening right now. Every venture capitalist is stress testing his or her own portfolio. When uncertainty passes, VC funds have plenty of dry capital to put to work. This is the US Venture Capital Market. I think you could say we’re generally on pause.

Technical Review 186

Technical Review Payment Services Payment Methods Development Team Review 186

SaaSHolic

MAY 15, 2023

Three important factors for companies to consider when implementing AI are discussed: organizational structure, management systems, and leadership models, with an emphasis on simplicity and financial optimization in data processes.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Blockchain Artificial Intelligence Payment Services 52

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Sell your startup by following a quick and simple selling process. While it helps to streamline the negotiation and transaction process, it does have a history of scam listings. The “Self Service” feature gets you a Flippa account manager to help you with the sales process. Tiny Capital. Key Features.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

Chart Mogul

AUGUST 15, 2019

You may have heard of Revenue-based financing (RBF), venture debt or hybrid structures blending a revenue or profit share concept with an equity ownership stake. Or, maybe you haven’t and are still thinking your only options are to bootstrap or pursue angel and/or venture capital. Who is it for? Simplified RBF. Once the 1.5x

Finance 52

Finance Payments Revenue Payment Solutions 52

OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

“If you can improve your cash flow by $1 million, fundamentally, it means you’re really saving at least $3 million and probably $10 million in terms of valuation of the company,” said Epstein, now operating partner with Bessemer Venture Partners. In many cases, late payments simply stem from bad management. Two years of runway.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services Finance 52

Outseta

JANUARY 10, 2020

Our biggest expense, consulting services, is the salary we pay James for design work. Forte fees are payment processing expenses that have grown significantly over 2018 as we’ve processed more subscription payments. 2017 2018 2019 Total.

SaaS Payments 55

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions 55

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. SaaS, or software as a service, is a delivery model in which a centrally hosted software is licensed to customers via a subscription plan. Recurring payments.

Business Model 54

Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Whether you have a Software-as-a-Service, subscription or membership business or you sell one-off products or services and simply want to do business with your customer more than once, Customer Success should be your driving purpose. Sales Process Engagement. Metering / Billing / Payment Process. Technical Support.

Customer Success 136

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 136

Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

What started as Dimitris (now my Co-founder at Outseta ) writing a few lines of code to collect rent payments from tenants he had living in a duplex in Providence, Rhode Island, turned into something worth hundreds of millions of dollars 15 years later. Venture capital is a tool and a commitment, not an outcome.

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Services 145

ProfitWell

JULY 7, 2020

Churn—when a customer cancels a product or service. So, let’s walk through the top three hidden areas of churn you might not be thinking about: failed credit card payments, lack of annual contracts and not utilizing value metrics. Failed credit card payments. But, preventing churn doesn’t mean you stop acquiring new customers.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services Venture Capital 52

Outseta

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

By Geoff Roberts 12 min read When we first started building Outseta we stated outright that we weren’t interested in raising venture capital—instead, we planned on bootstrapping the business and remaining independent. Each time a payment is made, the fund’s ownership stake is reduced with the founders’ ownership shares increasing.

SaaS Payments 102

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments SaaS 102

Point Nine Land

MAY 20, 2021

a problem we’ve been wanting to solve for a while Payroll, the process of compensating your employees for their work, continues to be a complex and convoluted process for companies of all sizes. Payroll is a mission-critical process inside organizations but at its core, it’s essentially a data problem.

Outsourcing Services 52

Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 52

Backlinkfy

OCTOBER 5, 2019

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. The goal is to design a site where potential customers can quickly connect emotionally and find conversions like shopping carts, checkout, and secure payment options.

Payment Methods 56

Payment Methods Payment Services Sales Hiring Technical Review 56

Chart Mogul

MARCH 24, 2020

In Moz Founder Rand Fishkin’s brilliantly open and honest book Lost and Founder , he uses an example VC fund called “Scorpio Ventures” to outline some of the fundamentals of how venture capital firms work. Scorpio Ventures goes out to a series of limited partners (LPs) and pitches their ability to pick great startups.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Venture Capital SaaS Payments Sales Hiring 52

Chart Mogul

MARCH 24, 2020

In Moz Founder Rand Fishkin’s brilliantly open and honest book Lost and Founder , he uses an example VC fund called “Scorpio Ventures” to outline some of the fundamentals of how venture capital firms work. Scorpio Ventures goes out to a series of limited partners (LPs) and pitches their ability to pick great startups.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Venture Capital SaaS Payments Sales Hiring 52

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

For those of you who did not clap, Stripe is a set of developer APIs that help businesses accept payments online and do all sorts of innovative things in moving money in the cloud. Then also went into venture capital where I invested in API first products. Thank you Ceci. I’m Vicki Lin. Ceci Stallsmith : Cool.

Payments 117

Payments Scale Scaling Revenue 117

Point Nine Land

MARCH 7, 2019

Best regards Christoph Let me also add what Ola, our Operating Partner , had to add: Hi XXXXX, I second everything Christoph mentioned. Contract reviews with big clients, compliance matters, any type of changes of law, tax audits, dealing with advisors, etc. Happy to talk to the candidate(s)! Some time around the $0.5–1.5

Sales Hiring 72

Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Payment Services Finance 72