OPEXEngine

JANUARY 28, 2020

As Chief Credit Officer at Lighter Capital, I work behind the scenes grappling with the data that informs all of our decision-making regarding financing deals, from revenue-based financing (RBF) to term loans and lines of credit. What should VCs make of revenue-based financing? Funding options by stage of growth.

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Niall Wall, Box SVP of Business and Corporate Development alongside Vicki Lin, Stripe’s Head of Ecosystem and Cecilia Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing discuss scaling your revenue via indirect channels and platform ecosystems. Ceci Stallsmith – Director of Platform Marketing @ Slack.

Payments 124

Payments Scale Scaling Revenue 124

FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As a former agency owner, now the Chief Marketing Officer at FastSpring, David Vogelpohl has helped many software companies scale around the world. How FastSpring Simplifies Selling Around the World Automated Localized Checkout Consumers often prefer to pay in their local currency or using payment methods that are popular in their region.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 78

Scytale

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the modern business landscape, compliance is not just a buzzword but a fundamental requirement, essential for evaluating a startup’s capability to offer risk-free, reliable, and trustworthy services. Adhering to regulations prevents duplicated efforts, reduces errors, and guarantees efficient and effective processes.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services compliance Startup SaaS Payments 52

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. SaaS businesses, meanwhile, benefit from predictable streams of recurring revenue.

Development Team Review 52

Development Team Review Technical Review Software Review Sales Hiring 52

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

Chart Mogul

AUGUST 15, 2019

Revenue-based financing is quickly becoming a popular way for startups to raise funds without sacrificing equity. This is a guest post by Brian Parks, Managing Partner at Bigfoot Capital. New investment structures are gaining traction in the early-stage SaaS financing market. A high-level look at Revenue-based financing (RBF).

Finance 85

Finance Payments Revenue Payment Solutions 85

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Plus, the price tag on those more established businesses often run into the billions. The solution? Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams. It’s a clear indicator that businesses want to expand their offerings and capabilities.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

Chart Mogul

AUGUST 15, 2019

Revenue-based financing is quickly becoming a popular way for startups to raise funds without sacrificing equity. This is a guest post by Brian Parks, Managing Partner at Bigfoot Capital. New investment structures are gaining traction in the early-stage SaaS financing market. A high-level look at Revenue-based financing (RBF).

Finance 52

Finance Payments Revenue Payment Solutions 52

Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

Company C was funded by pre-orders from customers, a friends and family round, and then through revenue-based financing for a period of time. For Companies A, B, and C, they all exchanged equity for capital, leveraged debt, and used profits from customers to fund their startup. Buffer spent $3.3 John Doherty of Credo.

Finance 111

Finance Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods 111

Baremetrics

AUGUST 23, 2021

If you’re looking for a smart way to approach your SaaS business’s cash flow, with great prices for people who are bootstrapping their business, get in touch or sign up for the Baremetrics free trial today. What does bootstrapping look like for SaaS? What are other options for financing your business beyond bootstrapping?

Business 96

Business Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 96

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

Outseta

AUGUST 31, 2018

We now support Stripe as a payment gateway. When we launched our subscription billing and management functionality, we initially partnered with Forte Payment Systems as our payment gateway. As a result, adding Stripe as a payment gateway very quickly became the most requested feature from our users.

Payments 40

Payments Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods 40

The Angel VC

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In that post, I looked at how long it took publicly traded SaaS companies to get to $100M in ARR and concluded that if your goal is to reach $100M in ARR, you should try to get there within 7-9 years after launch. Meanwhile, a few SaaS companies have shown even more spectacular growth. eight years.

Sales Recruiting 106

Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Scale 106

ProfitWell

AUGUST 13, 2020

But first, the B2B SaaS index. Ben Horowitz is the co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a private venture capital company. How is the B2B SaaS market trending? ??7 How are churn and new revenue trending over time? Let’s take a look how upgrades/new revenue are doing: The MRR Gain Index is up 1.5%

Payments 52

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team 52

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

As we first looked at bringing our leading SaaS conference to Asia and considered what help we could offer, we thought about localization and know-how about legal and cultural differences as some of the critical success factors. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed. Horizons Ventures.

SaaS Payments 190

SaaS Payments Venture Capital Telecommunications Payment Services 190

Point Nine Land

MARCH 7, 2019

It seems like while there’s been a lot of discussion in the SaaS community about the right time to bring on a VP of Sales or VP of Marketing (with the best advice coming from Jason himself¹), the finance department hasn’t attracted as much attention yet. just one or two days before Jason unleashed his tweetstorm.

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Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Payment Services Finance 72

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.

Scale 210

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling SaaS 210

Point Nine Land

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In that post, I looked at how long it took publicly traded SaaS companies to get to $100M in ARR and concluded that if your goal is to reach $100M in ARR, you should try to get there within 7–9 years after launch. Meanwhile, a few SaaS companies have shown even more spectacular growth. eight years.

Sales Recruiting 61

Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Scale 61

SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2021

Squarespace may be more design-focused, Wix the somewhat more cost-effective solution. It’s pretty incredible in fact that both these two businesses can hit $700m and $1B in ARR, both growing 30%, neither able to clip the wings of the other. Over $500,000 revenue per employee. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. 85% NRR.

Payment Methods 334

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 334

SaaStr

OCTOBER 22, 2021

It was just amazing that when iPhone launched, you could now take a picture of receipts and have them somewhat automatically “expensed” A jaw dropping, amazing use of the first generation on mobile apps. 1M in ARR per employee could be a new efficiency record at IPO for SaaS. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. Oftentimes, even.

Scale 313

Scale SaaS Payments SMB Payment Solutions 313

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

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. I learned a million lessons about SaaS, about start-ups, and about life along the way.

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Services 145

SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It is a sign of development, showing that the business has effectively transitioned from an R&D organization dependent on venture capital to an autonomous, long-lasting enterprise. . But as more business companies choose the SaaS (Software as a Service) path, now is a fantastic time to enter this industry. .

Enterprise 10

Enterprise Outsourcing Services Scale Payment Services 10

SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

Join G2 Crowd CEO Godard Abel for a session on the secrets to the top-rated vendors on G2Crowd, AppExchange, and other platforms. And I’ve been building SaaS Companies now for 20 years, so that’s a long time. They were building time and expense software. Want to see more content like this session?

Sales Recruiting 179

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Payments 179

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. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing.

Business Model 54

Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

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. Typically founders will pay 3%-7% of monthly revenue until they have repaid the fund 3x the amount invested.

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. Enter Pento… Beautiful software + end to end automation = Pento ? there’s an $80Bn giant elephant in this room and it’s called ADP ).

Outsourcing Services 52

Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 52

ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

As ChurnZero recently secured a Series B investment bringing our total funding that has been raised to date to $35 million, we thought we’d take a look back and see the role that Customer Success plays at each respective stage of funding for SaaS companies. And we thought, who better to ask than those that chose to invest in us along the way.

Scale 98

Scale Customer Success Payments Underperforming Technical Team 98

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Don’t just listen to what they say – watch what they do, understand their world and their challenges, and consider how your product integrates and fits in with everything else happening in their lives. After college, I went to work at the Boston Consulting Group, BCG, which was my first experience in business.

Payment Solutions 209

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring 209

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2020

Mark Suster | Managing Partner @ Upfront Ventures. We woke up February 2020 with a shock to the system and no idea what it would mean for our business. So we had a shock to the system with no idea what it actually meant. In revenue, the US government takes in 3.5 FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

Technical Review 205

Technical Review Payment Services Payment Methods Development Team Review 205

SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2020

A venture capital investor, she is the founder of Cowboy Ventures. But I think for a lot of vertical SaaS, they’ll see impacts when the Q2 numbers come out. I think it’s, in SaaS, in cloud, if you define it that way, I think it’s about 15 to 20%. 346: Aileen Lee is a U.S. seed investor.

Part-Time VPE 171

Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Payment Methods SaaS Payments 171

Chart Mogul

MARCH 24, 2020

that largely determine which path is right for you and your software business. In this article, we’ll look at why the choice of bootstrapping vs VC funding could be the single most important choice you make in your business as well as some of the factors that can help you determine which path is the right one for you.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Venture Capital SaaS Payments Sales Hiring 52

Chart Mogul

MARCH 24, 2020

that largely determine which path is right for you and your software business. In this article, we’ll look at why the choice of bootstrapping vs VC funding could be the single most important choice you make in your business as well as some of the factors that can help you determine which path is the right one for you.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Venture Capital SaaS Payments Sales Hiring 52

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2020

Today’s sponsor is Outreach , the leading sales engagement platform that enables sales reps to humanize their communications at scale, from automating the soul-sucking manual work that eats up selling time to providing action-oriented tips on what communications are working best. Now before we get there, we want to thank our sponsors.

Payment Methods 55

Payment Methods Scale CTO Coach SMB 55

SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

We can only process so much change, and I feel like we’ve been through three worlds since early March. Jason Lemkin: Anyone post-revenue. Aileen Lee: But I think, yeah, for … I mean, the cloud index is not even post-revenue. That’s way post-revenue. The rate of change, right? Jason Lemkin: Yes.

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Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 166