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Dear SaaStr: How Bad Does it Look to Be on The Product Team at a Failed Startup?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: How Bad Does it Look to Be on The Product Team at a Failed Startup? If the company shipped something cr*ppy, a POS hack that looks like it — it’s a negative, at least to folks that have really shipped products to production. If the company actually shipped a strong product people respect — not bad at all.

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Stax vs Riverside Payments: Which Solution Should You Choose?

Stax

The company has EMV enabled point of sale systems to accept digital wallet payments as well as cards. For POS systems, they have partnerships with Clover, Revel, Ovvi, or TouchBistro. Stax is suited to established businesses with good sales volume that benefit from a set monthly fee.

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The Best Recurring Payment Systems

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Merchant accounts Stripe Square Fattmerchant Recurly 2 Grow Your Startup with Insightful Reporting. Meanwhile, those who handle a lot of in-person transactions and growing startups are more likely to opt for a dedicated merchant account provider. Payments providers vs. Merchant accounts Not all payment systems work the same.

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Mobile Credit Card Processing Explained: What Business Owners Need to Know

Stax

Merchants can accept payments anywhere with mobile credit card processing, eliminating the need for a fixed point-of-sale terminal. That can mean paying the plumber by credit card in their own house or paying for a sweater with the sales associate who helped them pick it out, rather than going to find the POS desk.

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The Startup Sector That’s Quietly Booming

Tom Tunguz

I’m asked with some frequency which startup sectors are booming. Mobile messaging and big data are knee-jerk reactions at this point. In the last two years, financial services startups have been innovating impressively quickly and challenging some of the fundamental ways in which capital and credit are distributed.

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Stripe vs. PayPal: Which Payment Platform is More Valuable For Your Business?

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1 Overview 2 Features Plans Point of Sale International Support Tools for Developers 3 Pricing PayPal’s Basic Fees Stripe’s Base Fees Stripe Billing 4 Usability 5 Customer Service & Technical Support 6 Final Word All the data your startup needs. POS/mPOS (PayPal Here) Transactions: 2.7% Try Baremetrics Free.

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Stripe vs Shopify Payments: Overview and Features

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Both of these platforms are excellent, particularly for budding startups, but are they the right fit if you want to scale up fast? All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business.