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Stop Pulling All-Nighters: Avoid the scramble for due diligence, audits, and month-end close

SaaSOptics

Avoid the scramble for due diligence, audits, and month-end close. Board meetings, due diligence requests, month-end close, auditor requests—how many all-nighters have you endured to ensure your company is well represented? Too many. . Completing month-end-close efficiently. Achieving a quick and clean audit.

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Unearned Revenue: What it is and What it Means for Subscription Businesses

Stax

When can revenue NOT be counted as revenue? The concept of unearned revenue can easily trip up SaaS companies that offer subscription services and products on a recurring basis. Unlike when selling ordinary products, you cannot recognize the revenue earned from a subscription all at once.

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What Brands Look for When Considering Acquiring Software Companies

FastSpring

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. What factors beyond financials makes a target even more valuable. Sign up for a free trial or schedule a demo today.

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Payment facilitation and risk management: What do vertical software companies need to know?

Payrix

We know it and you do too – Embedded Payments are growing in popularity among software companies. You as the software company make an agreement with a payment processor to become one of their referral partner s. At a very high level, a referral partnership is an integrated payments model. What is a PayFac® developer?

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How to Choose the Right Payment Processing Software

Stax

Selecting the right payment processing software is crucial for any business aiming to streamline transactions and enhance customer experience. This decision impacts everything from compatibility with existing systems to security features and customer support.

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What is the Best Payment Gateway for My SaaS or ISV?

USIO

Choosing the right payment gateway is a crucial decision for any SaaS (Software as a Service) business or ISV. Ease of Integration : The gateway should integrate seamlessly with your existing systems and software with automated onboarding. In addition, Usio offers a generous revenue share program. That’s right!

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The Top 10 Important Finance Mistakes First Time Founders Make

SaaStr

Was it misunderstanding bookings vs. ARR vs. GAAP revenue, was that the issue? that weren’t captured in existing, crappy tracking systems. With early revenue, you start thinking about churn and scalability of every aspect of the business, including product, infrastructure, customer support, sales and marketing.

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