Payrix

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The conversation unpacked notable trends, challenges, and opportunities for software companies navigating this dynamic landscape. Michael noted that software partners now demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of payments, driven by improved access to educational resources and prior experience with payment relationships.

Payments 130

Payments Embedded Payments Merchant Services Payment Services 130

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Activant Capital brought together at SaaStr Annua l a group of break-out next-generation AI enhanced vertical software leaders: the CEOs from Owner.com, Alloy Automation, and DoNotPay. At SaaStr Annual they shared their experiences and insights on implementing AI in vertical software companies.

AI 219

AI Technical Review Artificial Intelligence Systems Review 219

The Daily Egg

DECEMBER 17, 2020

A computerized maintenance management system sounds like a mouthful. Think of CMMS software as the digital sidekick that ensures your systems are running, renewed, and updated on time without the troublesome paperwork, conflicting management schedules, or overdue […].

Software Review 337

Software Review Software Systems Review Management 337

The Daily Egg

JUNE 9, 2020

Recruiting software helps businesses, HR departments, hiring managers, and staffing agencies optimize the entire hiring procedure. From the initial job vacancy listing through the employee onboarding process, leveraging software helps you fill vacant positions faster while attracting top-level talent.

Software Review 337

Software Review Software Systems Review Onboarding 337

The Daily Egg

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Endpoint security software is the solution. With an endpoint security system, your business can set up privacy controls for different devices […]. The post Best Endpoint Security Software appeared first on The Daily Egg.

Software Review 336

Software Review Software Cybersecurity Systems Review 336

Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. The unlock here of “group + triage + agent” will be the backbone for the next wave of software. Not the best start to cloud software earnings season! Follow along to stay up to date! Overall, there was weakness across the board.

Systems Review 144

Systems Review Cloud AI Artificial Intelligence 144

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

2 Cloud is Eating Software. The astonishing fact is: cloud is eating software. In just five years, Cloud will become the majority of the software market. By 2030, it is predicted to take over all technology and software. Hardware is turning soft, and software is empowering innovation. appeared first on SaaStr.

Technical Review 350

Technical Review Cloud Software Review Technology 350

The Daily Egg

MAY 20, 2021

Jive is a cloud-based phone software that allows users to make or receive calls from anywhere, at any time, and on any device. The post Jive Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.

Systems Review 232

Systems Review Software Review Cloud Communication 232

Stax

MARCH 16, 2025

The average churn rate for the software industry as a whole is 14%. As a SaaS business leader, reducing software user churn is an important part of maintaining your customer base and increasing revenue. TL;DR The average software industry churn rate is 14%, but SaaS companies should aim for under 2%. Looking to measure churn?

Payment Solutions 88

Payment Solutions Software Review Churn SaaS Payments 88

SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2022

that weren’t captured in existing, crappy tracking systems. Equally important, is my advice on how to fast track your company’s proper finance and accounting support systems. During the acquisition’s due diligence, those cash-based books had to be converted to accrual-based figures. Cash is king. Anita Kutlesa.

Finance 334

Finance Outsourcing Services Systems Review Technical Review 334

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2025

The marketing session is often “career-ending” for CMOs – The quarterly marketing review tends to run overtime, spark intense debates, and is the most dreaded session for many CEOs who aren’t marketing natives. The “five-five” CMO who excels at everything is a unicorn.

Sales Hiring 202

Sales Hiring Marketing Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 202

FastSpring

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Foreign exchange rates, regulatory rules, payment systems, various bank accounts, establishing entities in different countries, and tax collection and remittance are just a few of the concerns you’ll need to stay on top of as your business expands into more countries and regions. Lower approval rates on credit cards as a non-local acquirer.

Merchant Services 159

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Outsourcing Services 159

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

To address evolving customer demands and accept electronic payments, you need a payment processing system. A good system plays a vital role in managing cash flow, alleviating fraud risk, and enhancing customer satisfaction. This article dives into what a payment processing system is, how it works, and its benefits.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

How To Buy Saas

MAY 21, 2025

In the fast-paced hiring landscape of 2025, an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) has become an essential tool for companies of all sizes and sectors. Modern ATS software automates tedious tasks like job posting, resume screening, and interview scheduling, freeing HR teams to focus on engaging with candidates.

Systems Review 52

Systems Review Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Technical Review 52

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2025

The harsh reality: Most enterprises are adopting AI due to FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) rather than for specific business outcomes. Software engineering teams have been early adopters of AI coding assistants precisely because they provide an immediate, measurable lift. Yet there’s a massive gap between interest and implementation.

Technical Review 186

Technical Review Artificial Intelligence AI Marketplace as a Service 186

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 8, 2024

Code Review Response Time : how long code awaits a peer-review Each of these metrics optimizes throughput or work-velocity by preventing bottlenecks in the development process. The key lesson : optimize for the entire system end-to-end, not each step. Latency encompasses the entire chain.

Software Engineering 210

Software Engineering Software Review Engineering Software 210

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 8, 2020

We’d like to share some insights from what we’ve learned so far about software delivery and operations over the past few weeks of working from home during COVID-19 , and how we as an engineering team have adjusted to this unprecedented, unpredictable situation. . The value of the familiar.

Software Delivery 223

Software Delivery Software Review Software Systems Review 223

USIO

MAY 9, 2025

APIs allow software systems to talk to each other. The payment system chooses the most optimal rail (ACH, card, RTP, FedNow) in real time, improving speed and lowering costs. Ledgering System (General Ledger API) Translation: The accountant living in your codebase. Flags fraud and supports smarter underwriting.

Payments 130

Payments Merchant Services Payment Services Finance 130

TechEmpower SaaS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If you're grappling with this issue, identifying the specific cause can be difficult, especially if you don’t have a software background. This is where a technical review can be useful!) Before we review the symptoms, though, please bear this in mind: If your team shows these signs, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re weak.

Underperforming Technical Team 390

Underperforming Technical Team Development Software Review Technical Review 390

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Back in the day, premium comp for some software sales execs made simple and easy sense. Traditional software had 90% gross margins, and the classic enterprise sales reps, the best ones, could close a million or more dollars a year. Paying them 20% all-in on what they closed was easy, a 5:1 ratio ratio. Close a million, make $200k.

Scale 345

Scale Venture Capital Sales Hiring Sales 345

TechEmpower SaaS

MARCH 4, 2024

Similarly, in customer support , AI-driven chatbots and automated response systems are taking over routine support, effectively handling common issues such as account inquiries or basic troubleshooting. Overall, generative AI is a transformative asset in the software engineering lifecycle, from conception to deployment.

Generative AI 443

Generative AI CTO Hire AI Sales Recruiting 443

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2021

And in many cases, pre-Covid, they’d been working on decades-old server-based phone systems. Pre-Cloud systems, really. Like Twilio, Five9 will likely never have the 70%-80%+ gross margins of a software-only company. While we all saw Zoom and Shopify explode during Covid, Cloud call centers boomed just as much.

Systems Review 345

Systems Review Technical Review Software Review Cloud 345

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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. So as probably most listeners know, WordPress is a content management system for building websites.

Software Review 148

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Branding 148

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Let’s review everything your customer success team has to do in the absence of any customer success tools. Best customer success software for startups and small companies. Best customer success software shortlist ClientSuccess – starting from $15,000/year. Defining a customer success tool and other FAQs.

Customer Success 105

Customer Success Enterprise Software Review Startup 105

SaaStr

APRIL 19, 2023

So one large category of software spend is on Point of Sale systems. But “POS” systems and software are everywhere, and are a lot more than just Toast and Square. And their mix of software, payments and hardware revenue drives up the total deal size — but puts a lot of pressure on margins.

Payment Solutions 289

Payment Solutions Point of Sale Payments SaaS Payments 289

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

It includes a breakdown of the Sales AI landscape, adoption of GenAI and Sales software across buyer groups. The misconception and three focus areas We are called GTMfund because we support companies with all things go-to-market, not because we invest in GTM software. We do invest in GTM software, but not that frequently.

Investment 113

Investment Technical Review Development Team Review Scale 113

SaaStr

APRIL 28, 2021

A penetration test (often called a pen test) is a simulated attack by a third-party to expose vulnerabilities in a company’s infrastructures, systems, and applications. 2 – Setup Single Sign-on and a Password Management System. 4 – Setup a Version Control system with security best practices in mind.

Enterprise 284

Enterprise Software Review GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure 284

SaaStr

JANUARY 18, 2023

No one needs another piece of business software. It can’t strategically improve sales software, financial software, quoting software, recruiting software, QA processes, call center software, etc. It’s the most common objection you’ll get in SaaS sales … Not Right Now. I Don’t Have Budget.

Sales Recruiting 316

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Technical Review Software Review 316

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2020

And, so we learned and adapted key elements of their system and incorporated it into this cadence. Salesforce is the most successful cloud software company, and so it’s worth I think learning from the things that they’ve done. So, the first insight is that there’s two key systems in a startup.

Startup 299

Startup Software Review Scale Systems Review 299

TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 24, 2023

Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? What’s the state of those systems? If so, will you also have your own account system? Are users otherwise grouped by the system, maybe by background (employer, university) or preferences?

Innovation 780

Innovation Development CTO Hire Technical Review 780

SaaStr

JULY 3, 2020

And, so we learned and adapted key elements of their system and incorporated it into this cadence. Salesforce is the most successful cloud software company, and so it’s worth, I think, learning from the things that they’ve done. So, the first insight is that there’s two key systems in a startup.

Software Review 269

Software Review Scale Systems Review Startup 269

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In today’s fast-tracked financial landscape, billing software has become a need. That is why most modern SaaS and subscription-based businesses have transitioned to using a good billing software, reducing their workload by a great deal. A billing software is the ultimate solution to your growing business’s complex needs.

Payment Services 59

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Features SaaS Payments 59

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

He founded four companies: Skok Systems, Corporate Software Europe, Watermark Software, and SilverStream Software and did one turnaround with Xionics. As for Chetan, he focuses on enterprise software and has made investments in MuleSoft, MongoDB, Elastic, Heap, just to name a few. Episode No. Episode No.

Technical Review 208

Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review Scale 208

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2021

Due to that convenience, departments and teams tend to seek out best-of-breed cloud applications, streamlining foundational and specialized functions through automation. Integration brings together data trapped in various systems to help you understand how customers use your products, improve engagement, and increase net retention.

Sales Hiring 325

Sales Hiring Scale Technical Review Marketplace as a Service 325

SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2020

“Salesforce’s IPO is also seen as a test of a new business model that could shake up the software industry. The company is the poster child for subscription-based software, a model that’s gaining popularity among corporate buyers. interest rate due in 2025. This venture debt is a form of production capital.

Venture Capital 294

Venture Capital Technical Review SaaS Scale 294

Payrix

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Twenty percent of those breaches were due to compromised credentials. How to prevent costly data breaches It’s crucial for software platforms with embedded payments to implement a multi-layered security approach that involves constant risk assessment, threat mitigation, and compliance with industry standards and regulations.

Payments 130

Payments Embedded Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods 130

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Data Teams are Becoming Software Teams : DevOps created a movement within software development that empowers developers to run the software they wrote. Most sophisticated data teams run like software engineering teams with product requirement documents, ticketing systems, & sprints.

Artificial Intelligence 228

Artificial Intelligence Trends Data Software Review 228