SaaStr
JANUARY 8, 2025
So the overall “project management” space has seen widely disparate impacts from the SaaS partial downturn of 2022-2024. Asana, strong in B2B2B and selling to tech, was perhaps hit hardest, with growth slowing to 10%. Monday.com by contrast, selling mainly outside of tech, saw growth remain strong at 34%. It’s been a tale of two worlds.
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Most startups play defense when discussing pricing with customers. They dance between asking for too little, leaving money on the table, and asking for too much, only to lose the customer’s interest. The very best companies lead their customers in that dance. They use pricing as an offensive tool to reinforce their product’s value and underscore the company’s core marketing message.
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Clouded Judgement
JANUARY 28, 2025
What a last few days in AI land! DeepSeek came out with R1 and it created huge ripple effects in the tech world, maybe culminating with the DeepSeek app shooting up to #1 in the app store (is this real? The result of bot farms downloading in mass?). What is DeepSeek? DeepSeek is an AI company that focuses on distilling large, complex AI models into smaller, more efficient versions (while also adding in their own research breakthroughs).
FastSpring
JANUARY 9, 2025
With changes to legislation in the EU and lawsuits in the U.S., the future of monetizing your game direct to consumer looks brighter than ever. That said, you might be wondering what strategies work within the confines of today’s rules and if it’s even possible to earn 50% or more of your game’s revenue through D2C. In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview gaming D2C and creator marketing expert Justin Sacks of Nexus about his thoughts on: What winning strategies AAA and A
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USIO
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Becoming your own Payment Facilitator (PayFac) sounds greatuntil you realize its a regulatory nightmare , a financial black hole , and takes longer than your last DIY home improvement project (which, lets be honest, is still unfinished). Fortunately, PayFac-as-a-Service (PFaaS) exists to save you from the $1M+ upfront cost, 12+ months of setup time, and the headaches that come with managing payments, compliance, and risk.
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The Daily Egg
APRIL 17, 2025
Micro commitments are those small steps you take to achieve a larger goal. In this case, its small steps a potential customer takes that pulls. The post 6 Micro Commitments That Move Prospects Down Funnel appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Unbounce
JANUARY 6, 2025
/ Landing page optimization How to use landing page sales funnels to convert more visitors By Josh Gallant. Updated on January 6, 2025. 14 min read Ahh, the funnel. Despite what you may be hearing through the grapevine, the marketing conversion funnel is most definitely still alive and well When its built right, that is. In order to build funnels that actually convert, you first need to fully understand what the core stages of the marketing funnel are, what the goals are at each stage, and the r
Sales Hacker
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
SaaS pricing isn’t static – it’s a living strategy that grows with your company. In this article we dive into a playbook for pricing across different stages of company growth, inspired by Geoffrey Moore’s Crossing the Chasm. Each growth stage demands its own pricing approach, and getting it right can mean the difference between stagnation and explosive growth.
User Pilot
JANUARY 2, 2025
If you’re searching for “survey examples”, you probably want to know: What do effective surveys from leading companies look like? What makes a customer feedback survey great? How to design surveys for maximum engagement? Was my guess right? If yes, you’re in the right place. In this article, Ill share examples of 9 excellent surveys from successful SaaS companies, highlight the qualities of successful surveys, and how to design a good survey.
Speaker: Pete Uselman, Director of Partner Experience at Wind River Payments
Most integrated payments providers share a percent of the payment revenue with their software partners. But, oftentimes, that revenue share is only a fraction of the true income potential software providers can realize. If you want to maximize income opportunities from your payments program, check out Wind River Payments’ webinar-on-demand.
The Moz Blog
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Discover proven strategies for strengthening your brand's authority in 9 easy steps. From product excellence (featuring Tony's Chocolonely) to customer service mastery (like Amazon), learn how successful brands maintain their edge. This guide covers essential elements, including brand identity, omnichannel content strategy, customer advocacy, and adaptable marketing approaches.
SaaStr
JANUARY 3, 2025
The success rate for executive hires at high-growth SaaS companies can be surprisingly low – you’re often lucky if 50-60% of your management team works out long-term. In a recent conversation between HubSpot Chairman and co-founder Brian Halligan and SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin, they shared their advice on what actually works when hiring VPs and building your SaaS executive team.
Tom Tunguz
MARCH 13, 2025
Public SaaS companies’ growth rates have halved since 2023, as David Spitz pointed , from 36% to 17%. Why? There are few, fast growing, younger SaaS companies to sustain the growth rates. The top quartile companies are growing at slower rates today than the bottom quartile companies in 2016. The median has never been lower in the last ten years.
Clouded Judgement
MARCH 21, 2025
Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now M&A is Back! We’ve seen a ton of M&A in the first quarter of the year. Will the floodgates open? Probably depends on whether the deals make it through regulatory approval. If they do, I expect a lot more M&A activity to follow.
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
FastSpring
MARCH 27, 2025
On March 18, the European Commission sent preliminary findings to Alphabet regarding Alphabets failure to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). (Whats the DMA? Read more and get helpful links in this November 2023 post, Potential Apple App Store Policy Changes Due to EUs Digital Markets Act (DMA).) Per the Commissions press release , the two sets of preliminary findings specifically address Google Search giving preference to Alphabets own services, and the Play Store preventing app develope
USIO
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Efficient and reliable payment systems play a crucial role in maintaining vendor relationships, the backbone of every successful business. Digital disbursements have emerged as a powerful tool, not only streamlining payment processes but also fostering trust and collaboration between companies and their vendors. Simplifying Payments with Digital Disbursements The manual payment process is often riddled with inefficienciesdelays, errors, and high processing costs can create friction in vendor rel
Payrix
JANUARY 28, 2025
In this episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, host Ian Hillis welcomes Matt Downs, President of Worldpay for Platforms, to discuss software-led payments predictions for 2025 and beyond. With decades of experience in payments, Matt provided invaluable insights on emerging trends, regulatory changes, and the future of Embedded Finance. Navigating market dynamics in 2025 and beyond Matt emphasized the cyclical nature of the payments industry, likening it to a pendulum.
The Daily Egg
APRIL 14, 2025
Hidden keywords used to be one of the most blatant black hat SEO tricks: stuffing content behind the scenes to manipulate search engines. For a. The post Hidden Keywords Are Back (and Still a Terrible Idea) appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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Stax
APRIL 15, 2025
For subscription-based businesses achieving consistent and predictable revenue growth is the holy grail. In fact, monthly recurring revenue (MRR) is one of the most important metrics subscription businesses should be aware of. In this article, we’ll explain what MRR is, how businesses calculate MRR, and how to improve your monthly revenue for sustainable long-term growth.
Buffer Resources
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Last year was Buffer’s first profitable year after two years of losses. This turnaround has been a huge accomplishment for our team. Given our focus on long-term sustainability and growing through revenue from customers rather than funding, it was a symbolic achievement in service of the path we’ve chosen. We closed 2024 with a net profit of $202,459.
User Pilot
MARCH 9, 2025
What happens when you build a product or service around what you think potential customers want, only for them to buy something else? For starters, it shows you dont know your customers well enough. But worse than that, it leads to lower revenue, failed products, and plummeting customer loyalty. According to Harvard Business Review, 80% of new products fail, primarily because companies fail to conduct proper customer research.
The Moz Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Join Peter Richman from Plug and Play as he tackles a common marketing dilemma: should you maintain multiple domains or consolidate them? Learn the key factors affecting this decision, including SEO impact, resource management, and audience targeting. Discover why larger websites often have greater pull for attracting links and traffic, and when maintaining separate domains might make strategic sense.
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SaaStr
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
50 cents of compute for 500 dollars of value — Sam Altman (@sama) February 3, 2025 So just how much will AI remake classic B2B software? We are still learning. On the one hand, new AI-first entrants are rocketing to $10m ARR in a year. On the other hand, the classic leaders in SaaS have rebounded from 2024 lows both in terms of growth and market caps.
Tom Tunguz
MARCH 16, 2025
Engineering teams within AI application startups are much smaller than a classic software company - maybe half the size or less. Let’s run an experiment : let’s assume every public software company benefits immediately to the same extent & cuts R&D spending by half. 1 How would the value of these businesses change? 2 72% of unprofitable SaaS companies would become profitable.
Clouded Judgement
MARCH 28, 2025
Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now The New AI Risk Curve: Why AI Startups Grow Faster—and Fade Faster One thing I’ve been thinking a lot about recently (and having conversations with other investors about frequently) is the juxtaposition of: AI companies growing faster than companies from prior cycles AI companies will have more “false starts” than companies from prior cycl
FastSpring
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
If you’re running a smaller digital business, you may find it challenging to hire great talent. Larger technology companies can pay more, offer more benefits, and provide a more marketable brand on a candidate’s resume. So how are smaller companies supposed to compete with large brands for the best talent? In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview Lizzie Mintus Founder and CEO of Here’s Waldo Recruiting and host of The Heres Waldo Podcast about her thoughts on: The most e
Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O'Neill Stoll
Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng
USIO
JANUARY 2, 2025
The payments landscape is evolving rapidly, and businesses that stay ahead of these trends will be best positioned for success. Here’s a look at the top 8 payment predictions for 2025—focusing SaaS payments, disbursements, and invoice print/mail,—to help your business adapt and thrive in the future. By 2025, seamless payments will be the norm.
Payrix
JANUARY 10, 2025
Ian Hillis welcomes David Blair, Senior Director of Product Management at Worldpay for Platforms, on PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments podcast to explore the critical roles of merchant underwriting and onboarding for software providers. With over a decade of experience driving product innovation, David offers easy to understand definitions and valuable insights into how platforms can build trust, reduce risk, and deliver frictionless merchant boarding experiences that enrich the entire payments ecos
The Daily Egg
APRIL 14, 2025
Customer value optimization (CVO) turns traffic into profit. Its not about getting more clicks its about getting more from every customer. CVO turns casual. The post How To Measure and Improve Customer Value Optimization appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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