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Approaching Half a Million Customers: How to Win in SMB with BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte

SaaStr

in revenue. Then, in 2017, with around $50M in revenue, BILL added payment capabilities. Creating a Moat ”I definitely believe it’s a moat, and it’s the thing that got me most excited about the business,” René shares. Businesses take time to adopt, unlike consumers who joined TikTok by the tens of millions.

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38 Bright Asian SaaS Stars

SaaStock

Ultrasite is a global website builder, Chinafy is a tool for making websites China-compatible, and Connect is their collaborative content management platform for brands. It is based on blockchain and allows businesses to take care of their finances on a number of platforms and in multiple currencies. Founded : 2013. TradeGecko.

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How Adopting Mobile Payments Can Help Your Business Grow in 2024

Stax

You’re making a purchase at a retail store, and the cash register is large, clunky, and painfully slow, even for 2004. Fast forward to now where much has changed, and research anticipates contactless mobile payments to exceed one billion users globally by 2024. Why Is Adding Mobile Payments Important to Businesses Today?

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17 BEST Podcast Hosting Sites Of 2021

How To Buy Saas

We are here to help you; we have reviewed and researched all the available podcast hosting sites and made a list of the best 17 podcast platform for you. Buzzsprout is the first podcast hosting platform; it is one of the best podcast hosting sites available in the market. Spreaker allows you to do programmatic monetization.

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Design’s New Frontier: The IRL Era

Tom Tunguz

When the neologism was popularized in 2004 by Tim O'Reilly, the words Web 2.0 The payments systems are in place, the integrations with airlines and taxis and inventory systems and physical things like locks exist. captured a desire for the web to become interactive. After all, users wouldn’t participate on a hostile site.

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The Quirky M&A Environment for SaaS Companies in 2016

Tom Tunguz

The largest private software acquisition is Transfirst, a payment software business founded in 1995. The second largest, Jasper, is an internet of things software company founded in 2004, which Cisco acquired for $1.2B. Excluding LinkedIn, nearly 5x more dollars have been spent on acquiring public companies.

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Holiday Specials: 2023 Cyber Weekend SaaS and Software Deals

FastSpring

Are you looking for a merchant of record to help you grow your business internationally? FastSpring provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, video game, and digital goods businesses, including VAT and sales tax management, payment localization, and consumer support. Deal: “ 50% off everything.