Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In older MS CIO surveys, budget expectations went negative only in 2009 and 2020. Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA.

Cloud 130

Cloud Subscription Payment Features Trends 130

SaaStr

AUGUST 6, 2019

We looked at the world in 2008, 2009, and we said, “How come it’s almost impossible to connect two companies to do business, especially if they have complex business processes, but we can all connect as consumers on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, every single day we want to do business? .” Subscriptions are like bonds.

Payment Solutions 174

Payment Solutions Payments Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 174

Chargify

MAY 8, 2019

There is no subscription billing model that works for everyone. Moreover, your pricing strategy should be based on your value metric, and different value metrics require different types of subscriptions. Let’s take a look at the seven most popular subscription billing models. Which one should you use in 2019? image source).

Subscription 69

Subscription Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 69

Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Mobile credit card processing first came on the scene when Square released its original mobile credit card reader in 2009 and by the early 2010s, it had become a common method of accepting payments for small businesses. This not only improves cash flow but also enhances customer satisfaction by offering convenient payment options.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Solutions 88

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 11, 2014

The steady increasing drumbeat of the Customer Success mantra is reflected in Google search traffic, whose volumes have tripled since 2009. Each time a customer sees the monthly or quarterly or annual subscription payment, they wonder, should I be paying for this? So, why now?

Customer Success 100

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Services Development Team Review 100

FastSpring

JUNE 12, 2019

You may recall the initial Payment Services Directive (PSD) established by the European Commission that was initially adopted in 2007, then updated in 2009 and again in 2012. The PSD was established as a legal framework that all payment service providers must adhere to in order to sell goods and services in the European Union.

Payment Methods 94

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 94

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

But back to the product side, adopting PLG means creating the optimal user journey to engage the customer from the login stage onwards – seamless login, onboarding, subscriptions plans, built-in security, and support features all need to work in tandem to create the best results. Best For: Subscription Management, Billing.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Chargify launched in 2009, and the goal was to help SaaS bill and collect revenue. ProfitWell is not only a platform, it’s also a team that plugs into subscription management systems like Chargify and performs revenue automation activities. They will help align teams and all the different metrics. Michael Klett.

CTO Hire 98

CTO Hire Sales Hiring New CTO CTO 98

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Walmart launched the marketplace back in 2009 to attract online shoppers and grow its customer base. You don’t pay monthly or annual subscriptions. Once you register as a seller and upload your listings, your items appear in the search results alongside Walmart’s products and other Marketplace vendors.

Marketplace as a Service 145

Marketplace as a Service Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services 145

Chargify

AUGUST 6, 2019

Welcome to the Subscription Rockstars series! And, of course, we will pay special attention to how their subscription billing models and pricing strategies contributed to their growth. 2009: 1,150 customers. 2009: 96 employees. 2009: Unknown. 2007: 48 customers. 2008: 317 customers. 2010: 3,855 customers.

Subscription 40

Subscription Payment Features Revenue Software Review 40

Neil Patel

JULY 30, 2021

Google’s own URL shortening tool, Goo.gl, launched back in 2009. comes free with every Hootsuite account, too, so you don’t need a paid subscription to benefit from the tool. If you need help figuring out which links to shorten and which ones to leave alone, check out my consulting services. How Did Goo.gl Sounds good, right?

Social Media 134

Social Media Scale Mobile Branding 134

Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

To use the plugin and all the features it offers, you can sign up for one of their subscription tiers that auto-renews annually: Personal — $39 per year for one website Business — $69 per year for up to five websites Developer — $169 per year for unlimited websites. million times since 2009 and is available for free here. #3

Payment Methods 127

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 127

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The League of Moveable Type has been operating since 2009. They also offer nice fonts for subscriptions and newsletters. Visit The League of Moveable Type to find fonts like these for free: Based on these few samples, you can see that their website has great fonts for your company’s website or logo. Plus everything else in between.

Branding 144

Branding Scale Mobile Systems Review 144

OPEXEngine

MAY 10, 2022

We have been asked quite a bit lately how companies navigated the Great Recession of 2007-2009 and what companies can do today to protect against a downturn. This ratio is calculated by the change in subscription revenue between Q3 and Q4, multiplied by 4, and divided by the sales and marketing spend for Q3. Source: OPEXEngine 2022.

Technical Review 59

Technical Review Systems Review Benchmarks Investment 59

ProfitWell

MARCH 23, 2020

Plus, Microsoft’s newest subscription: It’s all about the add-ons. Listen wherever you get podcasts: Your top subscription news. Our friends over at Zuora , the pros in cloud-based technology for subscription businesses, have teamed up with Kia Motors America to create connected car subscriptions. Microsoft money moves.

Customer Lifetime Value 56

Customer Lifetime Value Subscription Payment Features Acquisition 56

ProfitWell

MARCH 10, 2020

Listen wherever you get podcasts: Your top subscription news. After looking at 3,000 SaaS and subscription companies we saw that, in the early stages, remote companies are growing at a much slower rate than those companies where everyone is co-located. That’s it for your March 10 episode of Recur Now. Work from wherever.

Compensation 66

Compensation Subscription Payment Features Company Culture 66

ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Your top subscription news. A vital move Starbucks made back in 2009 was re-establishing its loyalty program that rewarded customers for purchases, Grace points out. And t hat’s a wrap for your February 19 subscription news. Recruit your teammates into the subscription know at recurnow.com. More on the funnel (.or

Subscription 54

Subscription Payment Features User Experience Retention 54

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

We were actually built out of a bank called Live Oak Bank and Live Oak Bank was founded in 2009 and they had a need for a completely digital bank. If you look at some articles that came out in 2009 when I was raising money, and our first raise that I was involved in it was 15 million and a half post. It was getting folks to try.

Payment Solutions 212

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 212

SaaSHolic

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

These are services hosted in a central location and made available online on a subscription basis. Gainsight Jim Eberlin started Gainsight in 2009, and the company found traction because of its excellent products, not least of all, its customer success solutions. Accelo Geoff McQueen founded Accelo in 2009.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Software Subscription Payment Features 52

SaaSHolic

DECEMBER 9, 2021

These are services hosted in a central location and made available online on a subscription basis. Jim Eberlin started Gainsight in 2009, and the company found traction because of its excellent products, not least of all, its customer success solutions. Geoff McQueen founded Accelo in 2009. This helps a lot with decision-making.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Software Subscription Payment Features 52

Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

My role at Buildium In late 2009 the economy had tanked and I had a newly minted MBA but no real job experience. Buildium’s valuation highlights how the idea that all revenue needs to be recurring doesn’t take any sort of nuance into consideration. While these revenues are pay-per-use, rent payments are both large and regular.

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Services 145

ProfitWell

MARCH 19, 2019

They say laughter’s the best medicine, but I’m also a fan of that subscription prescription, so let’s get into the news you need to power right through. Revenue’s grown steadily since the company’s founding in 2009, so it looks like PagerDuty is a safe bet for its backers, which includes big wigs like Bessemer Venture Partners and Accel.

Entrepreneurship 45

Entrepreneurship Venture Capital Advertising Interviewing 45

ChurnZero

AUGUST 4, 2023

In this case, looking at retention by customer count may overlook revenue loss for those businesses with tiered subscription levels. Its also a good idea to inquire about business process changes that might unfold so your invoices dont go unpaid. Focus on relationship building and offering help rather than making requests.

Churn 52

Churn Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Outsourced Development 52

Kellblog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

But in 2009, with the founding of A16Z , came a new era of founder friendliness and along with it a founder invisibility cloak (or should I say invincibility cloak) whereby the presumption that the founder should run the company became nearly absolute. The founder friendliness pendulum : the invisibility cloak loses some power.

Software Review 130

Software Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Scale 130

OpenView Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The number of apps created by independent developers was steadily growing, so in 2009 the Atlassian Plugin Exchange was born, which evolved into Atlassian Marketplace by 2012. It gave the smallest teams a chance to outsource the sales infrastructure (like invoicing, payment processing, quotes, etc.)

Payment Solutions 47

Payment Solutions Outsourcing Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 47

ChurnZero

JUNE 19, 2020

They didn’t really exist in mass during 2008 and 2009, so we’ve never really seen it. The debt markets did not lend into the software industry up until the mid-2000s, and it was about the collateral of the recurring maintenance and support stream. It’s important in a lot of different ways.

SaaS Payments 72

SaaS Payments Retention Metrics Payment Solutions 72

Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

It came up because people regularly refer to Chargify as a startup, but our company has been around since 2009. That’s why we’ve built subscription management capabilities into our platform. We found ourselves asking this question in a marketing meeting not too long ago. Are we still a startup? I don’t think so.

Scale 74

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Ilir Sela: It was around 2008, 2009, I started getting a lot of these family and friends that were asking for some help in terms of websites and online ordering. Sam Jacobs: So let’s focus on how you pitch, do they have to pay a subscription? The Magnitude of an American Staple. Why Slice Won’t Push New Technology.

Scale 73

Scale Scaling Venture Capital Interviewing 73

OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

It then laid out a careful strategy to transform Adobe, largely via M&A, into a company offering cloud-based subscriptions that would “give everyone everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences.” Subscription-based delivery from the cloud was a much more efficient solution than sending out CDs.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Strategy Payment Services Scale 52

SaaSHolic

MARCH 20, 2023

O primeiro jogo foi um sucesso, que atingiu 40 milhões de jogadores em Abril de 2009 com apenas 2 anos de vida da empresa. Seu primeiro game, o Texas Hold’em Poker (atual Zynga Poker) foi desenvolvido e disponibilizado para usuários do Facebook.

SaaS 52

SaaS Software Review Mobile Startup 52

Sales Hacker

JUNE 5, 2018

In 2009, I headed out to do my MBA. Ladders gave me a chance to really become a subject matter expert on subscription marketing, consumer marketing, and data-driven marketing. I started my career in investment banking, covering media and tech companies. theladders.com was my first foray into tech—I absolutely loved it.

Customer Success 65

Customer Success Data Marketing Sales 65

Chargify

JANUARY 25, 2018

Throughout the series we highlight Chargify merchants and the lessons learned as they grow their subscription-based businesses. Gravity Forms went live for customers in 2009. Internal subscription management tools didn’t scale. Their recurring billing tool fell into this category. The power of community.

Scale 40

Scale Scaling Payments Payment Solutions 40

Point Nine Land

DECEMBER 14, 2018

In most cases, this doesn’t make a huge difference (if all revenue is subscription based, GAAP revenue trails ARR) but note that for companies with a larger percentage of setup fees, revenue from professional services or other non-recurring revenue sources, the difference is bigger. In that case, I used 2013 for the “founded” year.

SaaS 40

SaaS Revenue Payment Features Subscription 40

How To Buy Saas

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

It was the first CRM tool that was based on the cloud and can be used with a monthly subscription model of payments. Salesforce has consistently been on the leader side of an enterprise CRM business. It is easily adaptable and saleable for large size businesses. It’s difficult to predict who will become the market leader.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Software Review Payment Methods Software 52

How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In the realm of SaaS development, Schnell provides a full range of services, from consulting and app architecture to subscription management and ongoing maintenance. The company’s list of clients consists of DHL, the UK government, and the National Children’s Bureau non-profit organization, among others.

DevOps as a Service 40

DevOps as a Service Development Technical Review Blockchain 40

How To Buy Saas

OCTOBER 10, 2024

With both free plans and paid subscriptions available, small businesses can benefit a lot and boost their business successfully. This should be your pick if you want to add powerful features to your marketing game, like attractive customized templates. This is why Omnisend is one of the leading small business marketing tools.

Social Media 52

Social Media Marketing Business AI Search 52

SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Founded: 2009. Their products include POS, hardware, software, and payment processing with a large number of additional options provided by their great ecosystem of partners. Founded: 2009. ProfitWell is used by over five thousand subscription companies every day, including Meetup, HubSpot, and Teamwork.com. ProfitWell.

SaaS Payments 271

SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 271