Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

In this conversation, a16z General Partner Angela Strange talks with J eff Sloan, former CEO of Global Payments, about how he was early to spot significant industry trends, how to make bets that move an organization, and the sea change that AI represents for the financial services industry. Angela: Why Global Payments?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 6, 2019

We have a background doing software and standards for trade, and we thought that there’s a massive opportunity in this space. It is if you took LinkedIn, combined it with the app platform from Salesforce, and looked at the domain, which is supply chains. Just like Salesforce, we have a platform.

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Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

The 80s and 90s were all about physical purchasing and installation of software CDs and floppy disks. Instead you should focus on Natural Rate of Growth (NRG) to determine the percentage of recurring organic revenue. This metric is a strong future revenue indicator. Best For: Online Payment Processing. 6 ChargeBee.

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

According to Forbes , “mobile payments are increasingly being used by U.S. Not only are there a number of ways your customers could be using their mobile devices to give payments, but you as a business owner could be leveraging mobile devices to accept them as well. What types of merchants need mobile credit card processing?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

WePay is a payments company for platform businesses like marketplaces, crowdfunding sites & small business software. They process billions annually for platforms like Constant Contact, GoFundMe, Ecwid, Infusionsoft, Meetup, Freshbooks & Zoho. And Jay was sort of our solution to that process.

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SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

DST Global is a global investor in growth internet businesses, founded in 2009 by Yuri Milner. Founded: 2009. Fresco Capital focuses on businesses developing new solutions in the enterprise, education, infrastructure, healthcare, consumer goods and entertainment. SaaS Investments: Zentera Systems.

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Point Nine Land

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

However, there’s a vast discrepancy between the speed of mainstream adoption for consumer apps and the rate at which most companies transition to a new technology and delivery mechanism like SaaS. ServiceTitan, a leading vertical SaaS for home services, penetrated 1% of its core TAM of 900,000 home services businesses.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

If you were to want a bigger version with more features such as booking forms and payment options, the same company also offers WP Booking System for a bit more per year. . #2 million times since 2009 and is available for free here. #3 4 – BirchPress — The Best For Easily Capturing Payments.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 20, 2019

Note: These are written with SaaS and software products in mind, although many of the principles apply to other types of products as well. Intercom exemplified this with their CRM and messaging tool for the next-generation of SaaS and software companies. Productize : Turn custom software into something turnkey and managed.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

Fast forward to today, and Eventbrite is the world’s largest self-service event ticketing and registration platform – processing more than 3 million tickets each week. That company would go on to be acquired by TaskRabbit, where he helped 3x core business volume as co-head of marketing. We create this robust web crawler.

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

And he also has the, I don’t know, benefit or dubious distinction, but lived through this before in 2008 and 2009. So we have over 260 portfolio companies globally, it’s all enterprise software, predominantly SaaS. So I think that is somewhat of a good news in this in that SaaS businesses are sticky. Good to be here.

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Panintelligence

JULY 22, 2024

Fintech , short for financial technology, uses technology to provide financial services like mobile banking, online payments, blockchain, and cryptocurrency. Fintech fosters innovation by being agile and user-focused, unlike traditional institutions bogged down by legacy systems. What is Fintech? What are different types of Fintech?

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 14, 2020

This usually comes from a sudden change of revenue or a sudden change in prices of the products or services needed to deliver on the offer. For instance, a company may need to raise prices to keep up with inflation, or a business may want to renegotiate a deal after their solution is successful. Have a backup plan. The result?

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Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

What started as Dimitris (now my Co-founder at Outseta ) writing a few lines of code to collect rent payments from tenants he had living in a duplex in Providence, Rhode Island, turned into something worth hundreds of millions of dollars 15 years later. We could translate the software into Spanish. How the hell does that happen?

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

In 2009, Alibaba and its founder, Jack Ma, decided to turn the anti-Valentine’s Day into an ecommerce dream. Tmall, an Alibaba-owned platform, is the main driver of the event, but other platforms are starting to get in on the action. I know; that still doesn’t tell you why people spend all the money on November 11. Keep reading.

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How To Buy Saas

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

CRM softwares have seen a drastic growth in the market with a rising shift towards the use of technology in business. According to a report by nucleus research, 91% of companies having more than 11+ employees are using CRM softwares. How has the CRM software changed the business civilization?

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

So, I co-founded another payments company called PropertyBridge, which allowed you to pay rent electronically. We sold that at the end of 2007 and I stayed on with MoneyGram International who acquired the company until the end of 2009. And I wanted to do another payments company, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do.

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Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

It came up because people regularly refer to Chargify as a startup, but our company has been around since 2009. There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. You may also hear this stage referred to as discovery , vision/mission , or problem/solution fit. Pre-Startup.

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OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

Although the San Jose-based company has always been a leader in developing world-class creative software like Photoshop and Illustrator, its go-to-market model (licensing boxed software) eventually slowed it down. Since 2008, its revenue has tripled and its stock price has soared 14-fold in response.

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How To Buy Saas

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Nowadays, everyone is after making things “Pinteresty”, and this trend is taking over all the major social media platforms. There are also other platforms, both new and old, emerging as Pinterest alternatives that are also worth checking out. Dribbble 2009 Dan Cederholm and Rich Thornett 2.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 19, 2020

It is no secret that customer churn hits recurring revenue businesses hard, but what’s its real impact on their long-term health and valuation? To answer that and more, we invited SaaS Capital’s Managing Director, Rob Belcher, and Software Equity Group’s Managing Director, Allen Cinzori, to join us for a webinar. Q&A Recap.

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Chargify

MAY 8, 2019

Back in 2009, MailChimp introduced their Free Forever plan that allowed people to use MailChimp for free until their email list reached 100 subscribers. The main advantage of this model is that the revenue is very predictable. You might miss out on potential revenue by not offering pricing tiers, though. image source).

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OpenView Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

I don’t promise that this story of the software company, Midori answers “how to be like Slack,” but it does explain that maybe the Slacks and Atlassians of the world are making it easier for others to follow their path by building powerful ecosystems. We just need to discover how to use these platforms to create value.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By 2009, unemployment for ‘08 graduates was at 9% : The door to the real world had slammed shut just as we were about to walk through it. Clients canceling events, reducing spend, and failing to make payments. Challenger, solution-based selling, value-based selling — whatever it is, get a good one and use it consistently.

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Chargify

JANUARY 25, 2018

Widely recognized as the industry leading WordPress form solution, Gravity Forms made an inspiring rise to success in the last several years. At the time (around 2008), there really wasn’t an easy solution for adding a form to a WordPress site. Gravity Forms went live for customers in 2009. Gravity Forms was the result.

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Collibra provides a cross-organizational data governance and catalog platform that helps companies maximize the value of their data. Kustomer ’s customer management platform combines data from various sources and allows companies to offer an intelligent, powerful and flexible service. Founded: 2009. Founded: 2012. Founded: 2008.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 18, 2022

SaaS (Software as a service) has become a buzzword in recent years. A report from Bain & Company predicted that “Indian SaaS companies will reach $30 billion in revenue by the year 2025”. Found in 2015 by Vijay Yalamanchili, Keka, Keka is an HR and payroll management software designed for modern organizations.

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Collibra provides a cross-organizational data governance and catalog platform that helps companies maximize the value of their data. Kustomer ’s customer management platform combines data from various sources and allows companies to offer an intelligent, powerful and flexible service. Founded: 2009. Founded: 2012. Founded: 2008.

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SaaStr

JULY 26, 2019

252: Eric Christopher is the Founder and CEO @ Zylo, the software management system built for the cloud pioneering a new standard in software management. To date, Eric has raised over $12m for Zylo from some of the best in the business, including Byron @ Bessemer, Salesforce, GGV, Semil @ Haystack, and the team at High Alpha.

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Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Whether you are a seasoned social media marketer, a marketer looking to venture into  social media  marketing, or a business owner who wants to leverage the enormous power of social, it’s helpful to know about the most popular social media platforms out there right now. Jump to a social media platform: 1.

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How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In the last few years, we have witnessed digital wallet apps taking over the market, especially after Covid 19, and cashless payments became all the rave. Almost all of us are acquainted with the best digital wallet apps and use them daily for online shopping, bill payments, and splitting with our friends.

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Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Whether you have a Software-as-a-Service, subscription or membership business or you sell one-off products or services and simply want to do business with your customer more than once, Customer Success should be your driving purpose. Sales Process Engagement. Metering / Billing / Payment Process.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Highlights: (08:58) Building the first SaaS product and transitioning to recurring revenue. (14:58) 29:06) The importance of sales playbooks and codifying the sales process. (35:30) Highlights: (08:58) Building the first SaaS product and transitioning to recurring revenue. (14:58) It’s all transactional revenue.

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