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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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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SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

DST Global is a global investor in growth internet businesses, founded in 2009 by Yuri Milner. Founded: 2009. GIC manages a diverse portfolio, including investments in high growth tech businesses. BEENEXT is a Singapore-based VC investing in fintech, platforms, payments and SaaS businesses.

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Point Nine Land

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When I invested in FreeAgent in early 2009, I found the value of an online accounting solution SO compelling that I naively believed every small business in the UK would just have to adopt online accounting. ServiceTitan, a leading vertical SaaS for home services, penetrated 1% of its core TAM of 900,000 home services businesses.

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Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

Also, there is less pressure on Sales. 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. Intercom is currently helping over 30,000 companies today. This is not all.

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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. The WGA members were demanding a share of the revenue generated by their work. Although this wasn’t a big deal at the time, the rise of streaming platforms drastically increased those revenues.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 20, 2019

But people switch from their boring old stale spreadsheets to Airtable for its flexibility, ease of use, integrations, and templates. Eventually the software revenue started to look more promising than services revenue, so the team doubled down on it and eventually launched as Basecamp — used by over 100,000 companies.

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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. How the hell does that happen? We mostly succeeded. I’m proud of all that.

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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. Virality was a huge one.

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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 is mobile credit card processing?

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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. What does Singles’ Day mean for digital businesses? Keep reading.

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Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Eventually, the company needed to layer in new advertiser focused loops to monetize, but I’ll skip that detail for now. The company requires either new growth loops or new products to acquire, retain, or monetize better. The entirety of Pinterest for the first few years I was there was tuning these loops in one way or another.

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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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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. But this August I hosted a Sales Hacker panel with four sales leaders who guided their teams and companies through ‘08 and beyond, and what they said lightened something in my chest: Don’t panic.

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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. The “primary risk [during pre-startup] is the failure to design a business plan and strategy that will enable the company to become profitable as it makes sales and earns revenue. Are we still a startup?

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How To Buy Saas

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

This guide is going to help you find the best CRM solution as we take you through all different types of CRM and how to integrate them into your business. CRM software is designed to help companies keep track of their relationships, manage sales and marketing processes, and deliver more efficient service. Enterprise CRM.

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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? Most folks, by the time they talk to us, have someone that at least is aware of it or oversees it, whether it’s the Sales team or a specific department.

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Chargify

JANUARY 25, 2018

The few form solutions available also didn’t look like WordPress, which made it difficult to utilize on sites for customers who were only familiar with that platform. Gravity Forms went live for customers in 2009. Matson is quick to point out that the WordPress community is an integral part of Gravity Forms’ success.

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OpenView Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

We just need to discover how to use these platforms to create value. The rationale behind Atlassian’s go-to-market strategy was threefold: If we don’t have sales staff, the product must sell itself. It gave the smallest teams a chance to outsource the sales infrastructure (like invoicing, payment processing, quotes, etc.)

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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

A report from Bain & Company predicted that “Indian SaaS companies will reach $30 billion in revenue by the year 2025”. Found by Manohar Chapalamadugu in 2013, Agile CRM is an Indian SaaS company known for its sales and marketing solutions designed for SMBs. VWO is more than just a technological platform.

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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?

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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

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. Prior to founding Zylo, Eric was the VP of Sales @ Sprout Social leading the revenue operations for over 11,000 customers. What needs to change?

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Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

In 2016, I co-authored a book for Wiley called “ Customer Success: How Innovative Companies Are Reducing Churn and Growing Recurring Revenue ” ( Também está disponível em português! ) Sales Process Engagement. Metering / Billing / Payment Process. Your Recurring Revenue. Customer Acquisition.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Martin brings a wealth of experience in building and scaling sales teams, developing effective go-to-market strategies, and navigating the challenges of startup growth. Highlights: (08:58) Building the first SaaS product and transitioning to recurring revenue. (14:58) 35:30) Optimal team structures for SMB sales organizations. (52:25)

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