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?

Payment Solutions 81

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 81

Stax

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This may be concerning for certain types of businesses as they need to spend more to process credit and debit card payments as compared to cash. Clearly, the monthly fees that businesses typically pay to accept card payments can eat away a significant portion of their revenue and overall profits.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

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. 3 Frontegg.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

Stax

DECEMBER 20, 2023

By following these simple tips, you’ll be able to secure credit card processing rates that make big businesses jealous. Learn More TL;DR Not all credit card processing companies are created equal. Look for transparency in pricing, no hidden fees, and options that suit your specific business needs.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

Fresco Capital focuses on businesses developing new solutions in the enterprise, education, infrastructure, healthcare, consumer goods and entertainment. Founded: 2013. SaaS Investments: Consilium Software, HRBoss, and others. GIC manages a diverse portfolio, including investments in high growth tech businesses.

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SaaS Payments Venture Capital Payment Services Telecommunications 190

FastSpring

APRIL 7, 2022

Learn more about how FastSpring helps SaaS and software companies collect and remit taxes globally or localize and accept global payments. Founded in 2013, Messente developed a messaging platform that originally served businesses in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. What Is Messente? Were they delivered?

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SaaS Payments Technical Advisors Payment Services Payments 147

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Plus, the price tag on those more established businesses often run into the billions. The solution? Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams. It’s a clear indicator that businesses want to expand their offerings and capabilities.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

Have revenue, but early, so like 50K ARR after two months of charging for a product. People were so excited about SaaS when public companies were trading at 30 to 50 X revenue that they would want to take that meeting. Now, revenue’s coming in looking good. Last year offered checks of between five and 10, early.

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Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

This means our software is hosted on the cloud and used over an internet connection via a web browser or mobile app. Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs. Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs.

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 98

Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In today’s competitive SaaS landscape, Customer Success has emerged as a vital strategic asset, driving revenue growth and long-term profitability. However, to fully unlock its potential, companies must go beyond qualitative insights and bring data into the decision-making process within Customer Success ranks and investments.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Customer Success Payments 52

SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

Giraffe is a mobile job matching platform that helps medium skilled workers get access to opportunities and helps businesses to recruit staff faster, and easier, and more affordably than any other way. Our first MVP was actually an SMS based app where job seekers would send six SMSes in order to register on our platform.

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Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 219

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. How has it changed?

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Marketplace as a Service Scale Payment Solutions Payment Services 189

All that Saas

OCTOBER 12, 2021

For the past couple of years, COVID-19 has steadily made the financial sector take 360 degrees by integrating tech to evolve buying and spending. Formerly known as e-wallets, digital wallets use mobile apps that store credit or debit card details from one place. The Best Digital Wallets for Online Payments in 2021.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Services 52

Kellblog

JANUARY 30, 2021

I certainly didn’t have “global pandemic” on my 2020 bingo card and, even if I somehow did, I would never have coupled that with “booming stock market” and median SaaS price/revenue multiples in the 15x range. In an era where we (vendors) increasingly run our own software, running it is increasingly as important as building it.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Services Payments AI Search 144

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

As of 2013, 70% of searchers used the “ click-to-call ” function directly from the search engine result pages (SERPs). And, it released an algorithmic update, in July, 2014, to favor local businesses for neighborhood-focused mobile device queries. in September 2008, the Google maps mobile app was launched on Android.

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Payment Methods Branding Payments Merchant Services 126

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A: I joined the company in 2013. FastSpring’s core business. FastSpring sits at the intersection of three core areas: software and subscription billing, payments, and ecommerce. We’ve mostly grown from inbound leads and were doing about $8 million in revenue…I like to call it the teenage years.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Back in 2013, the entrepreneur founded and single-handedly organized B2B Rocks , a SaaS conference that today gathers over 1500 founders, investors, and industry leaders. Try as he might, he couldn’t find a solution to get around it. ” And so, I decided to launch this event in 2013 called B2B Rocks.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Systems Review 118

SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

Look at Snowflake and GitLab and ZoomInfo, growing almost 60% at a billion in revenue. I’ll tell you, of all the founders I’m impressed with, I’m most impressed with founders that I meet and I’m like, “How you doing”, “Well, I’m at 2 million in revenue and I’m going to grow 2.5

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FastSpring

JUNE 19, 2019

Data is now fundamental to how people work & the most successful companies have intelligently integrated it into everyone’s daily workflow,” he said. Alibaba Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai said millions of small businesses are now using the platform. 50% of the world’s population is now using the Internet.

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Payment Methods Trends Payments Payment Services 103

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For other businesses, an expansive blog-style platform reaps the full benefits that content marketing has to offer. We’ve taken the approach of sharing every piece of our journey, so it may help other SaaS businesses out there take their first big leaps, and that’s worked very well! Take Baremetrics for instance.

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Content Marketing SaaS Payments Investment Marketing 113

Baremetrics

JUNE 27, 2021

Using the wrong metrics, using them in the wrong way, or overlooking the crucial ones can be a disaster for your business. There are so many business metrics platforms out there that it becomes hard to choose the one you actually need. By the end of the article, you will have a clear overview of both these platforms.

SaaS Payments 69

SaaS Payments Payments Merchant Services Payment Features 69

Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Today, we’ll examine Tableau, the market leader for data visualization software. Tableau sells software the old-fashioned way, with perpetual licenses not subscriptions. Customers pay a fee for the software up-front, in addition to an annual maintenance fee of about 20-25%.

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Benchmarks SaaS Payments Metrics Scale 100

All that Saas

MAY 1, 2021

In this roundup, we are going to have a look at some of the best Influencer Marketing Platforms that you can use to connect with the right influencers, manage campaigns, measure analytics, and a lot more. Influencer marketing platforms are a great solution to engage with your audience in the right way. dollars in 2018.

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Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services 52

Stax

JANUARY 24, 2024

Credit cards remain a favored way of making payments among customers. However, the idea of applying a credit card surcharge to offset the processing cost of credit cards has always been a hotly debated topic. However, after a 2013 lawsuit, card companies started allowing businesses to charge customers a fee for using credit cards.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Point of Sale 88

Stax

JANUARY 24, 2024

Credit cards remain a favored way of making payments among customers. However, the idea of applying a credit card surcharge to offset the processing cost of credit cards has always been a hotly debated topic. However, after a 2013 lawsuit, card companies started allowing businesses to charge customers a fee for using credit cards.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Point of Sale 88

Chart Mogul

AUGUST 2, 2019

Travis Todd is a co-founder at FullContact, but in his current role, he is fully dedicated to Contacts+ as the team’s Head of Revenue. Contacts+ has a platform with applications that are available on the web, iOS, Mac OS, and Android — and also has extensions that work with the Chrome browser along with a number of integrations.

Churn 12

Churn Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods 12

GetUplift

JANUARY 19, 2023

As soon as a need arises, you simply open the app and, within two taps, your shopping is complete. The customer may not have been planning to open the Amazon app that day. But rewards don’t necessarily have to be tied to a rewards system. Amazon’s app and experience are a living and breathing example of the Hooked model.

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Payment Methods Artificial Intelligence Payment Solutions AI Search 96

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

If your eCommerce business needs an online payment processor, perhaps you're considering Stripe vs. Braintree. Online payment platforms make it possible to send and receive payments. Keep reading for an overview of Stripe vs. Braintree, as well as how Baremetrics can expertly analyze data from both platforms.

Merchant Services 59

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 59

Chart Mogul

AUGUST 2, 2019

Travis Todd is a co-founder at FullContact, but in his current role, he is fully dedicated to Contacts+ as the team’s Head of Revenue. Contacts+ has a platform with applications that are available on the web, iOS, Mac OS, and Android — and also has extensions that work with the Chrome browser along with a number of integrations.

Churn 52

Churn Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods 52

Stax

APRIL 4, 2024

According to Forbes , 32% of consumers use it as their primary payment method. But as great as they are for consumers, merchants know that accepting credit card payments comes with added costs in the form of processing fees. The processing fee can be a fixed value or a percentage and varies among card brands.

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Merchant Services Payment Methods Payments Payment Services 68

SaaStr

MAY 9, 2019

He has been a partner at Y Combinator since 2013, advised hundreds of startups, and has been active in promoting diversity efforts among startup founders. If your payment system works, you’re not going to rip it out. Great start-ups have a system to have hard conversations. and Socialcam.

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Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Banking 183

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

From hygiene products to software to bacon (yes, bacon), you can purchase a subscription for just about anything today. It’s a mutually beneficial system. This knowledge makes it easy to predict revenue growth for the future and track how customers’ perception of value changes over time. Consider the integration platform Zapier.

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Payment Features Payments Subscription Trends 49

BitPay

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

For some context, let’s look at previous halving years: 2012 Bitcoin halving, new all-time high in 2013 2016 Bitcoin halving, new all-time high in 2017 2020 Bitcoin halving, new all-time high in 2021 Why should your organization care about any of this? Integrate crypto payments into your business operations.

Merchant Services 52

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 52

All that Saas

JUNE 11, 2022

In this ManageEngine OpManager review, we will have a closer look at the features/functionalities, customer support, and certifications of this leading software. Today businesses of all scales rely heavily on networks for all their tasks. Hence, monitoring the networks continuously has become a necessity for any business.

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Software Review Technical Review Systems Review Payment Services 52

All that Saas

JUNE 11, 2022

In this ManageEngine NPMS review, we will have a closer look at the features/functionalities, customer support, and certifications of this leading software. Today businesses of all scales rely heavily on networks for all their tasks. Hence, monitoring the networks continuously has become a necessity for any business.

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Software Review Technical Review Systems Review Payment Services 52

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.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Strategy Payment Services Scale 52

Chart Mogul

JANUARY 22, 2018

DroneDeploy is the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones. While relatively inexpensive drone hardware is making the technology available to businesses everywhere, DroneDeploy’s mission is to make aerial data from such technology accessible for everyone. Integrates data with industry platforms.

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Payments Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Services 40