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Navan Files for IPO: The Opening of B2B IPO Floodgates?

SaaStr

The Navan Story: From Pandemic Pivot to IPO Ready Founded in 2015 by Israeli entrepreneurs Ariel Cohen and Ilan Twig, Navan has evolved from a corporate travel booking platform into a comprehensive spend management powerhouse. When COVID-19 decimated business travel in 2020, Navan could have become another casualty. volume $91.5B

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How oeksound Took Their Audio Plugins Business Global

FastSpring

When the first oeksound plugin, Soothe, was created in 2016, creator Olli Keskinen and his friend Hannes Andersson were studying music technology to become recording engineers. In terms of how you sell them, are they standalone or is there a subscription side to it? I’m your host Jesse Paliotto. Jesse Paliotto (03:24) wow.

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Is it Really ARR? In 2021+, Yes. As Long As NRR is > 100%

SaaStr

So many startups these days are claiming they have “ARR” from revenue that … doesn’t recur. Doesn’t ARR stand for Annual Recurring Revenue? ARR now really means revenue with 100%+ Net Revenue Retention. 50% revenue from software (recurring), 50% from payments (not-recurring).

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5 Interesting Learnings from Toast at $500m in ARR, and a $3B Total Run Rate

SaaStr

While its software has decent margins of 66%, software is only 10% of Toast’s total GAAP revenue. It loses money on the hardware (gross margin negative) and the payments solutions have barely a 20%+ margin and constitute the vast majority of revenue today. Mediocre margins in payments. And a few bonus notes: #6.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

ContaAzul is a business management platform for small businesses created in Brazil. Its focus is on helping companies handle financial routine and streamlining processes related to accounting, banks, stock, and electronic invoicing, among others. CEO : Vinicius Roveda Goncalves. RD Station. CEO : Tiago Dalvi.

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Perpetual License vs. Annual License vs. Subscriptions

Baremetrics

The ultimate goal of any developer with an idea for some useful software is monetization. Software monetization is simply the act of generating revenue from software. Baremetrics provides an easy-to-read dashboard that gives you all the key metrics for your business, including MRR, ARR, LTV, total customers, and more.

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Choosing the Right Billing System for Your SaaS Business [Updated for 2020]

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So you're building an awesome subscription business — great! How do you manage the process of accepting money from your customers? Building your own billing system can be a world of pain, risk and complexity, so what options are out there for integrating a third party product? You also need flexibility in integrations.