SaaStr

APRIL 6, 2021

Growth fueled by the addition of transactional revenue, not SaaS revenues. Olo’s explosive growth in the past 24 months prior to IPO wasn’t fueled so much by its SaaS revenue, but by transaction revenue as part of orders. As last as 2018, 93% of Olo’s revenue was pure SaaS.

Merchant Services 245

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services 245

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Jonathan joined Toast as the SVP of Sales in 2017. Toast is a vertical software embedded payments solution for restaurants in the U.S. It’s the fastest-growing software business of all time. Just six years later, he’s the CRO of the company. and across the globe. In the U.S.

Payment Methods 267

Payment Methods Acquisition Scale Payments 267

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2021

There’s one theme we’ve reiterated over the years, at least since 2017 or so when we interviewed the CEOs of Twilio and Veeva back-to-back : To grow quickly after $100m ARR, you probably need a second core product. Certainly to grow quickly as you approach $1B. The only question is when. That’s the magic. More on that here.

Merchant Services 237

Merchant Services SaaS Payments SMB Payment Solutions 237

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Ultrasite is a global website builder, Chinafy is a tool for making websites China-compatible, and Connect is their collaborative content management platform for brands. It is based on blockchain and allows businesses to take care of their finances on a number of platforms and in multiple currencies. Founded : 2013. TradeGecko.

SaaS Payments 225

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 225

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Over the past decade, India’s central bank—the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)—has become one of the most proactive regulators in the world, advancing the digitization of payments and financial services at a rapid pace. But around 2017, we began to develop an interest in India. The country leads the world in real-time digital payments.

Payment Services 115

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments Payment Methods 115

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In 2017, Facebook launched its answer to the burgeoning streaming video market: Facebook Watch. In this post, I’ll dive deep into how to use Facebook Watch for marketing, now that the platform has matured. When you start a new platform, you’re going to have to throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and see what works and what doesn’t.

Payments 129

Payments Payment Methods Mobile Engagement 129

Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Here's a summary of what we shipped, published and achieved in 2017, in case you missed something! We kicked off 2017 by announcing our integration with GoCardless. This allowed GoCardless customers to import their billing data to ChartMogul and start analyzing customers and revenue. Life or death.”.

Payments 58

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Scale 58

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Average Revenue per Customer. The last kind of constituent here is investors and business owners. And basically SaaS revenue models is just magical for investors and for businesses. And you can basically predict revenue ahead of time and therefore raise money early on to grow even faster. MRR, obviously.

SaaS Payments 246

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

BetterCloud

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Michael Weir is a former director of the collaboration operations function at Global Payments, a financial technology services company that has evolved into a global leader in the payments space over the last 53 years. Can you tell me about your role at Global Payments and how you got into your current role?

Payment Services 98

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments Payment Methods 98

FastSpring

MARCH 6, 2019

One challenge many online merchants face after they’ve finished developing their product is figuring out how to easily accept payments on their online store. But navigating the complex world of online payments for the first time is challenging work. shop confidently knowing that their bank and payment card information is encrypted.

Payment Methods 63

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 63

Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Format changes are usually only required around platform shifts already occurring or platform shifts a larger company is trying to drive. This is creating a new value proposition for your existing audience so that you can acquire, retain, and/or monetize them better. I have written more about platforms here. What gives?

Payments 113

Payments Scale Payment Solutions Technical Review 113

Chart Mogul

MARCH 6, 2018

Average Revenue Per Account (ARPA). ARPA is the lifeblood of any subscription business. New platform products such as a (rumored) smart speaker. year-over-year in Q4 2017). ” Spotify’s free plan uses in-app advertising to monetize freemium users. .” These grew by 27% year over year in 2017.

Metrics 75

Metrics Payments EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) SaaS Payments 75

Buffer Resources

JUNE 22, 2023

Diversify your platforms in anticipation of change The Internet is always changing, and staying ahead of the curve is a must for any creator. For example, the news of a potential TikTok ban got Jahleane thinking about how to diversify her platform presence. Make sure any revenue generation aligns with these elements.”

Social Media 126

Social Media Payments Payment Methods Technical Review 126

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

Salesflare became one of the CRMs we tinker with back in 2017. With the launch of the Pipedrive Marketplace a very wide range of third party apps & integrations. Scroll to the right in the table below and filter for integrations to find what works for you. Drive Revenue. Account Based Selling. Groove - Sell Smarter.

Scale 113

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 113

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs. Stripe payments make up 98.5 percent of our total revenue and 83 percent of our fees. Google and Apple payments make up 2.5% of our total revenue and 17 percent of our fees.

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 98

Neil Patel

AUGUST 27, 2021

In 2017, Substack took the market by storm by allowing creatives, journalists, and bloggers to make money from their own email newsletters. Substack provides a way to build an email marketing list, write newsletters, charge subscribers, and manage payments. At the core, Substack is an email marketing platform. What Is Substack?

Payment Methods 137

Payment Methods Payments Social Media Payment Services 137

yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

During this year we’ll also start sharing the country sales tools stacks series entitles “Sales Tools made In…” Finally all that is being tied together in integrated tool stacks with some of our friends at the companies listed here. Salesflare – Simple yet powerful CRM for small businesses selling B2B .

Scale 100

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Outsourcing Services 100

yoursales

JANUARY 29, 2021

Salesflare – Simple yet powerful CRM for small businesses selling B2B . Our preferred CRM , Salesflare became one of the CRMs we tinker with back in 2017. Salesforce.com – The Customer Success Platform To Grow Your Business. Salesforce.com – The Customer Success Platform To Grow Your Business.

Scale 106

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 106

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Wade Foster is Co-founder and CEO of Zapier, a SaaS company that allows users to integrate web applications they use. Henrique and co-founder Pedro Franceschi founded the company as 22-year-old engineers in Brazil in 2017. At the time the duo had founded Pagar.me, a payment processor. The Deep Dives ??.

Payment Services 104

Payment Services CTO Hire Payments New CTO 104

yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Salesflare – Simple yet powerful CRM for small businesses selling B2B . Our preferred CRM , Salesflare became one of the CRMs we tinker with back in 2017. Salesforce.com – The Customer Success Platform To Grow Your Business. Less Annoying CRM – A simple CRM built just for small businesses. Drive Revenue.

Scale 103

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 103

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

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. Tencent has done 43 investment deals in 2018, 72 investment deals in 2017 and 50 in 2016. Founded: 2017. Founded: 1981.

SaaS Payments 190

SaaS Payments Venture Capital Payment Services Telecommunications 190

OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

After four months of an unprecedented global crisis, SaaS companies are bouncing back while product led growth businesses are trading at almost 2x higher revenue multiples they started with. About half of respondents, evenly distributed across size or industry, were offering temporary relief on payment terms.

Pricing 135

Pricing SaaS Payments Payments SaaS 135

yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Salesflare – Simple yet powerful CRM for small businesses selling B2B . Our preferred CRM , Salesflare became one of the CRMs we tinker with back in 2017. Salesforce.com – The Customer Success Platform To Grow Your Business. Marketcircle – Achieve Big Things with Your Small Business in 2020.

Scale 103

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 103

yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

During this year we’ll also start sharing the country sales tools stacks series entitles “Sales Tools made In…” Finally all that is being tied together in integrated tool stacks with some of our friends at the companies listed here. Salesflare – Simple yet powerful CRM for small businesses selling B2B .

Scale 100

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 100

InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Salesforce CPQ (formerly Steelbrick CPQ) is a single tool where your organization can build quotes, create proposals, bill customers, process payments, and complete revenue recognition. All in all, Dreamforce 2017 was a great experience. Quip encourages users to keep vital deal information right within your system.

Payment Solutions 48

Payment Solutions Payment Services Sales Payments 48

Unbounce

JUNE 1, 2021

Retargeting is a powerful form of PPC advertising that leverages tracking technology to identify individuals who have previously engaged with your brand in some way and serves them ads on a variety of platforms to try to re-engage them. Their target customers see what the platform looks like on the inside within their professional context.

Scale 138

Scale Payment Methods Travel Payments 138

Baremetrics

MARCH 16, 2021

Background In 2017 and 2018, many new blockchain projects started offering their tokens for sale. While blockchain technology was spearheaded by Bitcoin starting from 2008, using the technology for other applications became popularized around 2017. Reduce failed payments. Best of all, it integrates easily and quickly. “We

Blockchain 90

Blockchain Payment Solutions Artificial Intelligence Payment Services 90

Chart Mogul

JULY 24, 2018

Subscription businesses are experimenting with hybrid billing models, mixing recurring revenue with one-time payments. In the enterprise software market, the move to a recurring revenue model is effectively complete. In fact, there’s plenty of diversity today in the way businesses make revenue from their customers.

Subscription 76

Subscription Payment Features Payment Solutions Payments 76

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.

Payments 63

Payments Scale Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team 63

ProfitWell

AUGUST 18, 2020

She started with Zuora as the Vice President of Customer Business Innovation in 2017. Fast forward to 2017 and Amy lands a job at Zuora, the pinnacle of SaaS. The way I got into Zuora and the Institute was I knew how hard it was to run a subscription business.". How are churn and new revenue trending over time?

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments B2B 98

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2020

I thought it’s also worth giving you some sense of scale for how much the US government takes in in revenue every year. In revenue, the US government takes in 3.5 So the amount that we’ve handed out just in money going out of the US government is equal to 86% of the total revenue we take in in a year.

Technical Review 246

Technical Review Payment Services Payment Methods Development Team Review 246

Software Platform Consulting

MAY 14, 2019

The acquisition represented an opportunity to learn more about the economics of B2B payments. Bottomline owns Paymode-X, the largest B2B payment network in the US. Paymode-X boasts payments of more than $200 billion annually and over 400,000 payees. The business should finish the year with approximately $130 million in revenue.

Payment Solutions 40

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services Technical Review 40

Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

It ties payment to the achievement of specific objectives that have been pre-determined and communicated to the employees that are on the incentive plan. Just to paint a picture for you, look at the range of salaries for an AE as of Mid 2017: Atlanta based AE. How you set targets depends on your specific business model.

Compensation 104

Compensation Sales Hiring Development Team Review Sales Recruiting 104

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

billion online in 2017, the highest growth rate since 2011. Maybe you’re unsure if your software company should outsource your ecommerce operations to a full-service platform, such as FastSpring, or just stick with a basic payment service? On paper, point solutions – like a basic payment service, seem like a good idea.

Payment Methods 61

Payment Methods Outsourcing Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 61

Outseta

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

We’ve made a couple of important decisions here: We’ve partnered with Forte payment systems to process credit card and ACH payments. We have a pre-existing relationship with Forte, as they are also the payment processing partner of Buildium. Here’s what the application looks like. We appreciate ya.

SaaS Payments 40

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Payment Methods 40

Baremetrics

JULY 29, 2021

It begins as the customer has either followed an embedded link or hopped into the company’s email list. For example, premium software users who have not been active on your platform within a considerable time frame. People are streaming to platforms where they know their voices matter. During the 2017 last holiday season.

Payment Methods 104

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments SaaS Payments 104

ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

million round of financing led by Grotech Ventures in 2017. A: Grotech is an early-stage investor so many of our companies have only modest revenue at the time we invest, and they are typically still working to tease apart their go-to-market motion. Your customer base, and therefore revenue need to be recurring as well.

Scale 98

Scale Customer Success Payments Underperforming Technical Team 98