Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2019

It’s no surprise that one of the key levers for growth as you go from startup to scale-up is your sales team. How quickly you’re able to accelerate growth depends on your ability to build a nimble sales org and develop a strong sales strategy. These lay the foundation that enables your team to run as efficiently as possible.

Scale 172

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Payment Services 172

Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2020

For example, a churned user on a $50/mo plan isn’t nearly as bad as a churned user on a $500/mo plan. One thing I do to build that personal relationship is send every new trial a one minute personalized video to introduce myself and welcome them to the trial. It’s an app store optimization tool. First, is MobileAction.

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Churn Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 145

ProfitWell

AUGUST 18, 2020

Reliance told her that she would need to buy-out the remainder of her two years in one lump sum payment, plus the interest the company would lose over those two years, and she would have to pay an additional hefty administration fee too. The administration fee alone totaled nearly three of her monthly payments. Every person has biases.

SaaS Payments 111

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Outsourced Development Underperforming Technical Team 111

FastSpring

DECEMBER 11, 2018

That means looking at past failures and victories to create a better marketing strategy for 2019. For those of you who need some new ideas to boost sales, we just posted some fool-proof tactics to boost online sales here (link to the New Year Deal post). Grow Sales. Improve the Customer Experience. Increase Web Traffic.

Payment Methods 60

Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team Business Social Media 60

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Bringing salespeople in for an interview before you’ve figured out exactly how you’ll compensate them for their work leaves you in a tongue-tied, unenviable position when eager candidates ask about things like quotas, sales incentives, what data you use to set goals, and how often your team exceeds those goals.

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Sales Hiring Compensation Sales Payments 88

SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

WePay is a payments company for platform businesses like marketplaces, crowdfunding sites & small business software. I think on the plus side, coming into a firm like JPMorgan, we were a 200 person company when we were acquired. The day that acquisition closed, we became a 250,000 person company.

Payment Services 154

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 154

ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Let’s talk 2019 predictions. No matter how deeply you gaze into the crystal ball wondering what this new year has in store for you or your business, the only thing you’ll know for sure is that despite your careful planning, some things will change. the stuff that Customer Success teams are really meant to do).

Customer Success 49

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 49

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Recurring payments. The software-as-a-service business model involves providing a subscription service, so you will have to worry about getting payments every month/year as opposed to only once. Recurring payments take the form of monthly recurring revenue, otherwise known as MRR. In SaaS, clients do not buy hardware.

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Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Emilie Maret | Fellowship Team @ The Family. We’re a team of former investors and operators from the likes of Facebook, Deliveroo, and the Swedish payments company Klarna. Emilie Maret | Fellowship Team @ The Family. The good thing is … this is the good news, bad news. Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020.

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New CTO Sales Hiring B2C CTO Hire 166

FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

Ryan Austin had VP-level experience in training when he decided to start a consulting business to help enterprise-level companies with their corporate learning and development initiatives. Ryan and his team noticed so many inefficiencies across the L&D workflows. “It There are now over 150 enterprise companies using the platform.

Payment Solutions 91

Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 91

ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

Grotech Ventures is a team committed to helping creative and driven entrepreneurs build technology companies that last. Q: If a new portfolio company does not already have a Customer Success team in place, in your opinion where does that fall in terms of priority of the business’ development? ChurnZero raised a $2.5

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Scale Customer Success Payments Underperforming Technical Team 98

Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Summit gathered ~40 CPOs and product leaders to chat through topics centered around product development and product-led growth. Most companies when they find product/market fit with their first product only have one acquisition and engagement loop that is successful, and the job of most of the team is to refine and scale those loops.

Payments 63

Payments Scale Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team 63

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

Co-founder Scott Farquhar mentioned as much during the company’s July 2019 earnings call, saying that, “What we’re talking about here is moving many of our products from a free trial to a freemium approach.” Freemium Model for SaaS – The Good, The Bad, and The In-between. How to Increase Your Payment Customers In a Freemium Model.

Pricing 82

Pricing Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 82

The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

New technologies, companies, and solutions pop up every month and they all have their mission focused toward the online world. On the other hand, the online advertising industry is already overcrowded. On this oversaturated landscape of online media buying, there are two avid competitors?—? ad networks and demand-side platforms.

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Payments Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team Advertising 40

ProfitWell

MARCH 12, 2020

Payment processing. Almost half (49%) of American consumers switched companies in 2019 due to poor customer service. Up to 20%- 40% of churn is caused by failed payments , meaning customers who are trying to buy your products are being discouraged by technical problems and searching elsewhere. Customer support.

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Subscription Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Services 59

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Working with over 800 startups, many of which I’ve formed personal relationships with, has taught me a lot about what actually moves the needle to improve retention. Sean Ellis, who ran growth in the early days of Dropbox, LogMeIn and Eventbrite benchmarked nearly a hundred startups with his customer development survey. Quick Ratio.

Retention 52

Retention SaaS Payments Strategy Payment Solutions 52

Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Do you want to grow your SaaS sales team and improve your processes? maintain healthy atmosphere in your Smarketing team, make smart choices regarding your SaaS sales model, strategy, pricing, . Skills for SaaS Sales Team. 6 Essential skills for SaaS inside sales team to boost product’s sales. 3 examples for you).

SaaS Payments 157

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 157

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

374: ZoomInfo founder and CEO Henry Schuck shares how he built a business from scratch and grew it into one of the most successful IPOs of the 21st century—and what it was really like…the good, the bad, and most of all, the ugly. That was February 5th, 2019. This episode is sponsored by Outgrow. They had to reinvent themselves.

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Sales Hiring Scale Payments Cloud 211

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. This podcast is an excerpt of Claire’s session at SaaStr Annual 2019. Our team is in Room 111. They were self taught developers.

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Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Sales Hiring 138

FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Look for existing ecosystems of websites, communities and social presence that exist in that geography around your topic. “So How FastSpring Simplifies Selling Around the World Automated Localized Checkout Consumers often prefer to pay in their local currency or using payment methods that are popular in their region.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 78

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Before Optimizely, Travis spent 6 years at Salesforce in a number of sales roles including building the first Platform Sales team. What does Travis advise founders when it comes to uniting customer facing teams? * This podcast is an excerpt from Aydin and Roelant’s session at SaaStr Annual 2019. Loving our podcast content?

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Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments Payment Services Technical Advisors 185

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I was working on a startup that was an early mobile payment platform. It was basically using Bluetooth and an app on PalmPilots to do wireless payments in restaurants. My account runs my website. So if you think about just a manufacturer and you’re making a toy, you might sell it direct to consumer on your own website.

SaaS Payments 299

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 299

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. First, what is continuous customer development? Does it have to be in person? How does he think about the mortality rate of SMBs?

Scale 149

Scale Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Payment Services 149

SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

Finally pre-Salesforce, Dave was CEO @ MarkLogic where he grew the team from 40 to 240 and revenues from $0 to an $80m revenue run rate. Does Dave agree that if the money is on the table founding teams should take it? What are the clear differences between a good book and a bad book? Who is involved? How long does it take?

Sales Hiring 158

Sales Hiring Payment Services SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 158

SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Companies that have access to more accurate financial data have the ability to develop seamless exchanges of information, providing consumers with improved ways to manage their finances. Ari : Millions of dollars in lawsuits as an eight person company and you need them to give you an amount of money that’s roughly equal to that.

Payments 189

Payments SaaS Payments Banking Underperforming Technical Team 189

SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

This podcast is an excerpt of Eyal and Megan’s session at SaaStr Annual 2019. Here’s what Eyal and Megan talk about: How to develop software faster. But I think what it boils down to is also how newer technology is being developed and the ability for it to inter-operate with other platforms. Missed the session?

SaaS Payments 150

SaaS Payments Cloud Technical Review Scale 150

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2020

The situations that portend failure are varied and unfortunately common – no product-market fit, no cash, bad product, burnout, to name just a few of the most obvious. Poor marketing. A better strategy is to prioritize building your audience alongside developing the product. In this world, growth trumps all other priorities.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Payments Payment Services 183

Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

In 2019 I worked with amazing companies, venture capital firms, and startup accelerators around the world. How to Develop a Customer Success Strategy. The Role of Customer Success in… Customer Development. Metering / Billing / Payment Process. Stretch vs. Bad-Fit Customers. The Definition of Customer Success.

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Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 136

SaaStr

JANUARY 14, 2020

My intention today is to share a little bit about our journey as a company, my personal journey as an entrepreneur, and give you something that you can take away to apply to your own businesses. It’s awesome to be back at SaaStr and be with all of you, and I’m really looking forward to this time we have together. He saw something.

B2B 148

B2B B2C Scale New CTO 148

SaaStr

OCTOBER 4, 2019

As for Jeppe, prior to founding Pleo he was the CEO @ Nodes, a design and development house that worked with brands including Loreal, BMW and Lego. How does Jesse think about scaling humanity and the personal touch with the scaling of his leadership? In this session Gillian will walk you through how to build a high performing CSM Team.

Scale 137

Scale SMB SaaS Payments Sales Hiring 137

SaaStr

JULY 19, 2019

250: Peter Yared is the Founder & CEO @ InCountry, the startup that allows you to operate globally with data residency as a service meaning they store your mission-critical data in it’s country of origin, without compliance. This podcast is an excerpt of Michael’s session at SaaStr Annual 2019. Where do many people go wrong?

VP of Engineering 150

VP of Engineering CTO Hire Technical Review Sales Hiring 150

SaaStr

MARCH 13, 2020

This podcast is an excerpt from Robert’s session at SaaStr Europa 2019. He’s an incredible founder, person and a very, very dear friend, and changing the way SaaS as an industry will work and be structured in the future. And when I was young, I used to travel the country with him setting up his market store to sell clothes.

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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Finance Payments 231

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. 35:30) Optimal team structures for SMB sales organizations. (52:25) 52:25) Why in-person sales environments are crucial for early-career development. (53:46)

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Scale Sales Hiring Scaling CTO Coach 67