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

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50% revenue from software (recurring), 50% from payments (not-recurring). . And half from fees on transactions it processes: Is this all really ARR? But as Shopify scaled, its revenue as a percent of commerce on its sites — “Merchant Solutions” — began to eclipse its recurring SaaS revenues.

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Gartner: Software Spend Will Grow 13.8% in 2024, to Over $1 Trillion For The First Time

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If you’re selling software to SMB merchants and outside of tech like Shopify and Toast and Monday , things are pretty, pretty good, if in some ways still harder than before. Growth in public cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Snowflake, etc.) So things are all over the place these days.

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How Top Sales Leaders are Adjusting their Sales Process (Video + Transcript)

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An open discussion with Sam Blond, CSO at Brex, and Kristen Habacht, VPS at Atlassian, about adjusting their sales process during Covid-19. We’re doing everything we possibly can to continue to service our customers and have them have a really positive experience during this time. We can save companies $100,000 on their AWS bill.

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FastSpring at Game Developers Conference 2024!

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The GDC Expo showcases the latest game development tools and services from leading technology companies such as AWS, Epic, and Google. We handle every payment need from subscription management to tax collection, remittance and more so your business can go farther, faster. Schedule a demo now or at GDC 2024 in person!

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How Shopify Implements AI Across Sales and Product with Mike Tamir, Head of AI at Shopify, and Rudina Seseri, Managing Partner at Glasswing Ventures

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You train the models, and it’s an iterative process that requires the right measures and the right data. Historically, Cloud platforms like AWS and Azure help with the sporadic needs of renting a GPU for a few hours for training vs. long-term use, which would cost thousands of dollars. When you train a model, it’s trial and error.

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Join FastSpring at SaaS North 2023!

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It is the largest in-person event in the country—2,000+ attendees, 800+ companies, and 100+ speakers—along with features such as Betakit Keynote Stage, AWS Pitchfest, Workspaces Tradeshow. The conference is jam packed with networking opportunities too! Schedule a demo now or at SaaS North in person!

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A Look Back: “SaaS Metrics Masterclass: Key Business Metrics, Pricing Strategies and Billing Models with Stripe’s Head of France and Southern Europe, Guillaume Princen” (Video + Transcript)

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This is basically designed around there being an intensive human interaction and human process to convince businesses to adopt your tools. High touch sales, on the opposite, since they’re much more human intensive in the process, the sales team is usually a pretty big beating heart of the organization. as a one off flat fee.