SaaStr

MARCH 26, 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. Know who is the foundation of your product and build your product for that user (in Stripe’s case, developers). I’m an execution person.

Scale 162

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 162

Neil Patel

APRIL 12, 2021

If you do it right, you could benefit from a loyal customer base, regular billing, predictable financials, and enhanced brand profile. Develop a Business Plan. Next, determine your target consumer, meaning the person who needs that problem solved. Personalized Subscription Boxes. Why Should You Launch a Subscription Box?

Outsourcing Services 123

Outsourcing Services Payment Methods Subscription Payment Features 123

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop? Moving forward in your career, avoid the trap of doing work that feels high-impact, but it’s actually not , or work that makes you look good at the expense of the project and the team. How do people move into staff engineering roles?

Technical Review 274

Technical Review Leadership VP of Engineering CTO Coach 274

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As the Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at WP Engine , Carl has worked on many acquisitions and partnerships, including brands like Flywheel, Perfect Dashboard, Block Lab, and recently, Delicious Brains. What factors beyond financials makes a target even more valuable. Jump to highlights.

Software Review 128

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Branding 128

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The bad news is that marketers waste 37 to 95 percent of their marketing budget. You’ll want to break each of these areas down in enough detail so you (and your team) can work with each of these areas properly. ” Goals like increasing customer trust or improving brand reputation are examples of qualitative goals.

Underperforming Technical Team 145

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Development Payment Methods 145

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

The fastest growing software companies in recent years all have something in common – they started with little to no sales team. Yes, Slack started off with no sales team. Yes, Dropbox started off with no traditional sales team. billion in revenue) so it’s safe to say Jeanne and her team have helped do exactly that.

Scale 162

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Payment Services 162

FastSpring

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Barriers are anything that stop a buyer from converting, such as website usability, solution fit, or pricing. But he explains that what happens on the website is such a small and early part of the entire customer relationship. For many companies, that’s a very long way from when you actually get any money from them.”

Payment Methods 161

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 161

FastSpring

JANUARY 31, 2023

To help you choose between Stripe vs. Paddle vs. FastSpring, this guide compares: What areas of the payment lifecycle each one provides a solution for (e.g., payment processing, gathering and remitting taxes, and subscription management) and what additional software you’ll need to add to your tech stack.

Payment Services 112

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Software Review 112

How To Buy Saas

JANUARY 1, 2021

Online learning is a new trend which we are have encountered by now. Online learning and course are expected to rise with time and see a figure of $325 billion by 2025. Well, that’s enough to motivate yourself to start creating your first course using the best online course platforms. Why Choose an Online Course Platform?

Payment Methods 98

Payment Methods Payments Payment Solutions Marketplace as a Service 98

Buffer Resources

JANUARY 15, 2024

Inaccurate, packed with "filler," or completely AI-generated — bad B2B (business-to-business) content is easy to spot and even easier to find online. This article includes their advice for any B2B brand looking to get real results from content marketing , plus nine must-haves for B2B content to be considered good. 

B2B 140

B2B Technical Advisors SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 140

Stax

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In the new, digital era of payment management and shopping, protecting customer data is a top priority. Each requirement plays a critical role in building a secure environment for payment processing. Failing to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard can have a number of severe consequences for a business.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods compliance 88

FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

As the VP and General Manager of the Stardock Software division, Brad led his team through this process and has learned some valuable lessons about doing it as strategically and easily as possible. FastSpring’s subscription management features include: Trial management (with or without payment method, and free or paid trials).

Payments 123

Payments SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 123

Neil Patel

MAY 3, 2021

It’s more likely to be UX design or software development. With the internet and software playing such an essential part in our lives, more and more skilled programmers are needed to develop and maintain the tools we need to thrive. The more knowledge you have about how the technology your brand runs on works, the better.

Payment Methods 108

Payment Methods Cybersecurity Payment Solutions Artificial Intelligence 108

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 13, 2020

It turns a really inefficient workflow into a streamlined process with tools to identify, sort, tag, and store all kinds of file types. Making great looking, on-brand, up-to-date content of any kind is hard. Plus, with prior versions logged, changes to documents can be examined and the original can be restored if something bad happens.

Payment Solutions 145

Payment Solutions Payment Services Software Review Software 145

Neil Patel

JANUARY 21, 2021

Wrike also makes collaboration seamless with shared calendars, file sharing, and team reports time tracking. Their free version includes unlimited tasks per team, projects in the board or list view, unlimited file storage, an activity log, and more. Bootstrapping Tools to Create a Website. Other Bootstrap Website Builders.

Payment Methods 110

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Outsourcing Services Payments 110

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Think about what you could be doing to bring more diversity into your teams and be more inclusive as a company, and go actively out of your way in order to achieve set goals. I usually do them with Paul or people from the product teams – it’s much more fun to be on a podcast with your boss. Be open-minded.

Payment Solutions 209

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring 209

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. If you truly want to be a better leader, better salesperson , better speaker, better writer, or just a better person, you need to study the craft. Selling to Big Companies. The Pirate’s Guide to Sales. B2B Is Really P2P.

Scale 143

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 143

Neil Patel

APRIL 5, 2023

It offers an easy way to stay in the loop about what’s happening in their industry or with their favorite brands. However, verified website owners can get free access to a comprehensive set of Webmaster Tools , including backlink analysis. Type in a website of your choice. Paid subscriptions start from $119.95

Payment Methods 133

Payment Methods Social Media Payment Services AI Search 133

SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2019

” The whole point of building a corporation, is not having personal liability attached to it. So, there’s all these people who are just using debit cards, and just walking around with debit cards with 120 000 in the bank, or just using their personal card for all these things. We know a lot about payments.

Sales Hiring 215

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Payment Methods 215

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

As Head of Sales for Spendesk, Nico was initially inspired by the vision of founder Rodolphe Ardant who had spotted a gap for ‘spend management’ in the B2B market based on personal banking trends. So they created a software that provides control, visibility, and payment methods for corporate finance teams.

Scale 162

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Marketing 162

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

With so many SAAS getting visibility in online marketplaces, we found that new saas businesses are struggling hard to make it to the right set of customers. In saas marketing, you generally use online marketing strategies to generate more leads and conversions in your saas business. Setup Pricing model and payment gateways.

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Growth Hacking Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 105

Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

The period refers to a month or year depending on which payment option you offer or which of them is more popular. 1 Focus on creating a brand, not just a company. Though not connected directly, brand perception influences people’s decision on whether to stay with this company or walk away. How to reduce SaaS churn rate? #1

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Churn Payment Services 105

FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

From leading sales at Zillow to brand strategy at Tumblr to revenue at FiscalNote (a global policy platform), Justin Scott started noticing a trend. Thanks to massive technological advances happening in big data and AI, Justin saw new possibilities for improved user experiences with a brand. What are the values of the brand?

Payment Methods 115

Payment Methods Marketing Payments SaaS Payments 115

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.

Churn 145

Churn Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 145

Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

But if you’re a B2B solution, there’s a high likelihood that businesses will be interested in being able to accept customer payments, rather than just sending them a PayPal link or to a generic payment gateway. How do you add payment processing capabilities to your software? By partnering with a trusted SaaS billing platform.

Payments 88

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Merchant Services 88

SaaStr

AUGUST 5, 2020

Today She discusses how everything is changing in the current climate, the rise of war-time founders, having teams work remote, and the supply-chain reimagined. Timelines’ longer for fundraising for closing customers and payments get delayed. Lan Xuezhao is the Founding Partner at Basis Set Ventures. What does this mean?

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Payment Methods Travel Development Team Review 172

Sales Hacker

MAY 22, 2020

And the vast majority of people think they’re bad for business and branding. If someone’s already bored on your website and wants to leave it, why is it bad to give it another shot and try to catch their attention before they leave? It’s triggered when the website visitor wants to leave your website.

Payment Methods 122

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Sales Payment Services 122

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

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

We also show you how to personalize your billing practices with advice from our experience working with thousands of SaaS businesses. The person using your SaaS product may not have access to the credit card used to sign up. He then sent out a link to this page inside payment failure notification emails.

Merchant Services 110

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 110

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Develop a Full Marketing Strategy 2. An example of synergy could be an ecommerce brand aggregator acquiring an ecommerce tool to scale the primary business. A recent example of this is Instacart acquiring Caper AI for $350 million to streamline the online shopping experience. Transferability 2. Sustainability 3.

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 105

FastSpring

JUNE 11, 2024

FastSpring provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, video game, and other digital goods businesses, including software management, VAT and sales tax management, global payments, and consumer support. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. I love that.

Sales Recruiting 113

Sales Recruiting Software Review Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 113

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

From strategies in recruitment and team building to sales tactics, these leaders from Salesforce, nCino, and Vlocity, will discuss the top tips for moving beyond horizontal SaaS and building a billion-dollar SaaS company. David, you talked a bit about the team and the founders. David Schmaier: Sure. Matt Garratt: Thank you.

Payment Solutions 188

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 188

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Renaud Visage, Co-Founder of Eventbrite, and Romain Huet, Head of Developer Relations at Stripe, know what it takes to effectively evolve your offering into a platform without losing what made offering appealing in the first place. Romain Huet | Head of Developer Relations @ Stripe. Want to see more content like this?

Payments 151

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 151

User Pilot

APRIL 15, 2024

Generic support without any personalization. Steps to eliminate customer pain points: Offer personalization with omnichannel support. Based on this, you can optimize your support channels and resources to provide proactive and personalized customer support. Delayed replies to user queries. Users stuck in AI response loops.

Communication 90

Communication SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 90

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

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 17, 2018

In this guide, I will teach you the fundamentals of Lead Qualification for inbound and outbound sales development, and give you actionable steps you can take to maximize your Revenue per Lead. Sales and Marketing Alignment is a trending topic and the role of Sales Development has been growing fast. What Is Lead Qualification?

Scale 92

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Payment Methods Sales Hiring 92

Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

Once you understand how to create a fair compensation plan for your sales team, you can check out some examples: Sales Development Rep (SDR) Compensation Plan Example. This is what the person would be paid annually and it has two elements; a base salary and a sales incentive held against sales, also known as variable pay.

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Compensation Sales Hiring Development Team Review Sales Recruiting 104