SaaStr

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Practice what you preach to your users, and position your business for faster growth by automating these five processes. #1 Wasting over 40 hours a year on tax preparation is the opposite of “lean,” yet the majority of small businesses do it, according to Accounting Today. 1 Sales tax. Your accounting team hasn’t either. 2 Bookkeeping.

Business 331

Business Marketplace as a Service AI Search compliance 331

FastSpring

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Foreign exchange rates, regulatory rules, payment systems, various bank accounts, establishing entities in different countries, and tax collection and remittance are just a few of the concerns you’ll need to stay on top of as your business expands into more countries and regions. Luckily, there is another, much simpler option.

Merchant Services 158

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Outsourcing Services 158

Stax

MAY 20, 2024

When can revenue NOT be counted as revenue? The concept of unearned revenue can easily trip up SaaS companies that offer subscription services and products on a recurring basis. Unlike when selling ordinary products, you cannot recognize the revenue earned from a subscription all at once.

Payment Features 167

Payment Features Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 167

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 24, 2025

For many current large language models, once they are exposed to domain-specific challenges or niche inquiries—like in-depth product troubleshooting or compliance-related questions—they can stumble. Revenue multiples are a shorthand valuation framework. Use cases for fine-tuned AI systems are remarkably diverse.

Enterprise 157

Enterprise AI Cloud Artificial Intelligence 157

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Companies successfully implementing PLG are seeing dramatically lower customer acquisition costs as a percentage of revenue. Plus, these motions are creating more predictable, sticky revenue streams. It’s a fundamental business architecture that requires rethinking your entire customer journey. Who doesn’t want that?

Enterprise readiness 147

Enterprise readiness Enterprise compliance Acquisition 147

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This setup is commonly used in marketplaces, software platforms, or businesses that facilitate payments for a network of sellers, service providers, or smaller businesses. The master merchant simplifies the onboarding process for sub-merchants by handling the complexities of payment integration, security requirements, and compliance.

Merchant Services 130

Merchant Services Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 130

USIO

APRIL 15, 2025

B2B & B2C friendly: Ideal for consumer-to-business, business-to-business, and government disbursements. How Businesses Can Use FedNow Lenders: Fund Loans Faster Problem: Traditional loan disbursements take 13 business days via ACH. FedNow Solution: Instantly disburse funds upon loan approval.

Payments 130

Payments Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 130

USIO

MARCH 21, 2025

From labor and equipment expenses to security risks and inefficiencies, managing this process internally can drain resources and divert attention from core business operations. The time spent on these manual tasks could be better used for revenue-generating activities, strategic financial planning, or customer service.

Payment Features 130

Payment Features Outsourcing Services Payment Services Payments 130

USIO

MAY 16, 2024

Here are some of the most FAQs software companies ask Usio about integrated payments, along with comprehensive answers to help you navigate this critical aspect of your business. Increased Revenue: Offering seamless payment solutions can boost conversion rates and customer retention. Ask about revenue share opportunities.

Payment Services 263

Payment Services Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 263

SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2022

Was it misunderstanding bookings vs. ARR vs. GAAP revenue, was that the issue? Quickly, though, your attention turns to initial traction, your first critical hires, and building out those early business functions. I’ve got my Excel sheet to help me explain to investors, advisers and friends how well revenue will increase.

Finance 334

Finance Outsourcing Services Systems Review Technical Review 334

USIO

MARCH 28, 2025

Traditional methodslike reimbursements, petty cash, and company credit cardsoften come with challenges, from slow processing times to compliance risks and unauthorized spending. Businesses spend an average of 20 minutes processing a single expense report, costing nearly $58 per report.

Merchant Services 130

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 130

Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 12, 2024

From customer expectations, to market trends, to business operations, everything is evolving. Businesses following the right strategies are experiencing a growth boom. Businesses may never know how much revenue might be leaking from overlooked nooks and crannies. After all, no business wants its success to be short lived.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments Revenue 52

Blulogix

DECEMBER 27, 2024

By Inga Broerman Overcoming Revenue Leakage with Smarter Billing Practices Revenue leakage is one of the most insidious challenges subscription-based businesses face. Whether through pricing errors, missed renewals, or incomplete billing processes, these small inefficiencies can add up to significant lost revenue over time.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Revenue Scale Operational efficiency. 52

SaaStr

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Replace manual GRC efforts, reduce costs, and save time preparing for audits and maintaining compliance. Drata is the world’s most advanced security and compliance automation platform with the mission to help companies earn and keep the trust of their users, customers, partners, and prospects.

Scale 55

Scale Onboarding Government compliance 55

Payrix

APRIL 17, 2025

A payment facilitator manages compliance with payment network rules and other financial regulations. This includes verifying the identities of sub-merchants through Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, ensuring PCI compliance for secure handling of payment data , and mitigating risks through fraud or chargebacks.

Payment Services 100

Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Facilitation 100

SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

And when we wrote in 2014 that Box would surely cross $1B in ARR , many at the time didn’t quite get SaaS yet — or the power of recurring revenue. Box went enterprise early to break out from the pack, but it proves that if your app can provide value to businesses of every size, then businesses of every size will still adopt you.

Scale 312

Scale compliance Enterprise Scaling 312

SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2022

Ada is the brand interaction platform that helps you purposefully automate conversations with each customer and employee, saving costs and growing revenue without betraying the brand you promised to be. Duda is the leading web design platform for companies that offer web design services to small businesses.

Cybersecurity 274

Cybersecurity Scale compliance Subscription 274

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Some of the pitfalls that come with unplanned billing migration are faulty revenue reporting, data duplication, and customer churn. Why Businesses Need Billing System Migration There are a number of factors which urge a business to replace its billing system with a more advanced one. The current billing solution is not scalable.

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Payment Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Doing so enables their customers to accept and manage payments for their businesses, all from the same platform. By integrating payments, ISVs can create greater long-term value for their user base and generate new revenue via processing fees. Learn more about the revenue potential for ISVs.

Payments 130

Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions PayFac as a Service 130

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 16, 2024

To run a business is like trying to balance several stacked plates in your hands. Operating a business entails a number of processes like managing products and payments, invoices, customer engagement, revenue, unpaid invoices and much more. A billing software is the ultimate solution to your growing business’s complex needs.

Payment Services 59

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Features SaaS Payments 59

SaaStr

DECEMBER 15, 2022

A-LIGN is a technology-enabled security and compliance partner that helps global organizations take a strategic approach to confidently mitigate cybersecurity risks. Captivate Talent connects revenue talent with disruptive SaaS companies. Subskribe is the adaptive CPQ, billing, and revenue platform for modern SaaS companies.

Cybersecurity 49

Cybersecurity Data compliance AI 49

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 11, 2023

First, revenue is fuel. In the last ten years, with capital nearly freely available, many companies have decreased the priority of generating revenue, especially those using product-led growth techniques. The first is the clear demand from customers seeking security & compliance features.

Benchmarks 309

Benchmarks compliance Engineering Pricing 309

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

With the rise of Embedded Payments, payment processors have a new role as a powerful sales tool for software companies that strive to become the everything platform empowering them with essential digital finance tools to manage and grow their business as well as generate new revenue streams. Learn more about Embedded Finance.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Payments Merchant Services Payment Methods 130

SaaStr

JUNE 22, 2023

With an intuitive product experience, founders can access free checking and savings accounts, debit and credit cards, domestic and international wire transfers, treasury, venture debt, and more — and manage their business with confidence. At Rattle , we are redefining the way revenue teams and leaders interact with their go-to-market systems!

Scale 244

Scale Banking compliance Forecasting 244

SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2023

Businesses spend big money on tools they believe are indispensable to their operations and success. Many net-new purchases are for data security, compliance, risk management, and AI-powered tools. Compliance : The cost of GDPR compliance has totaled around $9B globally since its introduction. The bottom Line?

VP of Engineering 298

VP of Engineering Trends Cybersecurity Sales Hiring 298

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

By BluLogix Team How Intelligent Revenue Management Transforms Business Growth Introduction Revenue management has evolved far beyond simple invoicing and billing. Businesses that fail to adopt intelligent revenue management solutions risk revenue leakage, inaccurate forecasting, compliance risks, and operational inefficiencies.

Payment Features 40

Payment Features Revenue Management Business 40

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

No matter how innovative a product might be, a business can only succeed if it enables its customers. But, as a business grows, teams may find that this success hinges on overcoming one final hurdle: building a financial stack. What makes a SaaS business so hard? Rise of subscription-based business models.

Payment Features 262

Payment Features Payment Services Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 262

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Jirav is an all-in-one financial planning and analysis (FP&A) solution that delivers smarter financials and faster insights, helping you understand where your business has been and more accurately predict where you’re going. Schellman is a leading provider of attestation and compliance services. appeared first on SaaStr.

compliance 278

compliance Forecasting AI Onboarding 278

Blulogix

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By BluLogix Team Best Practices for Revenue Management What are the best practices for effective revenue management to support growth and profitability? Schedule a demo with a BluLogix billing expert today and take the first step towards revolutionizing your revenue management.

Revenue 52

Revenue Management Underperforming Technical Team compliance 52

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

Subscribe now ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) vs ERR (Experimental Runrate Revenue) ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) is one of the most popular SaaS (Non-GAAP) metrics. In it's truest form, ARR is used by pure SaaS business models to describe the aggregate annual value of the entire customer set.

AI 190

AI Cloud Revenue Technical Advisors 190

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

There were also quite a few questions around cost and compliance. And on the latter - there will be more guardrails and structure in place to appease some of the compliance questions. Revenue multiples are a shorthand valuation framework. This year, there was tons of experimentation. Overall Stats: Overall Median: 5.8x

AWS 299

AWS Cloud AI Search Cost optimization & reporting 299

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Gainsig ht works to help businesses build deep and lasting relationships with their customers through their very own Customer Success platform. This platform allows customer-centric businesses to deliver exceptional ex periences everyday. Conga eliminates the business bottlenecks through their Digital Document Transformation solutions.

Scale 298

Scale Scaling Outsourced Development compliance 298

Scytale

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With Scytale’s compliance automation platform, MSPs can seamlessly scale compliance offerings to their clients, increase efficiency, and improve customer satisfaction. However, attempting to manage compliance at scale can be overwhelming as well as resource-intensive.

compliance 52

compliance Management AWS Innovation 52

SaaStr

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Organic search is the single most important channel for growing your business, but the tech and tactics in the space are over two decades old. They help B2B SaaS marketers turn organic search into a source of repeatable revenue through software and coaching. Join these incredible companies to experience all the value of SaaStr!

Payment Features 262

Payment Features Payment Services Payments Sales Hiring 262

Payrix

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In the latest episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, host Ian Hillis sits down with Candice Raybourn, Head of Partner Activation at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, to discuss the crucial topic of PCI compliance. Candice underscores the financial and reputational risks associated with non-compliance. is essential.

Payment Services 113

Payment Services Merchant Services Payments compliance 113

SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2021

So, who better than to help dish on their tactics for increasing revenue than two top Chief Revenue Officers? Mark Waylan is the Chief Revenue Officer at Box. Anne and Amanda will be leading a step-by-step guide on How to Increase Revenue and Grow Your Customer Base by 10x Through the Power of Self-Serve and Direct Sales.

Scale 284

Scale Scaling SMB compliance 284

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

They demonstrate spectacular growth and expansion while revolutionizing and disrupting industries with new business models. Atlassian’s Chief Revenue Officer, Cameron Deatsch, walks us through how Atlassian grew over the course of 20 years and became one of the most successful startups today. How Atlassian does business .

Scale 264

Scale Scaling Marketplace as a Service Entrepreneurship 264