SaaStr

JUNE 4, 2021

Pomel focused his session on: Making your SaaS startup customer-centric: Hw event marketing has helped him integrate his engineering and sales teams. How many of you guys’ product rely on the highly functioning engineering team? Helping the engineering teams run smoothly and being super productive thanks to mentoring.

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SaaStr

JULY 1, 2021

The second is pulling more around values, and how we approached team building. Even as a three person team, we went through an exercise to figure out what do we stand for, as a team? Sam : This is not my insight, but someone else says… I really do believe it, that the team you build is the company you build.

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SaaStr

JUNE 21, 2024

These nine sales concepts, when done correctly, will greatly improve your sales and sales teams. #1: Most people think you need to hire more salespeople in a demand-poor environment. Demand-poor environments lead to problems like: Sales reps clinging on to opportunities for too long. That’s the wrong answer.

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User Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

The survey aims to better understand users workflows and help prioritize product development initiatives, like new integrations, that add the most value to its users. Key takeaways from this example Multimedia support adds clarity: Allowing users to attach screenshots or videos ensures developers get precise insights into user challenges.

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Stax

APRIL 15, 2025

There are some important variations to MRR that would be good for your sales team to be aware of, including new MRR, expansion MRR, and churn MRR. It can help forecast future revenue, keep on top of performance of various customer segments, and measure customer retention and churn.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2024

How do you diagnose and solve churn? How should you handle presenting challenges to your C-suite team when you’ve just joined the company? Lattice had a product-led growth flow on the website while the sales team was still trying to sell the PLG companies The good news is Lattice had a lot of activity and initiatives at play.

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FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

In the language of SaaS, I churned. And the experience got me thinking: Was immediate removal of paid features the best chance to keep me from churning? When did I officially count as “churned”? Did they count me as churned on the day I canceled? In part one, we cover benchmarks and common churn formulas.

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SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

Jason Lemkin: You certainly can hire a whole content team and build 10,000 pieces of content, but I will tell you what I have always seen work is one incredible piece a week. Jason Lemkin: But usually your teams can’t do that. So you’re going to need at least three of those in the sales ops team. This always works.

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Chaotic Flow

AUGUST 18, 2015

SaaS businesses develop intimate, long term relationships with their SaaS customers. Churn Starts on Day One. As the future unfolds, the value of that investment has little correlation to the price that you paid. It begins, because churn starts on day one. In fact, many public SaaS companies have yet to turn a profit.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Shopify is a huge opportunity for developers looking to expand into the micro-SaaS space. The Shopify App Store brings together Shopify app developers and Shopify shop owners for their mutual benefit. Why you need to track business metrics for Shopify App Developers 10 business metrics for Shopify App Developers 1.

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SaaStr

JULY 29, 2019

What Order Should You Hire Your Management Team In? #4. But if you don’t need it, and the price isn’t super high, you’ll likely regret the dilution later. Too many founders raise too little because they think they can raise more, at a higher price, later. And less churn. That you will never reget.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 4, 2020

A sales dashboard gives your team a fast and efficient way to see all the data that is most important to doing their job effectively. Most customer relationship management (CRM) tools have the built-in ability to create dashboards for your team. Your dashboard should consist of KPIs or metrics that define success for you and your team.

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

Turns out a founding team of six MBAs creating a full suite of products sold solely to SMBs can become a multi-million dollar public company in nine years – and continue growing rapidly ($77.6 Dharmesh : …said, “This is a very bad idea. ” “Yep, we need a price.” million in 2013 to $115.9

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User Pilot

APRIL 2, 2025

In this article, I’ll show you how Userpilot helps product teams cut through the noise and understand what really matters in mobile user behavior: no data science degree required. The platform’s code-free implementation makes it accessible for product managers who want insights without constantly relying on developers.

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Kellblog

JULY 8, 2020

Mark’s a seasoned startup executive, he’s go-to-market oriented, and he has some large-company chops that he developed earlier in his career. Expecting the sales leader to figure out positioning and pricing. DK: a lot of CEOs and boards wait too long in denial on a bad VP of Sales hire.

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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. Are you focusing your attention on a specific niche, i.e., affluent travelers, price-conscious fashion aficionados?

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User Pilot

MARCH 25, 2024

TL;DR Customer attrition or customer churn is the loss of a customer(s) by a business. Understanding and limiting customer churn improves customer loyalty and the customer’s lifetime value. To calculate the churn rate, divide the number of customers lost by the total number of customers at the beginning of that period.

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Totango

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

To make it to the Super Bowl, a football team must have two things: a strong defense and a strategic offense. The defense maintains a good field position and prevents the opposing team from scoring points, while the offense orchestrates smart plays to gain additional yards and score points. Calculate it!

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Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

This article will answer the main questions that SaaS founders and market ers have about losing SaaS customers, in other words, user churn: What is SaaS churn definition and why lowering it matt ers? How to calculate this metric and what’s the average SaaS churn rate? How can Sa aS companies reduce its churn rate?

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Reasons for customer dissatisfaction: Your product feels like it’s not fully developed. The price is too high compared to the value it delivers. Different factors can lead to customer dissatisfaction – bad products, bad service, high prices, or something else. What leads to customer dissatisfaction.

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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. Prepare for renewals with value adds to reduce churn. Integrating customer-facing subscription management tools on your own site.

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Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

This is what SaaS applications call “user churn,” and it can affect their monthly recurring revenue (MRR) , as well as their annual recurring revenue (ARR). Churn rate. Churn is the percentage of customers that end their subscriptions within a certain amount of time. Customer lifetime value.

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User Pilot

MARCH 9, 2023

In this article, we’ll discuss customer attrition in depth and discuss the strategies you can use to reduce churn and increase customer retention and loyalty. TL;DR Customer attrition, also known as customer churn , takes place when customers leave your product or service. What is customer attrition?

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SaaStr

JULY 29, 2022

And we’re about to add basically a team collaboration tier on top of the product. The second question is more about, given that we’re basically users would be self qualifying into team management offering like a project management, et cetera. And you have to allow that, in fact, you have to support that in your sales team.

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Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Operational Weaknesses The biggest cause of revenue leakage is the operational inefficiencies which occur behind transaction processes. Manual weaknesses can entail something as basic as putting an incorrect total amount on a customer’s invoice. Payment Declines Payment failures lead to inevitable customer churn.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 23, 2019

A literal downfall, in poor Icarus’s case, after his wings melted mid-flight. Their success blinds them to the hidden dangers every SaaS company faces—dangers like high customer churn. Thankfully, you don’t need to end up like poor Icarus. Customers are far more likely to churn before achieving their first success.

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Incredo

OCTOBER 17, 2019

is like asking “how expensive should I price my SaaS product?” For your sales team members, this approach may be beneficial because they are more independent and working schedule is flexible. You exclude development, support, marketing and other costs and pay commission only based on the amount of net revenue.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 18, 2021

Customer exit interviews, when properly structured and executed, provide a unique chance to dig deep and discover valuable information which can lead to actionable churn-preventing insights. Anita Toth, Chief Churn Crusher, joined us for a webinar to discuss how to: Conduct killer customer exit interviews. Q&A Recap. A: It is hard.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Each of the companies Jon worked with lowered churn by creating a better notification process, including a reminder about their renewal six weeks prior to the billing cycle. In this piece, we offer seven case studies from SaaS companies — small tweaks they made to reduce churn and increase customer LTV. Small things matter,” Jon added.

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Chart Mogul

MAY 30, 2019

Ingmar, our VP of Customer Success, and our support team cracked the code on first response time and measuring NPS. Keenly aware of the effects of churn , we agreed to implement a more formal plan to proactively engage and learn from our key accounts. Determine what your success framework should include — what does this team own?

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How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Effective sales teams are also 81% more likely to be consistent CRM users , underscoring how vital these systems are for success. HubSpot across features, ease of use, pricing, use cases, and more so you can determine which CRM is the right fit for your organization. Great for inbound marketing teams and fast-growing businesses.

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User Pilot

MARCH 11, 2024

Looking for an effective churn analytics tool and wondering if Mixpanel is the best option for your SaaS company? In this article, we’ll delve into precisely that – helping you determine whether Mixpanel is the ideal choice for your churn analytics needs. Looking for a Better Alternative for Churn Analytics? Try Userpilot!

Software Review 52

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Incredo

OCTOBER 17, 2019

is like asking “how expensive should I price my SaaS product?” For your sales team members, this approach may be beneficial because they are more independent and working schedule is flexible. You exclude development, support, marketing and other costs and pay commission only based on the amount of net revenue.

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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. “Well, fintech might be bad in the margins for me, but I can actually profit from this so let’s embrace it.”

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User Pilot

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In the competitive world of SaaS products, product positioning is definitely something your product marketing team can’t afford to ignore. There is a range of product positioning strategies based on factors such as product characteristics, pricing, quality/prestige, use/application, or competitors. Why is product positioning important?

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 11, 2021

Follow this up by building your team and finding a location if you’re opening a physical store. After all, your customers would prefer more of a good thing and less of a bad thing. What is the price that customers are willing to pay for products and services in your market? Solve a problem you identify.

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Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This article will walk you through a full Stripe vs. Zuora comparison including features, pricing, user reviews, and more. Stripe vs. Zuora: Features Stripe vs. Zuora: Pricing Stripe vs. Zuora: Reviews Stripe vs. Zuora: The Bottom Line Conclusion. Get deep insights into churn, LTV, MRR and more to grow your business.

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