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Dear SaaStr: What’s It Like Being Beaten Up by Investors?

SaaStr

For example, I recently sat through a pitch where the VCs beat up the founder of a browser-centric product for not having a native mobile app. But as a compliance application, we found that at least for today, it decreased compliance when the end user had to download the app. His response?

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The Keys to Getting to $500M ARR In Just 7 Years with Attentive’s CEO

SaaStr

Everyone knew mobile commerce was exploding (from 15% in 2014 to 75% in 2024), but reaching customers on mobile was broken. Because while the payment problem was solved, the marketing side of mobile commerce remained broken. CEO Amit Jhawar joined us at SaaStr Annual for a deep dive: 1.

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Approaching Half a Million Customers: How to Win in SMB with BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte

SaaStr

A mobile phone is their dominant source of managing business activities. The mobile phone user has the highest NPS as a BILL user because it’s super simple and easy, and the clerk does all the data entry, pulling everything in and managing it. With SMBs, the smallest business is owner-operated.

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FastSpring Announces Partnership With Nexus to Help Game Publishers Quickly Succeed With D2C

FastSpring

The companies have integrated FastSpring’s global localized payments and compliance platform with Nexus’ industry leading creator-powered web shops. A global payments & compliance orchestration platform that will allow your players to transact in the currencies and local payment methods that work best for them.

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Videos: D2C Web Shops for Mobile Games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

FastSpring

As part of our participation in the packed two-day event, CMO David Vogelpohl represented FastSpring in two informative and collaborative sessions: Keynote presentation with CEO of Nexus Justin Sacks: “How to Actually Succeed With D2C Web Shops for Mobile Games.” Get more details and watch videos of the sessions below.

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Easy Cross Border Transactions With FastSpring as Your MoR

FastSpring

How FastSpring drastically simplifies the entire cross border payments process for SaaS, software, mobile game, and other digital product businesses. Why cross border payments are so complicated, even with typical payment providers. FastSpring handles the entire payment process from checkout to remitting end-of-year taxes for SaaS companies.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower SaaS

” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?” Are you targeting desktop, tablet, or mobile? Most new sites need to account for mobile delivery – but on the other hand, not every MVP needs both desktop and mobile versions. Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app?