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

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in revenue. Then, in 2017, with around $50M in revenue, BILL added payment capabilities. Businesses take time to adopt, unlike consumers who joined TikTok by the tens of millions. If you screw up one payment, customers are going to be angry. Be prepared for that if you move peoples’ money as a business.

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The Challenge with SMB SaaS: High Growth Can Only Mask High Churn For Just So Long

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So in theory, SMB SaaS is better than enterprise, at least 9 times out of 10: Deals close much faster. Customers don’t expect as much in terms of security, compliance, etc. But beyond all the other Pros and Cons of SMB vs enterprise, there’s one looming issue with SMB SaaS: Churn. It started very SMB.

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The Ultimate Guide to Ecommerce Payment Solutions

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But launching your eCommerce store is just half the equationaccepting payments efficiently and effectively is a whole different ball game. On the surface, it seems effortless, with customers only taking a few seconds to initiate and complete payments. The eCommerce payment solution infrastructure involves several key players.

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How to Cross 500,000 SMB Customers with Bill’s Founder CEO Rene Lacerte

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SMB customers. Regulatory compliance can be a moat, not just overhead Spending five years securing money transmitter licenses across 50 states created a significant barrier to entry that competitors can’t easily replicate. The compliance risk is significant,” Ren says. From Zero to $1.4 ” 2. .

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PCI explained: Why every platform should prioritize compliance | Episode 42

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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.

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Top 10 Learnings about Free Trials with Tomasz Tunguz (Video + Transcript)

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To give you a sense of the distribution, by ARR, of the 600 or so respondents, about two-thirds of them are 5 million in ARR or under, but we had five or six different companies that were publicly traded well north of 100 million, who are using free trial in order to continue to grow their businesses. What does this mean?

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What is a Payment Management System?

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SMB owners wear many hats, managing everything from staff to sales. Adding to the already tough job of managing a small or medium business is the complex task of understanding how payment processing works, including managing the fees, equipment, accounts payable and more. Learn More What is a Payment Management System?