Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 3, 2021

And so, now’s the time to start thinking about accelerating our business strategies and grabbing the opportunities it brings. Now that the worst seems to be over, what exactly should your strategy look like? But if the strategy was good to begin with, keep at it. How can we accelerate our current strategy? Paul: Yeah.

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SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2023

They review the changing market, buyer trends, and tips for the road ahead. Software that is difficult or time-consuming to remove is more likely to be purchased and renewed. Oates explains, “Software that supports critical infrastructure will continue to be purchased and renewed, year-over-year.” Why is this?

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Payrix

APRIL 10, 2024

Your product is your bread and butter, and as a verticalized software company, you know just how important a tailored, industry-specific application is to your end user. User experience has become a cornerstone in shaping the world of SaaS.

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Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 130

Scytale

DECEMBER 3, 2024

When it comes to keeping your business secure and meeting regulatory requirements, two big concepts often pop up: penetration testing and compliance audits. Beyond compliance, it simply makes good business sense. What are Compliance Audits? Both are essential, but they’re not the same thing. Sounds intimidating, right?

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Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

Theyre easy to integrate and set up, with the host taking care of data security measures, including PCI compliance and fraud protection. On top of PCI compliance, you might have to pay extra for SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certification. Just like self-hosted gateways, merchants using API-based solutions are responsible for security.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 88

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In this episode of Growth Stage, Carl will dives into his experience running acquisitions of SMB software businesses, including: His thoughts on what makes a software company a good target for an acquisition by a brand. And then we’ll get into a little bit of the strategy discussions we talked about a minute ago.

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Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

To choose the right payment processing solution for your business, you need to evaluate your business needs, evaluate security and compliance standards, and evaluate different payment processors based on pricing, features, customer support, and scalability. Talk to sales What is a Payment Processing System?

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FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Note: Our SaaS billing software can support all common SaaS subscription billing models. Offering tiers is the most common SaaS pricing strategy that enables customers to scale with you, as well as customize options. This is a psychological strategy called “anchoring,” and it can be extremely effective. Learn more here.

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BetterCloud

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The rapid rise of software has brought incredible flexibility and innovation, but it also creates new challenges. Without a clear strategy and a system in place, your organization can quickly become a victim of SaaS sprawl – a chaotic landscape of redundant subscriptions, hidden costs, and potential security risks.

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Stax

AUGUST 22, 2024

In this article, we’ll discuss what SaaS companies looking to become payment facilitators need to know about risk management strategies. PayFacs handle risk assessment, underwriting, settling of funds, compliance, and chargebacks which exposes them to greater potential risks. The due diligence doesn’t stop at onboarding.

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BetterCloud

APRIL 3, 2025

Software licenses: they’re essential, but often, they’re bleeding your budget dry. We’ll cut through the confusion and show you how to turn software waste into significant savings. Decentralized purchasing When departments or individuals purchase software independently, there’s a lack of centralized control.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

If you’re not sure how to kickstart growth for your digital products or software business in Asia, listen or watch now! In simple terms, we handle everything from payments to fraud management, to custom support and tax compliance, so that sellers can focus on growing their business. Jump to video. | Jump to transcript.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 5, 2020

These are just two of the reasons that any business looking to grow should get auto dialer software. Here are the top six auto dialer software options on the market. The Top 6 Options For Auto Dialer Software. How to Choose the Best Auto Dialer Software for You. Compliance. Managers get real-time KPIs at a glance.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Gamification onboarding and the right user onboarding software can turn your product experience into something enjoyable. Onboarding gamification is a strategy that uses game design elements, like points, badges, or progress bars, to motivate users to take action during the onboarding process. What is onboarding gamification?

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Interested in learning more about software-led payments or joining the current Embedded Payments conversations in your organization? Card acceptor business code A four-digit numerical representation of the type of business in which the card acceptor (merchant) engages. Youve come to the right place.

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BetterCloud

MARCH 17, 2025

SaaS budgeting is the process of planning, allocating, and managing financial resources for acquiring and using Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions within an organization. Whether youre new to SaaS budgeting or youre a seasoned pro, theres always something to learn about the best ways to buy software. What is SaaS budgeting?

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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.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

Instead, due to a decade-long exodus from Wall Street, the strategic CFO has burst onto the tech scene. In a fascinating workshop session, Miao shares his thoughts on how finance teams can contribute to company strategy and grow revenue. Growth Strategy Identify and implement new growth opportunities and revenue streams.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 9, 2022

SaaS billing software automates one or more of the various aspects of the recurring billing process — payment processing, fulfillment, dunning, and more. With many payment processors, you’ll need additional software to manage complex recurring payments, taxes, chargebacks, dunning, and more. 3 Subscription Management Software.

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User Pilot

MARCH 30, 2025

But is your mobile user acquisition strategy strong enough? The odds are inherently against you, and without a proactive marketing strategy, youre turning those odds into impossibilities. There are many ways to approach each, so lets go over nine of the most effective strategies for mobile user acquisition: 1.

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Scytale

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

These companies come into contact with lots of sensitive data in one way or another and so, data security compliance has pretty much become a must in this digital and tech day and age. A careful compliance strategy is non-negotiable for SaaS businesses. However, successful compliance management doesn’t just happen.

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BetterCloud

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Want to get the most bang for your software buck? It’s all about smart vendor management basically, teaming up with your software providers so everyone wins. With software spending to continue to grow at a CAGR of 13.5% Think of vendor management as a partnership with the companies you get your software from.

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Stax

JANUARY 8, 2024

Not only must PayFacs safeguard themselves and their clients against potential threats like fraud or cybersecurity breaches but also ensure PCI compliance , customer due diligence, and adherence to card regulations. Let’s get started. The potential impact of failed or inadequate internal systems, processes, procedures, etc.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The fourth quarter is the most important quarter for software companies around the world. . We confirmed this by reviewing sales data from over 300 SaaS and software companies that use our billing platform. In November, software companies see 11% to 24% over the average monthly revenue. Average US SaaS and Software Sales.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 1, 2019

This week, I invited Michael to come on the show and tell us about their growth strategy. Michael and his team created a lucrative reward system for startups , which they were able to do through group purchasing (taking advantage of a vertical that allowed them to buy software packages). Is that part of the strategy as well?

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Payrix

APRIL 3, 2024

We know it and you do too – Embedded Payments are growing in popularity among software companies. You as the software company make an agreement with a payment processor to become one of their referral partner s. At a very high level, a referral partnership is an integrated payments model. What is a PayFac® developer?

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Scytale

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Whether you’re a new entrepreneur in the software industry, scaling your startup, or a seasoned SaaS provider, securing a SOC 3 audit report can be a game-changer for your business , helping you strengthen customer trust while demonstrating your unwavering commitment to data security. The good news? What is a SOC 3 Report?

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BetterCloud

MARCH 7, 2025

Compliance: Many industries have strict compliance requirements. Its not always a standalone application; it can be integrated into existing software, making it harder to detect. Making room in the software budget for AI The rising tide of AI adoption is inevitably forcing organizations to re-evaluate their software budgets.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

An applicant tracking software , also known as ATS software, can help businesses reach a wider pool of qualified applicants as well as manage data from various sources – all at a single platform. This software is used by departments and hiring managers to carry out internal hiring. ATS Software Type.

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Payrix

AUGUST 28, 2024

million in 2022, according to the latest data released by the Federal Trade Commission , ensuring that your software platform has the proper payment fraud prevention and detection measures in place before launching payments to your users is essential to protecting your organization and customers. With the number of fraud claims reaching 2.4

Merchant Services 100

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User Pilot

MARCH 9, 2025

According to Harvard Business Review, 80% of new products fail, primarily because companies fail to conduct proper customer research. For instance, qualitative data calls for content analysis or thematic coding, whereas quantitative data requires statistical methods. For starters, it shows you dont know your customers well enough.

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Stax

JANUARY 28, 2025

Once they tap the button to initiate a payment, the one-click checkout system will send a one-time passcode to a pre-registered device and complete the transaction once the code is inputted. Your testing should check for security compliance, technical performance, and mobile responsiveness.

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Scytale

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

So, in the spirit of saving (time and money), let’s cut to the chase – what’s the cost of compliance? This includes the cost of productivity to get (and stay) compliant and the practical requirements related to ISO 27001 compliance. The ISO 27001 Bible Everything you need to know about ISO 27001 compliance.

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Payrix

APRIL 2, 2024

A comprehensive Embedded Payments strategy isn’t complete without value added services. But, as a software platform, what value added services should you be considering? This episode is Part 3 of a multi-episode series on how to build a successful Embedded Payments strategy. Did you miss Part 1 and Part 2?

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Stax

JANUARY 15, 2024

Learn how to achieve payment processing compliance when surcharging to improve your company’s financial stability and reputation. PCI DSS compliance, a global framework, mandates specific requirements and best practices for maintaining credit card data security. Consumers pay more for the convenience. Interchange fee management.

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Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Here are some predictions for 2019 and a review of my thoughts for 2018, many of which were wrong. There were no VPs of CS in most software businesses. Software M&A volume neared $100B, almost 3x better than any year in the past seven. The M&A market slows meaningfully , especially at the multi-billion dollar level.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 26, 2021

To make this more efficient, use software like Expensify, which does all the work , keeping your expenses organized and recorded so you can focus on the things that really matter for your small business. Speaking of letting software handle your paperwork, you can extend this to other areas of your business for stellar results.

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