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Merchant Underwriting: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It’s Important

Stax

The merchant underwriting process is a critical step that payment processors and financial institutions use to assess the risk associated with onboarding new businesses. Key steps include application review, risk assessment, credit checks, and compliance verification. Learn More What is Merchant Account Underwriting?

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What Brands Look for When Considering Acquiring Software Companies

FastSpring

As the Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at WP Engine , Carl has worked on many acquisitions and partnerships, including brands like Flywheel, Perfect Dashboard, Block Lab, and recently, Delicious Brains. WP Engine, we’re the world’s most trusted platform for WordPress. Carl Hargreaves Yeah.

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How to Build Effective Sales Compensation Plans for Any Customer Facing Role

Sales Hacker

Once you understand how to create a fair compensation plan for your sales team, you can check out some examples: Sales Development Rep (SDR) Compensation Plan Example. It ties payment to the achievement of specific objectives that have been pre-determined and communicated to the employees that are on the incentive plan.

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Here’s What Investors Look for in SaaS Businesses

Baremetrics

Scalability Other Factors That Affect the Sales Multiple How to Make Your SaaS Business More Attractive and Valuable 1. Develop a Full Marketing Strategy 2. Churn Rate Churn rate basically defines the long-term trajectory of a business. The amount of annual revenue your business generates will determine which formula to use.

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

Stax

For SaaS companies, becoming a payment facilitator (or PayFac) offers a ton of advantages—including but not limited to—boosting retention and profitability while exercising greater control over the customer experience. However, several complex types of risks come along with this. Let’s get started.

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Seed Investing Today: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t with Aileen Lee and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

It sounds minor or technical, but if you want to due diligence on a human being, I get to do it a few 100 times a year. Personally, our team has been holding back a little bit. We can only process so much change, and I feel like we’ve been through three worlds since early March. Jason Lemkin: Anyone post-revenue.

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The Startup Funding & Financing Guide

Baremetrics

Company C was funded by pre-orders from customers, a friends and family round, and then through revenue-based financing for a period of time. Choosing the right combination of funding for your business is just as fundamental as choosing the right co-founders (or not), the right market, the right product, and the right team.

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