The Angel VC

MARCH 23, 2016

Almost exactly four years ago I published a financial plan template for SaaS startups based on a model that I had created for Zendesk a few years earlier. The original v1 model was a very simple plan for early-stage SaaS startups with a low-touch sales model. I've called them "Basic", "Pro" and "Enterprise".

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How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 20, 2024

2024 is coming to a close, and it has been a terrific year for SaaS businesses as the industry has witnessed quite a favorable growth. For SaaS companies, accounting becomes one of the most crucial processes to understand their financial and overall business health, and then make informed decisions about future steps.

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SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

As we first looked at bringing our leading SaaS conference to Asia and considered what help we could offer, we thought about localization and know-how about legal and cultural differences as some of the critical success factors. SaaS Investments: Goodera, and others. SaaS Investments: Ezetap, and others. Founded: 2001.

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Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Subscription pricing with the help of automated billing software has transformed many industries and provided businesses with a dynamic way to generate revenue, especially in the SaaS space. Moreover, developing a profitable pricing strategy requires consistent model testing and compliance with international tax laws.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 19, 2016

What is the optimal contract length with for your SaaS startup? It’s common to see SaaS startups initially price their products on a monthly basis, then add an enterprise “Call Me” plan which hides behind it an annual contract. It enables an early-stage software company to rapidly gather feedback.

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Totango

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The contract renewal stage of the customer lifecycle is a critical component of driving retention for SaaS products. Knowing how to use technology to optimize your contract renewal process can increase your retention rates and your revenue. Then, we’ll look at the pros and cons of contract renewal automation.

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Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In today’s competitive SaaS landscape, Customer Success has emerged as a vital strategic asset, driving revenue growth and long-term profitability. However, to fully unlock its potential, companies must go beyond qualitative insights and bring data into the decision-making process within Customer Success ranks and investments.

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Aaron Beashel

MARCH 9, 2018

I’ve been fortunate to work in a number of SaaS businesses in my career. In the case of a B2B SaaS company, your Go To Market model outlines the way in which you acquire customers. They target professional marketers at medium-sized companies and sell their product for an average of $300 per month ($3,600 Annual Contract Value).

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2022

However, there are certain aspects of collecting recurring payments that you would still be responsible for when using Chargebee, such as: Connecting to payment gateways manually. While Chargebee supports several different payment gateways, you have to set up and configure each one. Responding to and processing chargebacks.

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Baremetrics

APRIL 6, 2021

When you’re looking at your business goals, you need to consider not only your existing monthly revenue but your contraction monthly recurring revenue (MRR). Contraction Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) is an extremely important metric for subscription businesses. Table of Contents.

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

If you ask any sales rep, they’ll all tell you the same thing: the SaaS sales process is absolutely grueling! Today, we’re going to walk you through the top techniques you should implement into your SaaS sales strategy. SaaS sales can be broken down into three models: self-service, transactional, and enterprise.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Having led sales teams at Facebook, Twitter, and now Intercom, I’ve developed and executed many of these plays. Inside we reveal the strategies, learnings, and best practices that have enabled us to build a business worth more than $1.275 billion. Keep your top sales reps motivated with development plans. Get the recording.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It’s actually quite simple: business process management (BPM) software. Visualize every process from end to end. If optimizing your business processes sounds like a good idea, this post will tell you everything you need to know about how to find the perfect BPM software for you. Process Visualization. Process Automation.

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers. What are SaaS companies?

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User Pilot

MAY 17, 2024

Looking for the best no-code SaaS tools to build innovative solutions and improve your product management workflows? TL;DR No-code SaaS tools are software products that allow users to create applications, websites, or in-app experiences without writing any traditional programming code.

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FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

Last week, I canceled an annual SaaS subscription (I had three weeks left until renewal). In the language of SaaS, I churned. In part two, we’ll cover five churn-prevention strategies that have been successful in other SaaS businesses. Part I: SaaS Churn Benchmarks. Is There an Ideal Churn Rate for SaaS?

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OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

Pricing is a SaaS company’s most efficient profit lever, but it’s also one of the easiest things to screw up. Nailing your SaaS pricing strategy requires more than just picking the optimal price and forgetting about it. It includes the latest and greatest SaaS pricing resources, as well as some timeless staples.

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Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Companies selling software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions should strive for this kind of standardization. Standard = Faster For one thing, a standard agreement accelerates the sales process. And in the SaaS model, delaying the flow of subscription revenue by weeks or months is painful. (See

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Whether you are trying to go green, stay organized, build great looking newsletters, or meet the most stringent regulations, document management software can make a hard process much easier. Estimates, proposals, contracts, invoices—documents are the base layer of every business relationship. eSignature and Payment Gateway.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

But as it started selling more and more into the enterprise, it staffed up with a deep and strong one. But when it came to selling Dropbox Enterprise, it added several. It’s become apparent that for hypergrowth SaaS startups today, there are two distinct phases. Yes, Slack started off with no sales team. What’s not to like?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. This episode is an excerpt from a session at SaaStr Summit: Enterprise.

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

Leveraging survey data from 66+ enterprise SaaS companies, Matt Garratt, Managing Partner of Salesforce Ventures shares the landscape of how businesses are shifting their sales & GTM strategies to react to today’s uncertain times. So I think that is somewhat of a good news in this in that SaaS businesses are sticky.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 21, 2021

All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business. UXPin is a code-based design tool that simplifies and unifies product development process by bringing code components to the design stage. This allows their team to focus on product, sales, and growth.

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Point Nine Land

JUNE 18, 2023

Everything you always wanted to know about cohort analysis (but were afraid to ask) Back in 2012, I wrote a blog post titled “Know your user cohorts” , which began like this: “One of the most important tools to better understand the usage of a web application — or a service, a game or a mobile app, it doesn’t matter — is a cohort analysis.

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yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

When it comes to sales technology quite often sales tech isn't picked based on what YOU need, but based on what your network have been using for their sales process. What you should be making decisions based on is, which sales processes generates the best outcomes you're after - and for your customers. Sales Stack Graveyard.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

If you have a product that is absolutely crushing it in SMB/mid-market, you may be tempted to dive straight into the Enterprise market. Who could avoid dreaming of those seven-figure deal sizes, 3-year contracts, and trophy logos? Related: The SaaS Executive’s Guide To Building A Winning Go-To Market Strategy. Bonus Takeaway.

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How To Buy Saas

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Are you struggling to keep up with the ever-increasing volume of contract management processes? If yes, then it is time to invest in B2B SaaS contract management software! They will help with effective solutions to help you manage contracts better, automate manual processes, and curb risks and mistakes.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

We’d also recommend this guide for any sales managers or business development leaders who are on-boarding new reps. Account-Based Selling / Sales Development. Account Development Representative. Account Development Representative. Average Contract Value. AB Testing. Account-Based Everything / Revenue.

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yoursales

JANUARY 29, 2021

Which sales process works best with your customer experience journey and to generate your desired outcomes? Which sales tools best support your sales process? Which sales processes generate the outcomes you're after and which tools best assist you in doing so? Mimiran – More Leads and More Deals for SMB Services Business.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Whether you created your SaaS product to help solve a problem you had or because you wanted some extra income, the truth is that your SaaS business is a valuable asset. Running a profitable SaaS business allows you to take control of your own schedule - some would even say your life! Develop a Full Marketing Strategy 2.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Nothing scares away new business like hard-to-reach customer service or disorganized sales calls. Fi v e9 – Best for Blended Call Centers Aircall – Best for Collaboration 8×8 Contact Center – Best for Enterprise Dialpad – Best for Startups Talkdesk CX Cloud – Best for Best for Salesforce Integration.

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Chart Mogul

JUNE 24, 2021

Pricing localization is a strategy where you present the price of your SaaS differently depending on where the customer lives. The same could also be true for your SaaS business. In our B2B SaaS Pricing Masterclass , we detail the importance of SaaS pricing and how to get it right for your audience.

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yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

PROFESSIONAL SALES SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS I t’s 2019 and we’re back at the sales tools workshop, working out the best sales tools for your sales process. You’ll get lots of content from us along with advice for your sales process. Which sales tools best support your sales process?

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Aysling

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

If you have strolled around the Aysling website, then it is likely you have seen the term “ Contracts to Cash ” in quite a few places, and you might be wondering what is Contracts to Cash; and how does it apply to my business? So, what is Aysling’s Contracts to Cash functionality? Aysling is not really an ERP. At least not yet.

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Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

Backed by an army of developers, data engineers, and finance professionals, this events-based billing model allowed these large companies to directly link the value that their services provided with the cost presented on a customer’s invoice. What Amazon Web Services and Twilio Get Right.

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yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Enabling the right customer journey with sales tools that power your sales process has been high on our agenda for years. It seems like for some of the companies with little development it becomes increasingly easy to win clients and then just keep their too chugging along until eventually clients leave for something better.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 9, 2022

Reducing churn is the single most important thing your SaaS. By the end, you will have all the tools you need to reduce churn at your SaaS enterprise. You can calculate revenue churn using the following equation: Revenue Churn = ((Churn MRR + Contraction MRR)) ÷ MRR at Start of Month) × 100. Table of Contents.

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