Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Many mid-market software companies price with the goal of revenue maximization, negotiating for the highest possible price in each sale. There are exceptions: Oracle’s database, Tanium’s security product, Workday’s human capital management software. The Seven Factors to Consider When Pricing Your Product 1.

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SaaS Payments Pricing Strategy Scale 276

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2024

Okta’s VP of Engineering, Monica Bajaj, and Senior Director of Platform Product Marketing, Priya Ramamurthi, share Okta’s playbook to PLG, developer experience, and Enterprise ARR. What does scaling Enterprise ARR mean? The Enterprise Funnel Finally, it’s time to scale as your experts become advocates and champions.

Underperforming Technical Team 288

Underperforming Technical Team Enterprise Scale Payments 288

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In this new SaaStr series called “What’s new at…,” Jason Lemkin chats with WorkOS CEO and founder Michael Grinich about what it takes to be Enterprise ready in SaaS, building vs. buying, and who the stakeholders are in a B2D motion. They offer all the features you need to sell to Enterprise customers. WorkOS is 4.5 No, you can’t.

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Enterprise readiness Payment Solutions Enterprise Payments 289

USIO

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Becoming your own Payment Facilitator (PayFac) sounds greatuntil you realize its a regulatory nightmare , a financial black hole , and takes longer than your last DIY home improvement project (which, lets be honest, is still unfinished). Payrix is a solid PayFac-as-a-Service solution, but its not for the faint of heart. Eventually.

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USIO

JULY 25, 2024

Simplifying Enterprise Payments In today’s competitive market, businesses face numerous challenges with payment processing. Customized integrated payment services for enterprises provide a solution to these complexities, helping companies streamline operations and focus on their core activities.

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Stax

JULY 9, 2024

We can hail a ride from a mobile app, and our transactions for all sorts of goods and services can be easily paid for from our phones. Physical wallets are phasing out, left behind in favor of digital wallets and other digital payment options. In 2019, 77% of US consumers were using at least one type of digital payment system.

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USIO

JUNE 28, 2024

Announces Partnership with Usio as Preferred Payment Integration Partner for USA Customers Chattanooga, Tennessee – 17 June 2024 – ues.io, the leading no-code/pro-code platform for building enterprise applications with AI, today announced a strategic partnership with Usio , a trusted leader in integrated payment solutions.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

What makes a company choose one SaaS payment processing provider over another? In my conversations with software developers and technical founders over the years, I’ve heard how complicated these tech stack choices are to make. And one of the cornerstones of any solution’s security measures should be PCI DSS compliance.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 147

SaaStr

AUGUST 18, 2022

ChurnZero is Customer Success software for growing SaaS and subscription businesses. Our platform is uniquely designed to integrate with CRM systems and tightly into an application or service. Laika is an enterprise-ready compliance platform that lets growing companies compete on the same level as any large organization.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 28, 2024

Only 20% of Revenue from “SaaS”, 80% From Transactions and Float (Fintech) Bill started off 100% SaaS, and slowly and deliberately added payments. Fast forward to today, and only 20% of its revenue is from software subscriptions. But both are still at their core software platforms. But Bill hasn’t.

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Payments Payment Solutions SMB Acquisition 297

Neil Patel

AUGUST 27, 2020

Some years ago, POS systems were a luxury reserved for only big enterprise businesses. . But, with too many options came a new challenge: Choosing the best POS system that’s right for your business is now an uphill battle. Our team has done the heavy lifting of reviewing dozens of POS systems in the market. Ease of Use.

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Point of Sale Payment Solutions Payment Methods Systems Review 143

Payrix

JUNE 4, 2024

What do merchants want from their software providers? This is a question that keeps many software companies up at night, and Leah Asdell, Head of Partner Marketing and Content Strategy at Worldpay for Platforms. Leah and Ian cover a lot of ground in 15 minutes.

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Payments Merchant Services Embedded Payments Payment Solutions 147

USIO

JUNE 10, 2024

In today’s fast-paced digital world, providing a seamless payment experience is crucial for businesses of all sizes. As we venture into 2024, the landscape of payment integration continues to evolve, presenting both opportunities and challenges for merchants. Key Trends in Payment Integration for 2024 1.

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Payments Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods 130

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

But, there are still many interesting things we can learn from Shopify, especially since it sells to so many SMBs, has been late to go upmarket, and combines a payments/fintech element with pure SaaS. Subscriptions can fuel payments and merchant revenue. to promote your app? So what can we all learn from Shopify?

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Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Scale 363

Tom Tunguz

MARCH 28, 2021

UIPath offers software to build robots, programs that automate repetitive work. Robots read pdfs that customers provide and input that data into other computer systems. The UIPath suite includes the software to write, execute, monitor, and maintain these robots. Some examples include streamlining customer onboarding.

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Payment Services Metrics Payment Solutions Payments 359

SaaStr

MARCH 11, 2021

A lot of SaaS pricing originally comes from classic enterprise software. In the old days, a customer would pay a large fee for the software upfront, and then a smaller maintenance fee for years to come. The big upfront fee was naturally paid up front, like other software you buy. Perhaps they shouldn’t. You rented :).

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Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 287

SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Q: Are folks ready to buy Enterprise-level apps that are pre-tailored to a vertical? Vertical software is nothing new,” Jason says. There has been niche software for bookkeepers, dentist offices, and veterinarians. Look at Shopify , for example, with thousands and thousands of Shopify partner apps.

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Sales Hiring Payment Solutions AI SaaS Payments 302

Tom Tunguz

JULY 15, 2019

published the Enterprise Tech 30 last week. It’s a coaches poll of the top enterprise startups broken into early, mid and growth stage. We think of enterprise companies in three layers. Applications are software used by business users. Coaches polls are fun because they provide a different perspective on the market.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With nine figures in revenue, Ariel and SaaStr founder and CEO Jason Lemkin talk about all things Navan, rebranding when you have brand equity, building B2B software for people, pricing and business models, and much more. There was a new emphasis on building software for people. Enterprise doesn’t care too much because they’re huge.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

is a software training company that focuses on helping end users and companies be more productive. From the beginning, the company’s goal has been to help users achieve more with their software tools. Infinicept is a provider of embedded payment solutions. BrainStorm, Inc. G-P, Global Made Possible.

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Payment Services Merchant Services Payments Embedded Payments 278

SaaStr

MARCH 24, 2022

BlueSnap helps businesses accept payments globally. Our All-In-One Payment Platform is designed to increase sales and reduce costs for all businesses accepting payments. WorkOS provides APIs to make your app enterprise-ready, with pre-built features and integrations required by IT admins.

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Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 260

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

As businesses grow, their software requirements grow as well. An enterprise-level company deals with more complexity in its internal processes, has to manage more people and roles, and needs more data to make informed decisions. At this point, a business needs to look for an enterprise solution that can support its growth.

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Payment Solutions Enterprise Scale Payments 117

SaaStr

OCTOBER 11, 2023

▶️ Radically more efficient, $600m+ adj operating income run-rate ▶️ 29% of biz from enterprise (Plus) — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin  (@jasonlk) October 10, 2023 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. Software Important. 80% Margins on Software, But Just 38% on Payments and Merchant Solutions = 49.3%

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 27, 2022

That’s why we give boards and leadership teams an elegant solution that simplifies governance. With customers in higher education, nonprofit, healthcare systems, government, and corporate enterprise business, OnBoard is the leading board management provider.

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Merchant Services Payment Solutions Onboarding Payments 244

SaaStr

APRIL 29, 2021

When you add in payments, i.e. merchant services, NRR for 2018+ is about 110%, based on the below new chart. But likely it’s below 100% excluding payments. By processing payments and more, Shopify has grown its effective NRR from 100% to 110%, and perhaps even more. #3. Shopify isn’t getting more enterprise.

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Merchant Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payments 316

USIO

AUGUST 19, 2024

Payment integration —sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, doesn’t it? Payment integration is simply the process of connecting your payment systems to work seamlessly with other parts of your business. Why Should You Care About Payment Integration? How Does Payment Integration Work?

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Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 130

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Enter… modern-day accounting software. However, choosing the best accounting software isn’t easy, thanks to the thousands of options on the market. This article covers how to choose the right software, the different types of software, and my top five recommendations. Let’s get started! Mobile accessibility.

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Payment Solutions Software Review Software Payment Methods 145

USIO

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Usio vs. Stripe Stripe is well-known for its comprehensive suite of payment solutions, which are often the first choice for startups and large enterprises. However, as businesses scale, they may find that Stripe doesn’t always align with their evolving needs.

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Payment Solutions Enterprise Startup Scaling 182

SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2021

Squarespace may be more design-focused, Wix the somewhat more cost-effective solution. Monetizing ecommerce via subscriptions, but not payment processing. Rather, it charges for software subscriptions to take payments on its websites. But it doesn’t monetize the payments themselves directly very much.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 338

SaaStr

AUGUST 3, 2022

Zoom came out of 2020-2021 with SMBs no longer growing, but a huge boost in the enterprise. Payments still materially accelerating overall growth to 16%, and predicting revenue growth from payments and merchant solutions to more than double that of subscriptions and SaaS. More on that here. Or quite get right.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

Without further adieu, here’s who is hiring a new VP of Sales in January: Spidertech , a SaaS platform serving law enforcement professionals, is looking for a candidate with B2B enterprise experience with a specific focus selling to government entities or public sectors. More on this opportunity here. More on this opportunity here.

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Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Payments 340

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Note: Apple announced that it would be reducing the App Store fee from 30% to 15% for most developers starting on January 1st, 2021. For app entrepreneurs and ecommerce store owners, the battle to be noticed in the marketplace is ongoing. How viable is it for companies to shop their apps outside of mainstream marketplaces?

Payment Methods 147

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments 147

USIO

AUGUST 15, 2024

Why Payment Gateway API Integration Matters for Your Business In today’s digital-first world, businesses must provide seamless and secure payment experiences to meet customer expectations and stay competitive. However, integrating a payment gateway can be a complex task, riddled with technical challenges and security concerns.

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Payments Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 130

SaaStr

MAY 25, 2024

Cloudinary VP of Developer Experience Sanjay Sarathy shares his journey to more than $100M and the lessons he learned along the way for building a PLG motion and an Enterprise sales motion. They didn’t initially envision being a large Enterprise sales organization. Self-service here, Enterprise motion here, and they shall never meet.

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Scale Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Development 316

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

A content management system—CMS for short—gives you the ability to publish content on the Internet. These systems make it possible for everyday users to build websites and post content without having to write code or learn programming languages. There are tons of different content management systems available on the market today.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Systems Review Technical Review 141

USIO

JUNE 6, 2024

Today, I’ve got a tail-wagging tale about our adventures with AI biometric payments. “Don’t worry, Paygo, we’ve got AI biometric payments,” Alex says. Payment authorized.” “I see you’ve got the fancy new biometric payment setup. The wallet’s missing! No problem!

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Payment Solutions Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services 26

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2023

The company is trusted by more than 30,000 companies, over 5,000 investment funds, and half a million employees for cap table management, compensation management, liquidity venture capital solutions, and more. Our vision is a world where everyone has the power to innovate without limits. We are Worldline.

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