SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Know who is the foundation of your product and build your product for that user (in Stripe’s case, developers). I’m an execution person.

Scale 159

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 159

SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Companies that have access to more accurate financial data have the ability to develop seamless exchanges of information, providing consumers with improved ways to manage their finances. So, as a consumer, the way that you interacted with your finances in the web pre-Plaid was doing a variety of manual processes. Zach : Yeah.

Payments 214

Payments SaaS Payments Banking Underperforming Technical Team 214

Neil Patel

APRIL 12, 2021

Plus, since your customers pay the same price each month, a subscription box offers some degree of stability in your revenue stream, which helps you predict your finances more accurately. Develop a Business Plan. Next, determine your target consumer, meaning the person who needs that problem solved. Improved Demand Forecasting.

Outsourcing Services 123

Outsourcing Services Payment Methods Subscription Payment Features 123

Neil Patel

MAY 3, 2021

It’s more likely to be UX design or software development. With the internet and software playing such an essential part in our lives, more and more skilled programmers are needed to develop and maintain the tools we need to thrive. Interacting with Websites. It’s become much easier to build and run websites in recent years.

Payment Methods 108

Payment Methods Cybersecurity Payment Solutions Artificial Intelligence 108

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

Join the payments-led growth movement Sign up to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in payments, vertical SaaS, and technology from industry experts. Take a traditional business, like a furniture store. This method can help you determine the best ways to reach SaaS growth within your business. More on that later.

Scale 117

Scale Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 117

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 2, 2024

These amounts pile up gradually, and cause a considerable blow to the company’s finances. Operational Weaknesses The biggest cause of revenue leakage is the operational inefficiencies which occur behind transaction processes. Manual weaknesses can entail something as basic as putting an incorrect total amount on a customer’s invoice.

Payments 105

Payments Payment Features Payment Services Payment Solutions 105

Baremetrics

JANUARY 12, 2022

Unlike revenue, where more is basically always better, and expenses, where lower is basically always better, cash in is not necessarily good and cash out is not necessarily bad. However, not having a good idea of how much money is entering or exiting your business over time is always bad! What does cash flow modeling software do?

Payment Services 95

Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 95

Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

The period refers to a month or year depending on which payment option you offer or which of them is more popular. Your social network accounts, website, ads are visible to everyone who is browsing the internet. Richman’s former company was Halp, a help desk for operations teams. 2 Build a community of customers.

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Churn Payment Services 105

Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

What started as Dimitris (now my Co-founder at Outseta ) writing a few lines of code to collect rent payments from tenants he had living in a duplex in Providence, Rhode Island, turned into something worth hundreds of millions of dollars 15 years later. I was managing a team of 15 and the company had grown to about 140 employees.

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Services 145

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

From strategies in recruitment and team building to sales tactics, these leaders from Salesforce, nCino, and Vlocity, will discuss the top tips for moving beyond horizontal SaaS and building a billion-dollar SaaS company. David, you talked a bit about the team and the founders. David Schmaier: Sure. Matt Garratt: Thank you.

Payment Solutions 213

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 213

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Develop a Full Marketing Strategy 2. An example of synergy could be an ecommerce brand aggregator acquiring an ecommerce tool to scale the primary business. A recent example of this is Instacart acquiring Caper AI for $350 million to streamline the online shopping experience. Transferability 2. Sustainability 3.

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 105

Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2021

You think about either Stripe , a payment platform, or Recurly , a customer-driven one to handle your billing. Stripe, an invoice driven service, emphasizes payment speed and processing. Both platforms accept over 20 payment gateways, giving your customers many options. Which do you choose? 9% of the revenue you take.

Payment Services 69

Payment Services Payment Features Payment Methods Payments 69

ChurnZero

AUGUST 14, 2020

And by virtue of that, it’s essential that Customer Success software – like a Customer Success team – plays well with the others it works alongside if the customer is to truly come first. Bad satisfaction rating” alert so CSMs can immediately reach out to frustrated customers who cite having a poor experience. Who owns it?

Payments 87

Payments Payment Solutions Customer Success Software Review 87

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Content marketing is one of the most effective methods of generating brand awareness and brand preference specifically among your ideal target audience. If you’re asking yourself how much time, energy, and finances you should be investing into developing your content, look no further.

Content Marketing 113

Content Marketing SaaS Payments Investment Marketing 113

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

ABOUT IN THE VAULT “In the Vault” is a new audio podcast series by the a16z Fintech team, where we sit down with the most influential figures in financial services to explore key trends impacting the industry and the pressing innovations that will shape our future. Angela: Why Global Payments? It’s terrific to be with you today.

Payment Solutions 81

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 81

OPEXEngine

MAY 4, 2021

Corporate finance experience is declining, while investment banking is rising, as a path to the CFO seat, CFO Dive data shows. The most sure-fire way for aspiring CFOs to attract the notice of CEOs and boards is to bring a strategic mindset, communicate well and showcase a background in operational finance, recruiters say. .

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Finance Communication Underperforming Technical Team 52

SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

When shelter in place started, the conversation we’ve had internally on our team is we have to think of ourselves as Navy SEALs, where we’re at base camp right now, and we’re going to train and we’re going to work on our playbooks and do our research. Personally, our team has been holding back a little bit.

Investment 207

Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 207

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

It’s likely that a finance or sales tools will be less susceptible to churn than a marketing tool, simply because it’s perceived to be more directly responsible for revenue.”. While it’s not a bad idea to be measuring both, your monthly churn rate should be much, much lower than your annual churn rate.

Benchmarks 147

Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 147

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

And as Travis mentioned, we’ve had lots of great recent guests, Hollie Wegman, CMO at Segment, Adam, the head of developer relations at HashiCorp, G.C. Her team loved working for her. Leadership, she’s been on the leadership team for two massive businesses, and so who better to hear from on that topic than Claire.

CTO Coach 164

CTO Coach Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 164

Stax

JANUARY 8, 2024

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.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payfac Payment Services SaaS Payments 88

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

The different roles in SaaS companies: Chief Executive Officer : As the highest-ranking executive, this person ensures the company runs smoothly and employees are happy and engaged. They also manage finances and supervise one or more engineering teams. Before hiring, assess your current needs and hire as your company grows.

Sales Hiring 98

Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 98

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Some examples of niches targeted by vertical SaaS providers include healthcare, eCommerce, finance, and education. Where vertical SaaS targets specific industries with purpose-built tools, horizontal SaaS companies develop more generic solutions that are relevant to many different types of businesses. Consider the following.

SaaS Payments 88

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88

Kellblog

AUGUST 7, 2019

Say you sign a three-year deal with a customer that ramps in payment structure: year 1 costs $1M, year 2 costs $2M, and year 3 costs $3M. the right for 1,000 people to use a SaaS service) – so the payment structure is purely financial in nature and not related to customer value. Payment structure. $1M. Price-Ramped).

Deferred Revenue 75

Deferred Revenue Pricing Payments SaaS Payments 75

ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Today, eBay may be looking to subscription to amp up its ecommerce reach. We know and love eBay as the classic ecommerce platform that’s nailed it in that space since the 90s. Just this week, a seller said eBay sent a survey asking specifically about the issue, which we read in a report by Ecommerce Bytes. What's down the Pipe?

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Payments Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 52

ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

million round of financing led by Grotech Ventures in 2017. Grotech Ventures is a team committed to helping creative and driven entrepreneurs build technology companies that last. A: Very few of our early-stage investments have a Customer Success team at the time we invest. Let’s hear what they each had to say. .

Scale 98

Scale Customer Success Payments Underperforming Technical Team 98

SaaSHolic

JULY 31, 2023

” Bookkeeping, planning, and modeling are skills and activities that someone in the founding team should perform at a good-enough level. It just so happens that these CEOs typically prioritize pressing operational needs (a sales rep, a developer, etc.), instead of hiring someone to take care of the company’s finances.

Sales Hiring 52

Sales Hiring Payment Services Underperforming Technical Team Outsourced Development 52

All that Saas

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Today, we are going to review Fyle , an online expense management software for modern businesses. Don’t trust technology with your finance expenses? Unlimited expense tracking and reporting from Gmail, Outlook, mobile app, Slack, phone gallery, mileage, and Per Diem. Personal card management. Personal card management.

Software Review 52

Software Review Systems Review Technical Review Payment Methods 52

ProfitWell

MARCH 12, 2020

Payment processing. Almost half (49%) of American consumers switched companies in 2019 due to poor customer service. Up to 20%- 40% of churn is caused by failed payments , meaning customers who are trying to buy your products are being discouraged by technical problems and searching elsewhere. Customer support. Bookkeeping.

Subscription 59

Subscription Payment Features SaaS Payments Payments 59

ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

No matter how deeply you gaze into the crystal ball wondering what this new year has in store for you or your business, the only thing you’ll know for sure is that despite your careful planning, some things will change. But what if you could have a better idea of the changes 2019 has in store for Customer Success professionals?

Customer Success 73

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 73

OpenView Labs

MAY 29, 2020

Don’t do this via a survey; actually talk to them via Zoom or a phone call. Toast was quick to pivot their offerings to help restaurants adapt to online ordering, closed dining rooms and contactless delivery—and this feature even helps restaurants get the word out. He didn’t charge me but asked that I write an online review instead.

Payment Methods 54

Payment Methods Sales Hiring Marketing Advertising 54

Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

The period refers to a month or year depending on which payment option you offer or which of them is more popular. 2 Build a community of customers Your social network accounts, website, ads are visible to everyone who is browsing the internet. Richmans former company was Halp, a help desk for operations teams.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Churn Payment Services 52

Chargify

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Time is money (especially in the SaaS world), and whether you’re an early stage startup or an established business, development resources are almost always at a premium. Using precious development resources to build and maintain your own recurring billing code, and all the complexities that arise, 1. costs money and 2.

Subscription 51

Subscription Payment Features Merchant Services SaaS Payments 51

User Pilot

JANUARY 15, 2021

It’s the tools and methods you use to understand user behavior within your app. The way a user gets to a website is infinitely less complex than the ways a user can interact with a product. 51% of people will never return to a company that they’ve had a bad experience with. Why is Product Analytics important? Efficiency.

SaaS Payments 90

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments Underperforming Technical Team 90

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Building on the definitions from that essay and introducing a few new ones, here are the types of business models we’ll cover: SaaS: software that businesses access online and purchase via a subscription e.g. Slack, Adobe, Atlassian. There are two common modes here in lead gen and peer to peer e.g. Zillow, Thumbtack, Craigslist.

Marketplace as a Service 40

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 40

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Building a strong pricing strategy starts with hiring a professional team to conduct a pricing audit. In these three steps, you’ll align pricing with your goals, review current strategies, and identify potential weaknesses. Identify weaknesses and opportunities. What is a pricing audit? Pricing and packaging.

Pricing 45

Pricing Payments Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments 45

ProfitWell

AUGUST 13, 2020

CEOs are often reluctant to share bad news because they suffer from positivity delusion. That’s why he calls it a delusion: employees can handle bad news. There are many factors in being a great CEO, one of them comes down to being transparent with your team during turbulence. Recover payments and reduce churn ?

Payments 52

Payments SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team Payment Methods 52

ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

No matter how deeply you gaze into the crystal ball wondering what this new year has in store for you or your business, the only thing you’ll know for sure is that despite your careful planning, some things will change. But what if you could have a better idea of the changes 2019 has in store for Customer Success professionals?

Customer Success 49

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 49