Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

They prioritize revenue growth, market share and profit maximization differently. Maximization (Revenue Growth) - maximize revenue growth in the short term. Many mid-market software companies price with the goal of revenue maximization, negotiating for the highest possible price in each sale.

SaaS Payments 283

SaaS Payments Pricing Strategy Scale 283

FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

When you’re using a DIY payment solution like Stripe, making it work for your business falls on your developers. From testing out plugins to setting up new payment methods, maintaining Stripe can be very time-consuming. Fred is a prior customer of FastSpring and now serves as an advisor.

Merchant Services 148

Merchant Services Payment Services Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 148

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Niall Wall, Box SVP of Business and Corporate Development alongside Vicki Lin, Stripe’s Head of Ecosystem and Cecilia Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing discuss scaling your revenue via indirect channels and platform ecosystems. Vicki Lin : Great. Thank you Ceci. I’m Vicki Lin. Vicki Lin : Yeah.

Payments 129

Payments Scale Scaling Revenue 129

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2022

But it won’t help you if you don’t leverage it to actually develop and grow relationships. In other words, I worked to develop real human connections based on real interactions. No tech tool is the magic solution. Make sending contracts easier. They are: Develop your ability to listen. Make using LinkedIn easier.

Scale 108

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Social Media Payments 108

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

.” So what are maybe one or two things you want to give as advice to founders who are doing sales in the very early stage, the first couple of million ARR, that you feel are super useful in that stage in kind of trying to develop that, I think that sales muscle, if you will. You can outsource it to start. ” “Yes.”

Sales Hiring 273

Sales Hiring VP of Engineering Payment Methods Scale 273

Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The product itself should be developed with single user persona or small teams in mind, while every touch point between the potential customer and the actual purchase should be lean and optimized for self-service. Besides selling a high-priced SaaS software, Passkey also makes multi-year deals that can be worth millions of dollars.

SaaS Payments 157

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 157