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The Keys to Getting to $500M ARR In Just 7 Years with Attentive’s CEO

SaaStr

Everyone knew mobile commerce was exploding (from 15% in 2014 to 75% in 2024), but reaching customers on mobile was broken. The learning: When you solve a genuinely hard problem, you get three moats for free: Technical advantage through innovation Legal protection through patents Thought leadership in the space 2.

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Nobody Knows : Steel & Blockchains

Tom Tunguz

Which database did PayPal use to enable internet payments? 1 Venmo surged with social & mobile payments in the 2010s. The pace of innovation is hard to overstate. Very few people know whether today’s apps are built with, just as they don’t consider the construction materials of their office building.

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Best PayPal Alternative Services: Online Payment Methods & Options

FastSpring

For some businesses and online merchants, PayPal may be the payment method of choice and that’s totally acceptable. But if you’re solely depending on PayPal, you could be leaving money on the table. Check out our list of the best Paypal alternatives that you need to have on your site today! PayPal, why it works.

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The Startup Sector That’s Quietly Booming

Tom Tunguz

Mobile messaging and big data are knee-jerk reactions at this point. In the last two years, financial services startups have been innovating impressively quickly and challenging some of the fundamental ways in which capital and credit are distributed. I’m asked with some frequency which startup sectors are booming.

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Best Payment Processors for Startups

Baremetrics

The story of payment processors begins in 1998 when Confinity (later X.com, but you probably know it as PayPal) was released. Integrating innovative software that can cull MRR values from CRM and payment processing systems is a valuable shortcut. They are also cheaper than PayPal. How does the payment process work? 2Checkout 2.

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What is an EFT Payment? Everything to Know About This Method of Payment

Stax

The convenience of EFT payments allows consumers to make payments from the comfort of their homes using online banking platforms or mobile apps, eliminating the need to visit a bank or mail a check. Mobile wallets encrypt the payment account information, providing a tokenized card number for both in-person or eCommerce transactions.

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Unlock Global Growth With Targeted Payment Methods

FastSpring

As you work to expand your SaaS, software, mobile games, or other digital product business worldwide, having the right payment methods available to global customers is key to ensuring they all feel comfortable purchasing. Examples would be credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, those are the payment methods that we call out.