SaaStr

JUNE 11, 2019

Keith Rabois is an investment partner at Khosla Ventures where he focuses on consumer Internet, education, enterprise, financial services, and digital health investments. Early teams of PayPal, LinkedIn, Square, and now GP at Khosla Ventures. Keith : And really we learned this lesson at PayPal. How are you feeling today?

Merchant Services 274

Merchant Services Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Scale 274

SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2021

Start with the Paypal-style of a “barrel” role. This is almost always the best investment you can make to help. But after that, it’s tough. OK besides a blanket Don’t Ever Do Double Stretches Except in Year One, what’s another idea, SaaStr? Get them a mentor VP on Day 1 who they can talk to.

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Sales Hiring PayPal Growth Hacking Startup 337

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Used “dollar airdrops” PayPal deposited $10 into each new user’s account when registering in their first growth phase. years payback on marketing dollars invested. There’s much more in the analysis that’s worth reading. Private Software Startups. Public Software Companies. Uni Airdrop Annualized.

Blockchain 219

Blockchain PayPal Startup Pricing 219

SaaStr

MAY 30, 2020

This was a great session from NewNewVenture.com this week where David walks us through what he learned at Yammer, PayPal and more on how to navigate from 50-500 employees. #1: “The Cadence: How to Turn Your SaaS Startup into an Army” With David Sacks. A classic already. Watch it. #2:

Scale 217

Scale PayPal Investment Scaling 217

SaaStr

JULY 2, 2024

You can see that dollars invested by these non-traditional investors grew at 31% CAGR from 2011 to 2021, which is kind of astounding. Traditional investors invested $62B into the asset class even at the peak vs. non-traditional investors at $286B. The tourists, a.k.a. These non-traditional venture investors participate meaningfully.

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Venture Capital Management Scale AI 293

SaaStr

JUNE 23, 2019

Keith Rabois is a General Partner at Founders Fund where he focuses on consumer Internet, education, enterprise, financial services, and digital health investments. Keith began his career in the industry as a senior executive at PayPal and subsequently served in influential roles at LinkedIn and as chief operating officer of Square.

Merchant Services 222

Merchant Services Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Scale 222

SaaStr

JANUARY 25, 2020

You can absolutely make a ton of money investing in The Obvious. CEO of Yammer and COO of PayPal, he now runs $500m+ Craft Ventures. Underserved Markets for SaaS Companies with NextGen Venture Partners, Precursor, Unusual Ventures and Backstage Capital. I’m excited this session is already 60% full. It does work.

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Trends Venture Capital Scale PayPal 247

SaaStr

JULY 2, 2022

Yes, VCs are still investing over Zoom. These are roundtables with top executives from top tech leaders from Box, Adobe, Zoom, VMWare, Coursera, Paypal, Zendesk, Proofpoint, Segment, and more and are highly rated. The Best VCs in All of SaaS. 100s and 100s of Them. But it goes so, so much better if you’ve met in person.

Scale 255

Scale Sales Hiring PayPal Scaling 255

The Angel VC

JANUARY 11, 2013

Here are some examples of unscalable hacks that I'm aware of: In the early days of PayPal, PayPal reportedly listed lots of products on eBay and made PayPal the only accepted payment option for these products. It's a classic chicken-egg-problem, and unscalable hacks can help you solve it.

PayPal 119

PayPal Payment Solutions Scale Payment Methods 119

SaaStr

JULY 17, 2020

353: Keith Rabois (Paypal, Linkedin, Square) and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin talk about the landscape of SaaS & Cloud fundraising and valuation in 2020. Some of these businesses, maybe even many of these businesses, have started investing more and more in selling online to their preexisting in store customers. crosstalk 00:11:49].

Venture Capital 229

Venture Capital Travel PayPal Scale 229

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2020

First, I was the founder or CEO of PayPal during the PayPal Mafia period, and I was a self-taught product person, I learned how to do product management operations there. Okay, so the crazy thing is that when I was doing PayPal and Yammer we really just used Excel. Let’s see here, a lot of questions about my investments.

Startup 286

Startup Software Review Scale Systems Review 286

Stax

JULY 9, 2024

Peer-to-peer digital payments Venmo, PayPal, and even Facebook Messenger are examples of peer-to-peer electronic payment solutions. If you run a market stall or a small services business, peer-to-peer payments could be a great way to start accepting payments before investing in the more costly payment gateways and solutions.

Payment Methods 163

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions 163

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Unless you were a very large creator who could afford complicated and expensive enterprise software, you were likely stitching together a PayPal merchant account and a spreadsheet. Moving further to the right, a light marketplace will invest in basic search and contact flows.

Marketplace as a Service 141

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 141

Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 4, 2020

PayPal was the main alternative at the time, which allowed companies to receive payments, without having to build their own stack. But integrating with PayPal was equally complex and it was done in a way that required businesses to send their customers to the site of PayPal where payments were completed.

Payment Methods 105

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 105

SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

Rico Mallozzi: Yeah, I think oftentimes people look at marketplaces as like a storefront, like an eBay, but it’s much more like a PayPal. It’s definitely an investment that requires that kind of executive level visibility. And to build off that point, invest the resources. Rico Mallozzi: Yeah. Good advice.

Scale 256

Scale Marketplace as a Service Cloud SaaS Payments 256

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2020

There was this joke on Twitter the other day, someone who was pointing out how on your LinkedIn you said PayPal, it exited at a billion and now it’s worth 40 billion or 50 billion. Some of these businesses, maybe even many of these businesses have started investing more and more in selling online to their preexisting in store customers.

Investment 195

Investment Scale Travel Venture Capital 195

Subscription Flow

MAY 10, 2024

As public interest in fundraising has grown, people are increasingly invested in supporting the causes that resonate the most with them. Unlike one-off charity payments, a recurring donation system schedules donations automatically after a set time interval. Having recurring donors mitigates this issue.

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments Payment Services 105

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

He has many initiatives to finance progress: the Thiel fellows programs, his numerous investment vehicles and working with his colleagues from PayPal who have built SpaceX, Telsa, Yammer, LinkedIn and other disruptive companies. To his great credit, Thiel is a contributor to this effort.

Innovation 114

Innovation Transportation Entrepreneurship Travel 114

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

PayPal and Stripe are both examples of payment gateways. But if you want to analyze that data and look for trends so you can budget smarter, make better investments and just be in an overall better financial position, you’d use a budgeting tool like Mint or YNAB. how you receive the payment). Stripe reviews 2. per transaction.

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Merchant Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Along with our experience, we also offer the peace of mind that comes with being backed by a top-performing, highly reputable investment firm. PayPal for Business PayPal is a well-known digital wallet for personal online payments, but they also offer a payment processing option for small business. QR code and POS systems.

Merchant Services 78

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services Payments 78

Subscription Flow

MAY 2, 2024

of transaction value in 2022, the adoption of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins by companies like Ferrari and PayPal signal a potential growth in the market. As a result, shifting to crypto will be an investment with limited (if any) benefits for them.) 2. Less Currency Volatility for Some: Hear me out.

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Services 105

Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Along with membership management, this plugin has a great range of additional features, like: Member emails where you can welcome new members Unlimited subscription packages Performance reports Data exports Payment integrations with Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, and Authorize.net Extensive support. S2Member is an excellent option.

Payment Methods 106

Payment Methods Payments Payment Solutions PayPal 106

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 2, 2019

Whether it’s customers or retailers, figure out how to identify what is the most meaningful thing to solve and really be ruthless about prioritization, both in how you invest resources, but also what you want to really drive, what you want to build …then execute perfectly.” ” Monetization requires scale.

Marketplace as a Service 184

Marketplace as a Service B2C PayPal Scaling 184

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

David Sacks has a long history in tech from his time as a Founder and CEO of Geni.com and Yammer to his stint as COO of Paypal. Today, David Sacks is Co-founder of Craft Ventures, an early-stage VC fund that counts Bird, Reddit, Cloud9, and SpaceX amongst its investments. Hear how you can turn your SaaS Startup into an army.

Payment Services 113

Payment Services CTO Hire Payments New CTO 113

FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

So, they invested in FastSpring, a specialized ecommerce platform to take care of order fulfillment and processing transactions. Businesses need to invest in a strategy that means their customers will be able to find them, they have a presence online, and orders will be fulfilled quickly. Tip #2: Invest in great content.

Payment Methods 148

Payment Methods B2B Outsourcing Services Payment Services 148

IT World

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Businesses such as AT&T, Microsoft, Visa, and PayPal all accept payment by Bitcoin and even small companies are getting into cryptocurrency. If you invest in Bitcoin, I'm sure this is great news. Bitcoin is more popular than ever. To me, it's more proof that a sucker's born every minute.

PayPal 75

PayPal Investment Business 75

Neil Patel

APRIL 1, 2021

It’s essential to establish your goals before investing time into strategy and implementation to ensure you’re taking action to move you closer to your goals. Whether or not you want to pursue social commerce for your business, you should still be investing in social media marketing. Conclusion.

Social Media 145

Social Media Payment Methods Payments Payment Services 145

Baremetrics

MARCH 31, 2021

However, you might find these analytics limited and want to invest in a more dynamic solution. Unlike Stripe, there's a fee of $149 to use the platform, and you must invest in a payment gateway and merchant account to collect payments, which increases costs. This billing software also provides real-time sales data and history.

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Features 98

Baremetrics

JUNE 16, 2021

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How To Build the Future by Peter Thiel Peter Thiel is a cofounder of PayPal and known for his investments in companies including Facebook, SpaceX, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Yelp and Stripe. The Hard Thing About Hard Things was mentioned by in our Founder Chats episode with Brian Parks of Bigfoot Capital.

Scale 97

Scale Startup Sales Hiring PayPal 97

Baremetrics

APRIL 6, 2021

Whether you have a website from an out-of-the-box builder like Squarespace or Wix, or you've invested in a completely custom-built site, Stripe can easily integrate with any e-commerce workflow to make the process of collecting payments simple. Stripe doesn't accept third-party payments from services like Apple Pay or PayPal. ?Stripe

Payment Methods 81

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 81

Stax

AUGUST 20, 2024

Businesses merge their customer offerings with banking, insurance, investment, and loan services via an Application Programming Interface (API) linked to their financial partners. Embedded Investing Embedded investing allows non-investment service businesses to provide investment and trading options on their platforms.

Payments 88

Payments Payment Methods Merchant Services Finance 88

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

So the first product we launched had an integration with PayPal that made it very easy for the event organizers to get all their ticket sales directly into their PayPal account as they were happening in real time. For that, we’ve really invested in finding the right distribution partners.

Payments 167

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 167

SaaStr

AUGUST 6, 2019

Again, to make it very simple, think about that just like a PayPal, but for the enterprise, for the Fortune 500 in the world. That leads me to the last point, and I think in SaaS really cannot be underlined and often, I think most companies are probably under-investing in too late, and that is alliances. Why is this?

Payment Solutions 174

Payment Solutions Payments Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 174

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2020

And the one thing about the bootstrapping choice is you’re choosing to invest years of your life, whether you know it or not, and they’re often the best years of your career. The way you talked to your customers was by exporting your PayPal dashboard because everyone used PayPal for subscription back then.

Payment Solutions 209

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring 209

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Associated with tranquility, water, reliability, and peace, the color blue works best for brands that want to evoke feelings of security, reliability, and stability, just like the logos of Ford, Samsung, and PayPal. Placement Can Help You Bank More. The placement of Buy Now buttons for e-commerce can be tricky.

Payment Methods 136

Payment Methods Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 136

Neil Patel

JANUARY 4, 2021

When you purchase something from shops on Instagram, you’ll need to submit your credit card, debit card, or PayPal information to use Facebook Pay to finalize the transaction. Invest in ads: Want to reach even more people with your Instagram shop? We noted above the relationship between Facebook and Instagram.

Payment Methods 145

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 145

Subscription Flow

JUNE 26, 2024

Did you know that the Dutch payment processing company Mollie was only able to raise $100 million in 2020 as its growth tech investment? Setting up Mollie for recurring payments via PayPal and credit cards For these two payment options, you will need to ensure that you have ticked the option of zero amount in Mollie’s API.

Payment Features 98

Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 98