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Can Mobile Games Really Achieve >50% of Revenue From D2C?

FastSpring

In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview gaming D2C and creator marketing expert Justin Sacks of Nexus about his thoughts on: What winning strategies AAA and AA publishers use for D2C in mobile. Why these strategies actually can result in >50% revenue coming from D2C. David Vogelpohl (FastSpring) (05:45) Excellent.

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How SaaStr Fund-Backed RevenueCat Went from a $1.5M Round at $7M Valuation in 2018 to $500M+ Today

SaaStr

When SaaStr Fund made the first investment in RevenueCat back in 2018, nobody could have predicted that this “simple API for managing in-app subscriptions” would become the infrastructure powering 33% of all mobile subscription apps and reach a $500M valuation in 2025. The SaaStr Fund Thesis: Mobile Subscriptions Will Explode.

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New Product Announcement Examples in SaaS: Email, In-app & Mobile

User Pilot

In this post, we will go through product announcement examples via email, in-app, and mobile. New product announcement examples via mobile app For users constantly on the run, mobile user experience is equally important. I’ve curated a few product launch announcement examples for mobile as well.

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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. Because while the payment problem was solved, the marketing side of mobile commerce remained broken. CEO Amit Jhawar joined us at SaaStr Annual for a deep dive: 1.

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Reaching Unreachable Candidates

Speaker: Patrick Dempsey and Andrew Erpelding of ZoomInfo

We have added 10's of millions of personal emails and mobile records. What is ZoomInfo for Recruiters? Find and connect with the right talent to fill roles fast with these tools: More data! Basic search: Easily search using keywords, job title, location, industry, and more.

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Dear SaaStr: What’s It Like Being Beaten Up by Investors?

SaaStr

For example, I recently sat through a pitch where the VCs beat up the founder of a browser-centric product for not having a native mobile app. The best founders have already thought through all of them and have either a plan to attack them, or strong reasons to challenge them. His response?

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Approaching Half a Million Customers: How to Win in SMB with BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte

SaaStr

A mobile phone is their dominant source of managing business activities. The mobile phone user has the highest NPS as a BILL user because it’s super simple and easy, and the clerk does all the data entry, pulling everything in and managing it. With SMBs, the smallest business is owner-operated.

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How a Strong Customer Engagement Strategy Can Improve the Usability of Your Product

Speaker: Hannah Chaplin, Director, Product Marketing at Pendo and Esther Edel, Product Operations Analyst at Pendo

Mobile apps are a key component to having a strong customer engagement strategy. Most importantly mobile apps help companies build customer loyalty and increase sales. The problem is that many mobile apps aren’t user friendly, don’t personalize a user’s experience, and they don’t improve the usability of a product.

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An Omnichannel Payment Solution––Without the Complexity

By integrating front-end systems like online, mobile, and in-store payments with robust back-end infrastructure, you can deliver a seamless payments experience without the need for heavy engineering. Simplify omnichannel payments with a solution that unifies every channel through your platform.

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12 Plays to Kickstart Your Recruitment Process

With remote work making white-collar jobs more flexible and talent more mobile, a rebound in hiring meant the race for quality candidates had become even more frantic. According to Harvard Business Review, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated seismic shifts that were already rocking the talent market.