Stax

APRIL 15, 2025

For subscription-based businesses achieving consistent and predictable revenue growth is the holy grail. In fact, monthly recurring revenue (MRR) is one of the most important metrics subscription businesses should be aware of. Let’s get started. TL;DR MRR is the average revenue that a company expects to receive each month.

Payments 88

Payments SaaS Payments Revenue Payment Services 88

SaaStr

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Our financial operations platform is designed to meet the unique financial challenges of B2B SaaS, including billing, subscription management, revenue and expense recognition, and SaaS analytics. Empower your inside sales team by automating the hardest parts of outbound calling. Instant live customer conversations!

Scale 274

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2024

He previously built the pre and post sales solutions team at mParticle from zero to supporting hundreds of enterprise customers. Is there a lot of internal or customer work that needs to be done or managed by your team? While mParticle has a killer, commercially focused CS team, inertia affected the team as well early on.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Sales Hiring Scale 124

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The good news is you have a big backlog, and the bad news is you have a big backlog. Adam came up with the wildest idea he could think of for an app and used Anthropc, a large language model company, to help develop the idea. All these developers will have agents to help them write faster and faster. What’s the data model?

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Generative AI AWS Artificial Intelligence AI 296

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Note: FastSpring offers advanced subscription management services that support free trials, monthly and annual paid plans, proration, discount management, and more. How Castos upsells subscription tiers. His podcast hosting company uses data analytics that looks at which users are most likely to grow out of their current subscriptions.

Merchant Services 146

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 146

SaaStr

JUNE 19, 2024

The three core areas to focus on are: Evolving your growth engine Building and solving for when to become a multi-product platform Investing in your people and team #1: Evolving Your Growth Engine Let’s start with some context for Bitly’s journey. You might have to rebuild your marketing team. Optimize your acquisition funnel.

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Scale Scaling Underperforming Technical Team User Experience 303

SaaStr

JANUARY 27, 2024

Speaking of the long game, Matt talks about the launch of the 100-year subscription plan last year. WordPress is its own ecosystem, a vibrant community of hundreds of thousands of people who create add-ons, plugins, and develop sites. He loves subscription models where people pay for something that gives them value.

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Underperforming Technical Team Social Media Government Subscription 332

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

Jason Lemkin: You certainly can hire a whole content team and build 10,000 pieces of content, but I will tell you what I have always seen work is one incredible piece a week. Jason Lemkin: But usually your teams can’t do that. So you’re going to need at least three of those in the sales ops team. This always works.

Scale 296

Scale Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 296

Neil Patel

APRIL 12, 2021

They offer some of the best-known subscription boxes around, reflecting an increasingly popular (and potentially lucrative) business model. Why Should You Launch a Subscription Box? According to MarketsandMarkets , the subscription and recurring billing market will grow to around $7.8 Recurring Business Revenue.

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Outsourcing Services Payment Methods Subscription Payment Features 123

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

Companies which don’t use mental models risk unleashing mayhem with poor choices or becoming bloated and bureaucratic by reducing the volume and speed at which decisions are made - both scenarios are undesirable and will impact growth. OKRs are a useful mental model - they make it crystal clear what people and teams should be striving for.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 3, 2018

Rohini Pondhi , product management lead for Square’s Invoices product, knows this challenge well. Here are five quick takeaways: Instead of relying on word of mouth to permeate the team, write things down. At Square, I manage a product called Square Invoices. Iterate on process the same way you iterate on product.

Payment Methods 195

Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payment Features 195

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The bad news is that marketers waste 37 to 95 percent of their marketing budget. You’ll want to break each of these areas down in enough detail so you (and your team) can work with each of these areas properly. Web developers spend their time on sites like ArsTechnica, Reddit, SitePoint, etc.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Development Payment Methods 145

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Shopify is a huge opportunity for developers looking to expand into the micro-SaaS space. The Shopify App Store brings together Shopify app developers and Shopify shop owners for their mutual benefit. Why you need to track business metrics for Shopify App Developers 10 business metrics for Shopify App Developers 1.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions Outsourced Development Underperforming Technical Team Metrics 98

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

You can have the great product and a great team, but the market of small or very niche. The second one is the team, obviously depending on how earlier the team has a huge factor because you may be so early in your journey that there’s nothing else to point to, but the track record of the team. Jyoti Bansal: Yeah.

Sales Recruiting 263

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale VP of Engineering 263

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2018

Most sales and support teams are already well versed in conversations about data deletion, risk assessments and security frameworks, but those issues are going to become an even more prominent part of the discussion once GDPR comes into effect. Track and reduce access to data that is not needed. Choose vendors/partners that you trust.

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Underperforming Technical Team compliance Systems Review Marketplace as a Service 220

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 26, 2021

All additional clauses in your plan were probably introduced because of a bad past incident by a rep. They are also not something you can influence directly and might require help from the SDR and marketing teams. Bookings vs. invoices. Companies have a lot of reasons like a history of bad customers, bad sales, etc.

Software Review 122

Software Review Compensation Payment Features Underperforming Technical Team 122

Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Here’s an interesting stat: 70% of businesses consider subscription and membership models indispensable for future commercial growth and expansion. They must engineer a well-rounded solution that makes handling subscriptions a breeze (and yes, it is as hard as it sounds). However, only 10% of them currently employ these models.

Payments 88

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Merchant Services 88

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 22, 2020

This is especially true in the Software as a Service (SaaS) industry, in which the subscription-based sales model means prospects are typically committing to a product for months or years at a time. It’s also one of the hardest to teach and develop. Tell me about a time you collaborated within the sales team and with other teams.

Sales Hiring 105

Sales Hiring Interviewing Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 105

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

However, a SaaS company providing global HR and payroll solutions may have a few hundred customers paying a monthly or annual feein other words, making recurring payments over a longer period of time. Churn is the percentage of customers that end their subscriptions within a certain amount of time. Churn rate.

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Scale Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 117

User Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

The survey aims to better understand users workflows and help prioritize product development initiatives, like new integrations, that add the most value to its users. Key takeaways from this example Multimedia support adds clarity: Allowing users to attach screenshots or videos ensures developers get precise insights into user challenges.

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Scale Churn Underperforming Technical Team Scaling 102

SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2024

How should you handle presenting challenges to your C-suite team when you’ve just joined the company? Lattice had a product-led growth flow on the website while the sales team was still trying to sell the PLG companies The good news is Lattice had a lot of activity and initiatives at play. Can you start and stop a PLG motion?

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Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Revenue 276

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Today’s customers recognize the competition in the subscription market and look for renewal-worthy experiences built upon enduring returns. To deliver on their expectations takes true customer-centricity and a strong customer success team who can do far more than “be there” for your customers. Make customer data your guide and glue.

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Subscription Payment Features Scale Business 98

User Pilot

MARCH 24, 2025

Want to advance your career in mobile product management or find top talent for your team? You will collaborate with engineering, design, and business teams to deliver cutting-edge mobile solutions that improve efficiency, user adoption , and overall product performance. Who would be a BAD fit for this job?

Mobile 52

Mobile Underperforming Technical Team Management Scale 52

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. Payments also allow the company to enforce policies that build trust in the marketplace. Refund Policy.

Marketplace as a Service 141

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 141

User Pilot

AUGUST 26, 2024

Let’s discuss these benefits in detail: Improve business decision-making : By tracking how customers interact with your software, it becomes easier to spot which features are resonating with customers and which ones are underperforming. This allows you to prioritize product development efforts and improve product performance.

Outsourcing Services 105

Outsourcing Services Data Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 105

User Pilot

AUGUST 17, 2024

“How World-Class Product Teams Are Winning in the AI Era” is one of the talks at this year’s Product Drive Summit. Delivered by Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, it tackles the challenges and opportunities AI-revolution poses for product teams. AI enables product teams to achieve more with fewer resources. Want to learn more?

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Underperforming Technical Team AI Technical Review CTO Coach 104

Blulogix

DECEMBER 3, 2024

By BluLogix Team Planning for Growth: Using Revenue Insights Planning for Growth: Using Revenue Insights For businesses seeking to expand or enter new markets, strategic planning is critical to achieving successful outcomes. Growth initiatives require not only a vision but also precise financial insights that inform decisions and reduce risk.

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Revenue Underperforming Technical Team Payment Features Leadership 52

Kellblog

JULY 8, 2020

Mark’s a seasoned startup executive, he’s go-to-market oriented, and he has some large-company chops that he developed earlier in his career. DK: a lot of CEOs and boards wait too long in denial on a bad VP of Sales hire. Customers should become profitable during year two of their subscription.

Sales Hiring 144

Sales Hiring Startup Software Review Enterprise 144

Stax

MAY 21, 2024

As software and management systems have progressed in the modern age, time-consuming tasks like recurring payments and client management are streamlined through this process. In this article, we will explain the benefits of implementing payment management systems into your software. But improvements go much deeper than that.

Payment Solutions 88

Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments Software Review 88

SaaSOptics

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Based on a 2019 survey, Gartner forecasts that eighty-four percent of new software will be delivered as SaaS , and this percentage is expected to increase as existing providers transition to a subscription-based model. The main difference between accounting for a subscription vs. a traditional business is the method used.

Payment Features 105

Payment Features Outsourced Development SaaS Software Review 105

Incredo

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

And end up wasting their time and resources with affiliates that underperform. I see many SaaS companies jump headlong into creating an affiliate program thinking it will bring in a large number of customers without much effort. In our case, we needed to invest a lot in product development. But is your website ready?

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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Merchant Services Sales Recruiting 139

Incredo

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Why software reviews are your best friends and why you need them? #1 Bad reviews teach, good reviews sell Not all of your reviews will be positive. Bad reviews point out to your weaknesses, helping you better your customer support, product, onboarding, whatever issue they address.

Software Review 37

Software Review Systems Review Software Social Media 37

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

At Twilio, I think my entire job there my first two years was throwing t-shirts at people, because everyone had a Twilio t-shirt I think in the developer community in 2010, and that was our marketing strategy. Your sales team becomes more efficient, your customer success team becomes efficient, your customers like you more.

Investment 113

Investment Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Software Review 113

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Estimates, proposals, contracts, invoices—documents are the base layer of every business relationship. Plus, with prior versions logged, changes to documents can be examined and the original can be restored if something bad happens. eSignature and Payment Gateway. One, they should have fairly well-developed OCR capabilities.

Payment Solutions 145

Payment Solutions Payment Services Software Review Software 145

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

So growth of the kind of subscription, eCommerce industry has been over 100% year on year for the past five years, according to McKinsey. The second constituent there is the developer. Why do developers love SaaS products? Low touch you’re gonna talk a lot about what we call customer success teams. Transcript.

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SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Every Customer Success team focuses on keeping customers engaged and ultimately, preventing churn. There is a 12 percentage point increase in the median YOY product subscription growth rate when training is integrated into the Customer Success plan. The bad news: It’s tiresome to answer the same questions day in and day out!

Education 98

Education Customer Success Underperforming Technical Team Scale 98

User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

From this article, you will find out how to develop a strong growth marketing strategy and learn growth marketing tactics for different customer journey stages. Market development targets new markets with existing products, while product development – existing markets with new products. If so, we’ve got you covered.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Marketing Customer Lifetime Value 105