SaaStr

MAY 29, 2019

Stripe’s software allows its customers to make and receive payments by providing the technical, fraud prevention and banking infrastructure to operate online payment systems. Qualtrics is an online survey software maker. Claire Hughes Johnson is Stripe’s COO.

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Kellblog

JULY 24, 2021

I sometimes get asked about how to structure an enterprise software marketing organization and the relative roles of product marketing vs. competitive analysis. My first job in marketing, which served as my bridge from a technical to a sales-and-marketing career, was as a competitive analyst.

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SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2024

This was precisely my experience upon meeting Toni and Carlos, the founders of Embat, in an area we’ve extensively have been exploring: treasury management and payment automation. Embat is building the next-generation treasury management software. It’s one of the top 3 pain points of mid-market and enterprise CFOs.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This is the same advice they give YC companies to become much more successful at fundraising when they’re pre-product market fit. They collect the payment online and take a 15% fee for every booking. Airbnb handles the payments and gets you a guest, and now your rent is covered for the next couple of months. That’s it.

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Payment Methods Startup Payment Solutions Sales Hiring 273

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

Data cited by Statista shows that the software as service is expected to hit $299 billion by the end of 2025. Join the payments-led growth movement Sign up to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in payments, vertical SaaS, and technology from industry experts. More on that later.

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Scale Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 117

SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

They focused on building a payment platform that empowers international talent and independent contractors to get paid on time in a compliant way while also ensuring that companies can hire international talent and make payments efficiently. This insight led Deel to focus on solving payments and compliance. Support sales early.

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Sales Hiring Payment Services SaaS Payments Scale 274

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2024

Okta’s VP of Engineering, Monica Bajaj, and Senior Director of Platform Product Marketing, Priya Ramamurthi, share Okta’s playbook to PLG, developer experience, and Enterprise ARR. For PLG, you keep it healthy by providing users with realized value and the ability to play with your product throughout the lifecycle.

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Underperforming Technical Team Enterprise Scale Payments 282

Unbounce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

That’s why we’re launching Unbounce Apps. Bringing a collection of best-in-class apps to Unbounce’s Smart Builder is just another way we’re expanding our offerings beyond landing pages—helping you create campaigns in half the time, conserve resources, and increase your conversions by up to 30%. What Are Unbounce Apps?

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Payment Solutions Business Payments Payment Services 132

SaaStr

JULY 26, 2022

SMBs don’t really budget for much, so if the business goes down, software purchases often go down very quickly too. Net net, most true SMB SaaS products often churn on the order of 3% per month almost no matter what you do. Bill.com added payments late, but went deep here and saw NRR shoot up to 110% and then 121%!

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User Pilot

AUGUST 30, 2021

Which product analytics tools should you be using? And what type of analytics really matters for a product marketing manager? Some analytic tools are confusing, some are difficult to use, and some are downright irritating, making it hard to access the product growth insights you need. What are product analytics tools?

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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. When you move all of that responsibility to a third party, then you can really focus on your core product.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 148

User Pilot

AUGUST 26, 2024

It gives wine merchants and producers real-time wine transaction prices and exclusive market data and insights. They get access to £100m wine trading opportunities, a reliable payments system, storage facilities, and transportation services. We asked Charlotte Vermedal, Liv-ex ’s Product Marketing Manager.

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Merchant Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments 105

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 14, 2017

Once a business established product market fit, the cash conversion cycle is a key metric of a company’s cash efficiency - how quickly a company can convert a dollar of investment into a dollar of cash flow. To calculate the cash conversion cycle for a software company, the formula is. More cash to invest in growth sooner.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Guillaume : So your the… as the founder and CEO of a very early stage, like almost pre-product market fits a startup. Alice : Definitely pre-product market fit. We’re still at a stage where the product evolves a lot. It was mostly just how to activate them, how to make them come back to the app.

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Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Solutions Marketing 189

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Creating a new product category also creates a plethora of challenges – from spotting the right market niche to convincing customers that yours is a service they need. If people aren’t looking for your solution, you have to educate them about the problem your product solves. Nico: Exactly.

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Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Marketing 162

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

. “The reason why businesses grow is they’re in a great market” It’s this approach to scaling their business that has enabled Paddle to achieve 2475% revenue growth over the last four years. It’s even garnered them an enviable position among Deloitte’s Fast50, a list of the fastest growing software companies in the UK.

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Payments Scale Revenue SaaS Payments 186

FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

We talked about one of the biggest trends playing out in the software industry: the convergence of B2B and B2C. Products Are Finding New Growth in the Opposite Segment. Historically, when SaaS businesses have gone to market, they’ve done so by finding product-market fit with one of two core audiences: consumers or businesses.

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Aaron Beashel

MARCH 9, 2018

Obviously Product/Market fit is a big factor here, but assuming you have a relative level of Product Market fit, I think the next thing key factor is having the right Go To Market model. It’s not the specific marketing tactics you use, but more the high-level description of how you acquire customers.

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Scale SaaS Payments B2B Strategy 192

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

million round of venture funding from First Round Capital and others, scaled the team, got somewhat of product/market fit, but ended up selling early to TaskRabbit. Upon joining that team, I led online marketing and user acquisition growth for about a year. Thumbtack used a much more simple but still scalable solution.

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Marketplace as a Service Scale Payment Solutions Payment Services 189

SaaStr

JUNE 13, 2019

We invest from the very earliest stages to the latest stages of software and consumer companies and we’re based in California. A lot of these businesses use a common marketing technique in order to grow really quickly, and that marketing technique is free trial. And then the last is, test requiring payment.

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Product analytics can help you track changing user behavior for your app but here are some industry-wide changes that are influencing purchasing decisions in 2024. The former tracks trends for software users , while a consumer behavior trend mainly refers to online shopping, such as buy-now-pay-later payment methods.

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SaaS Payments Trends Payment Solutions Payment Methods 105

Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Aside from the above or below search results on Google search, through the Google Search Network , your ads can appear beside, above, or below search results on Google Play, the Shopping tab, Google Images, Google Maps, and the Maps app. You can use a hierarchy system to leverage the use of your keywords. Image courtesy of Squarespace.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments AI Search 145

User Pilot

AUGUST 29, 2021

In case it isn’t, you can check out our other in-depth comparisons to determine the best solution for your use case and business! Any action users take within your product is called an ‘event’. This could be something as simple as pressing a button or making a payment. What is Amplitude Analytics? Source: Amplitude.

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services 98

Tom Tunguz

MARCH 17, 2016

In these markets, concepts like Westendorp Price Sensitivity and conjoint analyses work. But to incite disruption requires a different set of marketing skills. In the Innovator’s Solution , Christensen proposes the idea of competing against non-consumption. How will buyers think about this solution relative to others?

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Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

For the first 2-3 years of Buffer’s existence, Joel and his team did not need a specialized solution for subscription analytics. However, as the company grew, their systems started to fail all the time, prompting the team to re-think their approach and look for a scalable solution. Early in 2019, I had an epiphany moment.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Sitting down with folks and helping them to integrate Stripe on their U app. 10% basically means you don’t have any product market fit. Once you’ve found your product market fit, you’re immediately looking at acquiring new customers. It’s also about payment methods. 10% is a problem.

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SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

Baremetrics

MARCH 16, 2021

This allows anyone building an app that applies blockchain technology to do so by building directly on top of QuikNode’s globally distributed Web3 infrastructure. This unbalanced cycle of blockchain app developers not having the infrastructure they need is happening again today. Reduce failed payments. Table of Contents.

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SaaStr

JULY 11, 2023

Does it hurt enough for buyers to switch to a new solution? This is because Enterprise and some mid-market customers will have longer sales cycles and many stakeholders. Firstly, payment should be easy for customers. Allowing monthly subscriptions is important, and credit card payments are key. Make It Simple!

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User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

Userpilot is a product growth platform with advanced segmentation features. You can segment your customers based on their feedback responses as well as in-app behavior. To ensure that marketing efforts are appropriately targeted. Do you use our product differently during certain seasons or weather conditions?

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 104

User Pilot

APRIL 21, 2024

Keep them updated about their order or provide additional support to help them maximize the product value. Userpilot is a product growth platform. It helps create in-app experiences to optimize user conversions. Here’s an example of a Userpilot user persona: Role in the company ( Product Marketing Manager ).

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 104

SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2019

How they came up with the idea of Brex, and product market fit. Dashboard, which was a payments company back in Brazil that did payment processing, like Stripe, Braintree, or ePay, all those … That’s you guys’ versions of the company. We know a lot about payments. Did you have a product?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

You see that both organizations embracing this cloud movement, but specifically in COVID, more and more companies turning to the cloud as their solution for business continuity or for business growth in these times when shelter in place is making on-prem solutions difficult and in many cases, impossible to use.

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

In this article, we’ve outlined the major roles that move the needle in terms of product growth alongside their KPIs and current salary ranges. TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. Average salary: $105,761/yr.

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User Pilot

MAY 8, 2024

Ensure clear and consistent product messaging through quality copywriting. Anticipate future customer needs and work proactively to find solutions. Userpilot is a product growth platform with feedback, analytics, and engagement features. In-app survey created in Userpilot. Why is it important to satisfy customer needs?

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 105

Sales Hacker

JULY 18, 2022

Here’s an idea: Create a quick view for customer engagement in your CRM system. Generally, unengaged users tend to show the same symptoms: They don’t open, log in, or use the product for a certain amount of days. They offer clarity into which features need adding or improved for product-market fit. Make a call.

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Payment Services Churn Payment Methods Payment Solutions 105

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

One of the holy grails of SMB software is, how are you going to acquire customers? One of the criticisms of SMB software is that each customer can only provide so much revenue. BILL started much heavier on subscription, but has really leaned into payments over the last several years. Now we’re over a billion dollars.

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User Pilot

JULY 6, 2023

You know there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. TL;DR SurveyMonkey is a feedback software that can build multiple types of surveys including employee engagement, Net Promoter Score , customer satisfaction surveys , product testing, and event feedback. So you need to find the tool that works for your unique goals and needs.

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Payment Solutions Payment Methods Software Review Payments 98