SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

Finding the perfect VP of Sales position can be daunting, especially in the middle of a global pandemic. Candidates need to find opportunities that not only fit their sales experience and stretch goals, but also companies that are coming out of the pandemic with momentum. Who is looking to hire a VP of Sales in January / Q1?

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Payrix

AUGUST 21, 2024

Back to customer stories Delivering a premium payments solution to premium printers Payrix takes Inktavo’s payments to new heights with high transaction limits, greater efficiencies, and seamless access to working capital.

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Payrix

JANUARY 28, 2025

In this episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, host Ian Hillis welcomes Matt Downs, President of Worldpay for Platforms, to discuss software-led payments predictions for 2025 and beyond. remains the largest interchange and software market, Matt predicts a loosening of regulatory constraints.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 24, 2024

Dear SaaStr: How Do Enterprise SaaS Companies Deal With Late Payments? provide some in-app notification of overdue accounts. image from here ) The post Dear SaaStr: How Do Enterprise SaaS Companies Deal With Late Payments? Yes, in the end, you have to be willing to switch off the platform. But do it gracefully, with respect.

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USIO

JUNE 10, 2024

In today’s fast-paced digital world, providing a seamless payment experience is crucial for businesses of all sizes. As we venture into 2024, the landscape of payment integration continues to evolve, presenting both opportunities and challenges for merchants. Key Trends in Payment Integration for 2024 1.

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Subscription Flow

MAY 2, 2024

Just when you thought the world of SaaS would not be changing any time soon, the groundbreaking new shift to crypto payment solutions hit SaaS businesses like a bus full of bricks. Despite their current status as a relatively uncommon payment option in global e-commerce, accounting for less than 0.2%

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The business builds software to help other crypto companies grow. Perhaps you’ll sell infrastructure to help other startups scale or software to manage internal operations. The customer roster brims with the best names, each client increases their spend every year, and the sales team outpaces its quota handsomely.

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USIO

JUNE 27, 2024

Integrated Payments: Transforming the Way Businesses Process Transactions In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses across various industries seek secure and efficient ways to accept and process payments, thus enhancing the customer experience. What are Integrated Payments?

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If you’re not sure how to sell an app direct to consumer (D2C) outside the app stores — or if you’re looking for a new way to monetize your mobile app or game — you may be wondering what options you have. In this article, we’ll cover: Current app store practices and rates. Highlights from recent U.S. Interested?

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Payrix

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In the latest episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, Ian Hillis speaks with Brad Pinneke , VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, about one of the most important decisions software companies face today: choosing the right payments partner.

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USIO

JANUARY 23, 2024

Integrated payments are gaining popularity among businesses as they enable seamless transactions and streamlined processes. A 2022 study by the National Retail Federation revealed that 63% of customers prefer integrated payments like Apple Pay and Google Pay. Businesses can explore solutions like Usio for integrated payments.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Was $8 billion in secondary sale in November. Last April, the company slashed half its workforce as restaurant sales dropped 80% [link]. And they are both incredibly impressive — 118% growth at $3B run-rate and $500m in ARR in software alone may be an all-time record — but also, perhaps not SaaS? #1.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Every day, billions of people around the world connect with their favorite brands to shop online, play the latest video games, log into mobile banking apps, learn remotely, share videos with friends, and so much more. They can complete tasks, view status, send updates, make notes, and more —through the portal, email, or mobile app.

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SaaStr

MAY 25, 2024

Cloudinary VP of Developer Experience Sanjay Sarathy shares his journey to more than $100M and the lessons he learned along the way for building a PLG motion and an Enterprise sales motion. They didn’t initially envision being a large Enterprise sales organization. Let’s first start with how Cloudinary came to be. The takeaway?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

It still loses money on the hardware, and the payments side is fairly low margin (28% or less). The software license is high margin, but it’s only 20% of the total revenue. It forced reps to close 13% more locations per sales rep. At least for now: Sales continues to grow at an epic 29% at $1.5 So what did it do?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 18, 2022

ChurnZero is Customer Success software for growing SaaS and subscription businesses. Our platform is uniquely designed to integrate with CRM systems and tightly into an application or service. SaaS is now 10% of the total Enterprise IT spend, but the back-office software remains an ugly beast comprising of spreadsheets and emails.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

and Is the app so core, or at least is on a path to become so core, that they can charge $20,000+ a year for it? Even a fairly small business can pay $10,000-$20,000 a year for one app, usually. There’s a whole other category of apps SMBs and SMEs can afford that cost $99-$299 a month or so. Or at least $10,000 at a minimum?

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USIO

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Two prominent solutions that have emerged in recent years are integrated payments and Payfac-as-a-Service. While both aim to simplify payment processes, understanding the nuances between the two is crucial for businesses to make informed decisions about which solution best suits their needs.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 4, 2022

Gaming, Wallets, Infrastructure, Consumer Apps, Insurance and Asset Management chart negligible share. Revenues are only revenues captured by tokens, not dollar revenues for software sales or token payments for services/software. Exchanges place second. Right behind, NFT exchanges rank third. Revenue Share.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 4, 2024

As a global leader in payment solutions for game developers, our presence at this dynamic gathering underscores our commitment to supporting the burgeoning gaming industry across the region and around the world. At FastSpring, we’re more than just a payment provider — we’re your partner in growth.

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SaaStr

APRIL 19, 2023

So one large category of software spend is on Point of Sale systems. But “POS” systems and software are everywhere, and are a lot more than just Toast and Square. And their mix of software, payments and hardware revenue drives up the total deal size — but puts a lot of pressure on margins.

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Payrix

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The world of Embedded Payments saw remarkable developments in 2024, shaping strategies and innovations across the industry. In a compelling discussion on PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments podcast, Ian Hillis hosted payments veterans Ella Aguirre and Michael Veatch to reflect on the past year.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Its product provides software to spas and salons but it’s not new (the first salon software came out in the 80s), and neither is a lot of the vertical software getting hot today. 10-15 years ago, salon and spa software was essentially a calendar with bells and whistles. readily available that didn’t exist before.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 27, 2022

That’s why we give boards and leadership teams an elegant solution that simplifies governance. With customers in higher education, nonprofit, healthcare systems, government, and corporate enterprise business, OnBoard is the leading board management provider. Qwilr is the tool of choice for scaling B2B sales teams.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 20, 2023

OpenAI’s Head of Sales, Aliisa Rosenthal, joined OpenAI a year and a half ago — before ChatGPT launched. The goal was to build safe AGI — AGI being autonomous systems that can perform work as well or better than humans. A friend joined Jasper as president and asked her to run the sales team. They’re on a rocket ship.

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Tom Tunguz

MARCH 28, 2021

UIPath offers software to build robots, programs that automate repetitive work. Robots read pdfs that customers provide and input that data into other computer systems. The UIPath suite includes the software to write, execute, monitor, and maintain these robots. Some examples include streamlining customer onboarding.

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USIO

AUGUST 15, 2024

Why Payment Gateway API Integration Matters for Your Business In today’s digital-first world, businesses must provide seamless and secure payment experiences to meet customer expectations and stay competitive. However, integrating a payment gateway can be a complex task, riddled with technical challenges and security concerns.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

But, there are still many interesting things we can learn from Shopify, especially since it sells to so many SMBs, has been late to go upmarket, and combines a payments/fintech element with pure SaaS. Sales might want a tighter “gate” to convert to paid. Subscriptions can fuel payments and merchant revenue.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2023

At a recent Workshop Wednesday , SaaStr founder and CEO Jason Lemkin answered the community’s most pressing questions about SaaS — from investor appetites and IPOs in 2024 to managing and hiring a Head of Sales as a solo founder to AI and the future of customer success. People build more products in sales, which spurs more innovation.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

And, when you do, do you even think about sale tax compliance? vary on how they handle sales tax and SaaS. It can be confusing to understand how and where you should charge sales tax. Let’s explore a few more ways in which sales tax compliance could impact your growing business. Here’s why you should. .

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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. If you want to offer more payment methods around the world, don’t miss this episode of Growth Stage.

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Stax

JUNE 25, 2024

With 63% of donors preferring to make online payments with a debit or credit card, it’s important that nonprofits and charity organizations take a forward-thinking fundraising approach to maximize the impact they can make. Don’t worry: today, we’ll help you find the best charity payment solution for your nonprofit.

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SaaStr

JULY 31, 2020

Last year, the company doubled its headcount, tripled revenue and landed on G2’s Top 100 Global Software list. . Keep in mind that Conversation Intelligence is the fastest-growing segment in sales technology, with much traction in the enterprise. Is there any value in transcribing inside sales calls to sales people?

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With a modern conversational support solution, you can combine proactive , self-serve , and human support capabilities, so your team can get ahead of known problems with targeted messages , automatically answer repetitive queries with bots , and quickly resolve complex issues with automation and a human touch. Integrations and Messenger apps.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Asana builds productivity and task management solutions. However, Asana’s cash flow margin from operations is 13 percentage points better, meaning customer pre-payment terms from customers and cash collections may be superior. Sales Efficiency. Asana pays back its sales and marketing outlay in 10.5 SmartSheet.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

Trailblazing through their home continent, venturing successfully onto the world stage or changing from on-premise software to SaaS, these companies could have a postal code in any SaaS hotspot in the world. ContaAzul was acquired by the collaborative software platform Wabbi Software S.A. We can’t wait to meet them. Superlógica.

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