Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The solution? While it’s a trend across sectors, it’s picking up steam in tech where companies are looking to deliver more complete solutions to consumers. The startup built a cloud-based office procurement system that helps customers streamline supplier management. Micro startup acquisitions. A much softer blow.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

FastSpring

APRIL 7, 2022

Learn more about how FastSpring helps SaaS and software companies collect and remit taxes globally or localize and accept global payments. In their case, the cash that Messente generated from these early sales enabled them to pay salaries quickly, which meant they could keep their doors open and the ideas flowing.

SaaS Payments 147

SaaS Payments Technical Advisors Payment Services Payments 147

SaaStr

JUNE 20, 2019

In this session, the audience will learn about Adyen’s journey from a Dutch payments startup, to a global public company with more than 15 offices around the world working with large global companies like Facebook, Spotify, Uber and Microsoft. I mean payment cultures, payment habits are, yeah, different in every country all over the world.

Payment Methods 160

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 160

SaaStr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Make off-boarding simple and straightforward, enabling users to cancel within the app directly without your support team’s help.”. Venture capital-backed companies update their pricing once every 2.8 Adjusting your payment methods and currencies will bring you some gains. Lever #4: The nostalgia effect.

Payments 130

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Venture Capital 130

Chart Mogul

AUGUST 15, 2019

You may have heard of Revenue-based financing (RBF), venture debt or hybrid structures blending a revenue or profit share concept with an equity ownership stake. Or, maybe you haven’t and are still thinking your only options are to bootstrap or pursue angel and/or venture capital. Sales & Marketing Metrics.

Finance 85

Finance Payments Revenue Payment Solutions 85

Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

million – about half of all the cash they had on hand – to buy out their main venture capital investors after eight years since founding. This capital can also greatly accelerate the progress and trajectory of the business with resources that others may not get for years down the road. Venture Capital.

Finance 111

Finance Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods 111

SaaStr

JUNE 19, 2020

Christoph has invested in more than 20 SaaS startups and lives and breathes SaaS, everything from “A as in AI-enhanced B2B software” to “Z as in Zendesk”. Christoph co-founded Point Nine Capital in 2011. Guru is the knowledge management solution that delivers the information you need when and where you need it.

Development Team Review 185

Development Team Review Software Review Management Sales Hiring 185

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

For those of you who did not clap, Stripe is a set of developer APIs that help businesses accept payments online and do all sorts of innovative things in moving money in the cloud. We have over 1,500 apps listed in our app directory, so those are with third party partners. Thank you Ceci. I’m Vicki Lin.

Payments 129

Payments Scale Scaling Revenue 129

Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

What started as Dimitris (now my Co-founder at Outseta ) writing a few lines of code to collect rent payments from tenants he had living in a duplex in Providence, Rhode Island, turned into something worth hundreds of millions of dollars 15 years later. We could translate the software into Spanish. How the hell does that happen?

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Services 145

Outseta

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

By Geoff Roberts 12 min read When we first started building Outseta we stated outright that we weren’t interested in raising venture capital—instead, we planned on bootstrapping the business and remaining independent. Each time a payment is made, the fund’s ownership stake is reduced with the founders’ ownership shares increasing.

SaaS Payments 102

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments SaaS 102

Outseta

APRIL 14, 2020

As Channing’s post highlights, even many prominent VCs are admitting that now might not be the best time to head down the venture backed path—and I think all the layoffs and turmoil that the tech industry is experiencing is evidence that even in good times we haven’t been thinking about building companies the right way anyways. Think SpaceX.

Payment Methods 68

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments 68

Baremetrics

AUGUST 23, 2021

Paying monthly for your software needs can be a lot better on your cash flows than buying a lot of expensive packages outright. If you both provide valuable software, maybe this is a good way to reduce your cash expense. Pay suppliers that offer an early payment discount first. Cisco Systems Inc. Dell Computers eBay Inc.

Business 96

Business Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 96

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

I’m the founder of Blossom Capital. We’re a team of former investors and operators from the likes of Facebook, Deliveroo, and the Swedish payments company Klarna. I work with Dawn Capital. We are a purely B2B fund, focused on software and fintech. Then we deploy the capital to build. Evgenia : Hi.

New CTO 179

New CTO Sales Hiring B2C CTO Hire 179

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 1, 2019

Michael and his team created a lucrative reward system for startups , which they were able to do through group purchasing (taking advantage of a vertical that allowed them to buy software packages). What actually made me most comfortable was when they said they were building their system like a ledger, so it can’t be messed up.

Strategy 36

Strategy Payment Methods Payment Services Startup 36

ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

Other signs of explosive growth potential at this early stage are a highly efficient sales motion, though this is most often still a work in progress at this stage. Interest from channel partners and sales via channel partners can be another meaningful indicator. . I’ve seen this so many times that is has become predictable. .

Scale 98

Scale Customer Success Payments Underperforming Technical Team 98

SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2020

A venture capital investor, she is the founder of Cowboy Ventures. This episode is an excerpt from Aileen and Jason’s session at SaaStr Summit: The New New in Venture. 347: Ready to hire your first VP Sales? There’s no technology, they need money to actually build software. 346: Aileen Lee is a U.S.

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Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Payment Methods SaaS Payments 194

Chart Mogul

AUGUST 15, 2019

You may have heard of Revenue-based financing (RBF), venture debt or hybrid structures blending a revenue or profit share concept with an equity ownership stake. Or, maybe you haven’t and are still thinking your only options are to bootstrap or pursue angel and/or venture capital. Sales & Marketing Metrics.

Finance 52

Finance Payments Revenue Payment Solutions 52

The Angel VC

DECEMBER 12, 2018

UIpath, the wildly successful robotic process automation solution out of Romania, is on a similar trajectory. As I wrote here , trying to forecast what happens to your CACs if you 10x your sales and marketing spend is very difficult. eight years. The main reason is that your customer acquisition costs are highly front-loaded.

Sales Recruiting 106

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Scale 106

Outseta

JANUARY 10, 2020

Expenses It’s cheaper than ever before to build software—3 years into building Outseta, we’ve spent $66,326 on the business. Forte fees are payment processing expenses that have grown significantly over 2018 as we’ve processed more subscription payments. 2017 2018 2019 Total. 2017 2018 2019 Total. Source: Google Analytics.

SaaS Payments 55

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions 55

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. SaaS, or software as a service, is a delivery model in which a centrally hosted software is licensed to customers via a subscription plan. Recurring payments.

Business Model 54

Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

Aileen Lee: And so, I think for a lot of states and regulatory agencies and businesses that have been pushing back to enable remote work, they’re going to have to change a lot of stuff and that’s going to take … A lot of investment’s going to happen in software. ”, we are going to have more unicorns.

Investment 210

Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 210

Chart Mogul

MARCH 24, 2020

that largely determine which path is right for you and your software business. In Moz Founder Rand Fishkin’s brilliantly open and honest book Lost and Founder , he uses an example VC fund called “Scorpio Ventures” to outline some of the fundamentals of how venture capital firms work. They raise a $400 million fund.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Venture Capital SaaS Payments Sales Hiring 52

Chart Mogul

MARCH 24, 2020

that largely determine which path is right for you and your software business. In Moz Founder Rand Fishkin’s brilliantly open and honest book Lost and Founder , he uses an example VC fund called “Scorpio Ventures” to outline some of the fundamentals of how venture capital firms work. They raise a $400 million fund.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Venture Capital SaaS Payments Sales Hiring 52

Outseta

AUGUST 31, 2018

We now support Stripe as a payment gateway. When we launched our subscription billing and management functionality, we initially partnered with Forte Payment Systems as our payment gateway. As a result, adding Stripe as a payment gateway very quickly became the most requested feature from our users.

Payments 40

Payments Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods 40

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Angus Davis , VC and Partner at Foundation Capital. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. About Angus Davis & Foundation Capital [1:45]. SMB Sales & SDRs at (Smaller) Scale [18:20]. Sam Jacobs: Welcome to the Sales Hacker Podcast. We’re on iTunes.

Payment Methods 63

Payment Methods Scale CTO Coach SMB 63

ChurnZero

JANUARY 18, 2024

The role of the chief customer officer has become an essential function in subscription-based business models such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where customer retention is paramount and requires executive-level leadership. A chief customer officer is an operational role responsible for all customer-facing activity post-sale.

Development Team Review 52

Development Team Review Technical Review Software Review Sales Hiring 52

Backlinkfy

OCTOBER 5, 2019

We live a totally different world today, gone are the years where you'll need to have Angel or venture capital funding for you to start a business. The goal is to design a site where potential customers can quickly connect emotionally and find conversions like shopping carts, checkout, and secure payment options.

Payment Methods 56

Payment Methods Payment Services Sales Hiring Technical Review 56

Chart Mogul

JUNE 9, 2023

Christoph elaborates on how a long-term, strong economic market with low interest rates led to an influx of capital in the system. Renewal, payment, happy days. ’ A lot of sales teams are not set up that way. Daria Danilina , Co-founder, Salesroom The velocity of leads, sales cycles, and customer conversations.

Trends 52

Trends SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 52

Chart Mogul

JULY 30, 2024

Venture capital A venture capitalist (VC) is a private investor who provides funding to companies with unique products that have a wide appeal. No large payments. Monthly payments. Unlike angel investors and venture capitalists, this form of funding requires money to be repaid rather than equities.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Investment Payment Methods Payments 52

Point Nine Land

DECEMBER 12, 2018

UIpath, the wildly successful robotic process automation solution out of Romania, is on a similar trajectory. As I wrote here , trying to forecast what happens to your CACs if you 10x your sales and marketing spend is very difficult. eight years. The main reason is that your customer acquisition costs are highly front-loaded.

Sales Recruiting 61

Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Scale 61

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

We need this money to get sales and marketing going. So I just see this so many times you’ll see a deck, we need this money to get sales and marketing going. But I guess if you haven’t raised venture capital before, a few maybe obvious and annoying things to know, but maybe I’ll throw it out.

Scale 245

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling SaaS 245

SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It is a sign of development, showing that the business has effectively transitioned from an R&D organization dependent on venture capital to an autonomous, long-lasting enterprise. . But as more business companies choose the SaaS (Software as a Service) path, now is a fantastic time to enter this industry. .

Enterprise 10

Enterprise Outsourcing Services Scale Payment Services 10

SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

They were building time and expense software. And so we started building a cloud solution, but it was a long arduous journey. He’s actually part of the reason I decided to partner with the founder of SteelBrick Max Redmond and Max had built a great CPQ app, but not a lot of the world had heard of it except for Lars.

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Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Payments 231

FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As a former agency owner, now the Chief Marketing Officer at FastSpring, David Vogelpohl has helped many software companies scale around the world. Start with your existing sales and see where there’s interest from existing buyers. David used the U.S. as an example: “You charge in U.S.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 78

OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

How you manage your cash flow can have a big multiplier effect on your company valuation but most finance tools are not optimizing for that, Jeff Epstein, former CFO of software giant Oracle, said last week in a Tesorio webcast. “If Despite its importance, cash flow often gets short shrift in finance systems. Two years of runway. “For

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services Finance 52

Point Nine Land

MARCH 7, 2019

It seems like while there’s been a lot of discussion in the SaaS community about the right time to bring on a VP of Sales or VP of Marketing (with the best advice coming from Jason himself¹), the finance department hasn’t attracted as much attention yet. The 48 Types of VP Sales. There may not be 48 different types of CFOs ?—?but

Sales Hiring 72

Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Payment Services Finance 72

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2020

I moved out to the East Coast of the US to go to Harvard where I majored in applied math with a focus on decision systems and artificial intelligence before it was cool. And that was my first time in enterprise software – I’d spent some time in consumer software before that and did that for a few years.

Payment Solutions 209

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring 209