SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2023

I met you probably before that, you come out of PayPal and all this, and it’s a change. There’s actually more similarities to PayPal with Zenefits than there are to Yammer. It’s a more operationally intensive company the way that PayPal was. The transactions are a little bit more like PayPal.

Scale 363

Scale Sales Hiring PayPal Development Team Review 363

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

And more are coming: Putting aside oldies like Adobe and PayPal, now Atlassian , Snowflake , Shopify , Square , ServiceNow and Salesforce (maybe an oldie) all are worth over $100 Billion. Can the market really support 300+ SaaS and Cloud Unicorns ? Well maybe. There are now already 6 SaaS/Cloud leaders worth over $100 Billion dollars.

PayPal 295

PayPal SaaS Cloud Marketing 295

Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2021

While there is a plethora of payment platforms to consider, Stripe and PayPal should be at the top of the list. If you’re trying to decide between Stripe and PayPal, you may arrive at a difficult crossroad. Overview Both Stripe and PayPal have exceptional payment processing capabilities, but their features don’t stop there.

Payment Methods 93

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Merchant Services 93

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

A ways back we noted a great rant by David Marcus , now of Facebook, and previously President of PayPal. Complaining his employees weren’t using PayPal apps. But PayPal isn’t Google. Well — what did he expect? Yes, he was right. It’s not cool if your team doesn’t use your app every day.

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VP of Engineering Customer Support PayPal Healthcare 228

Chargebee

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Sure, PayPal is a secure system that people recognize, but are you really willing to hand over your hard-earned funds to a huge corporation just for name recognition?

PayPal 76

PayPal Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments 76

Neil Patel

JANUARY 11, 2023

Article sponsored by PayPal. When we talk about leaders in the contactless payments space, we must talk about PayPal. With a user share of 82%, PayPal is the most used online payment service in the U.S. Let’s dig into why this is important and how PayPal enterprise solutions can help. I’m not the only one who thinks this.

PayPal 80

PayPal Payment Solutions Payment Methods Merchant Services 80

SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2023

Chargebee integrates with the leading payment gateways like Stripe, Braintree, PayPal etc. Chargebee is a recurring billing and subscription management tool that helps SaaS and SaaS-like businesses streamline Revenue Operations.

Payment Features 55

Payment Features Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 55

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

David Sacks made tens of millions at PayPal but had to do more. And sometimes it almost never ends. Dave Duffield made $10 billion when Oracle took over Peoplesoft … but he still had to go and co-found Workday. So he founded Yammer and sold it for $1B+ cash. And he made millions as an angel investor. But he still wanted to go bigger.

PayPal 300

PayPal Startup Management Leadership 300

Chargebee

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Over 24 million merchants use PayPal as their payment processor. PayPal can be confusing, and its customer support could be improved upon further. While PayPal may be popular, is it the best option available? PayPal is best suited for low-volume merchants. It’s fast, secure, and easy to use. You’re only […]

PayPal 75

PayPal Merchant Services Payment Services Customer Support 75

SaaStr

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Chargebee integrates with the leading payment gateways like Stripe, Braintree, PayPal etc. Chargebee is a recurring billing and subscription management tool that helps SaaS and SaaS-like businesses streamline Revenue Operations. There’s no reason you shouldn’t hire the brightest, most talented people.

Payment Features 256

Payment Features Payment Services Payments Sales Hiring 256

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 21, 2020

Outliers at the top end include Google Maps (44%), Paypal (47%), and Uber (50.5%.). For example, personal finance apps like PayPal (47%) and Revolut (35%) use a lot of text in their starting screens to display information about accounts, recent transactions, and activity. Personal finance: (PayPal, Revolut) 41.0%.

Mobile 291

Mobile PayPal Social Media Underperforming Technical Team 291

Chargebee

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Major payment gateways like PayPal and Stripe offer robust solutions for companies of all sizes. PayPal is a great solution for new and small businesses. Collecting payment from customers needs to be a seamless process to ensure no cash-flow disruptions. But which one is right for your business?

PayPal 76

PayPal Payment Solutions Payment Services Business 76

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2024

PayPal: Their Market Stayed the Same PayPal started as a payment encryption service, and now they’re a web-based payment processor. That’s an evolution of a strategy. They began with the ability to store large amounts of unstructured data in a narrow space, and calling it NoSQL attracted a certain class of people.

Payment Services 224

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods PayPal 224

SaaStr

AUGUST 11, 2022

Ok now let’s look at some pure-play Fintechs: PayPal: 47% Gross Margins. That led to $556m in net revenue (a very small % of that $300 Billion). But what they did take, was very profitable. More than half went to the bottom line: $357 million — wow! Affirm: ~46% Gross Margins (probably lower). Marqeta: 40% Gross Margins.

SaaS Payments 314

SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payments Payment Solutions 314

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Chargebee integrates with the leading payment gateways like Stripe, Braintree, PayPal etc. Chargebee is a recurring billing and subscription management tool that helps SaaS and SaaS-like businesses streamline Revenue Operations.

Payment Features 226

Payment Features Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 226

SaaStr

JULY 19, 2022

Calendly works with Google, Office 365 and Outlook calendars and apps like Salesforce, Stripe, PayPal, Google Analytics, GoToMeeting and Zapier for a seamless user experience. Drift® , the Conversation Cloud company, helps businesses connect with people at the right time, in the right place with the right conversation.

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 262

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Artificial Intelligence Enterprise readiness Azure 262

SaaStr

JUNE 21, 2020

2: “The Cadence: How To Turn Your SaaS Startup into an Army” with David Sacks, Craft Ventures and ex-CEO Yammer and ex-COO of PayPal. This one always floats near the top. #2: One of the top sessions from New New in Venture. #3: 3: “12 Key Levers of SaaS Success with David Skok of Matrix Partners” A SaaStr Classic!

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Scale PayPal Cloud Startup 246

Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Amplitude counts Cisco, Adidas, PayPal and CapitalOne amongst its customers. Amplitude, a leading provider of web analytics, filed their S-1 earlier this week. The company leverages novel storage techniques to scalably collect data on how users engage with mobile apps and web sites.

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Metrics Benchmarks PayPal Enterprise 243

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 2, 2024

PayPal paid their auditor Ernst & Young with stablecoins. PayPal’s stablecoin PYUSD has reached $750m in size. But, the use of stablecoins extends far beyond crypto trading. Stablecoins own more US Treasuries than South Korea & Germany & have become an important buyer of US goverment debt.

PayPal 159

PayPal AI 159

SaaStr

MARCH 23, 2023

Chargebee integrates with the leading payment gateways like Stripe, Braintree, PayPal etc. Chargebee is a recurring billing and subscription management tool that helps SaaS and SaaS-like businesses streamline Revenue Operations.

Payment Features 242

Payment Features SaaS Payments Payments Payment Methods 242

SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2021

Start with the Paypal-style of a “barrel” role. But after that, it’s tough. OK besides a blanket Don’t Ever Do Double Stretches Except in Year One, what’s another idea, SaaStr?

Sales Hiring 340

Sales Hiring PayPal Growth Hacking Startup 340

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

David’s first foray into SaaS was in 1999 when he joined a startup that would become PayPal, starting as the product leader and later as the COO. Subscribe Please do not fill in this field. David Sacks: SaaS Background and Investments. Microsoft acquired Yammer for $1.2 billion in 2012.

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CTO Hire Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO 287

SaaStr

OCTOBER 21, 2019

You could remove Adobe and Paypal, and then it would be 70/30. You could add in Microsoft, Amazon and Google and it would plummet to 50/50. You could add in SAP and Oracle and it would go back up closer to 80/20. And more of the next-generation, from Canva on, is from outside the Bay Area. So what conclusions can we draw?

PayPal 207

PayPal SaaS Cloud Scaling 207

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Intuit, Microsoft, Adobe, PayPal. Enough not to churn. In VSB or SMB business apps, you can get to one million paying customers — but you really, really need something broad-based to get there. But there are not too many with 1,000,000 paid business customers, or 50m truly active users. Hubspot sells to SMBs and just passed $1B in ARR.

Business Model 296

Business Model Scale Business PayPal 296

Neil Patel

AUGUST 30, 2021

Article sponsored by PayPal. This is why offering BNPL options, like PayPal’s enterprise BNPL , is crucial for attracting the Gen Z market. Trust also impacts what payment methods Gen Z’ers are willing to use, and PayPal offers a considerable competitive advantage. Offer Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) Payment Options.

Payment Methods 145

Payment Methods PayPal Social Media Advertising 145

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Article sponsored by PayPal. Several tools and apps offer this feature, including PayPal with their Pay in 4 option. PayPal’s offering integrates with the PayPal wallet, allowing users to easily manage payments. Familiar options like PayPal may increase consumer trust, which may increase sales.

Payment Methods 134

Payment Methods Payments Merchant Services PayPal 134

Tom Tunguz

JULY 16, 2024

PayPal’s stablecoin has more than $0.5b BlackRock & Fidelity have launched tokenized Treasury products with nearly $1b in assets combined. Stripe now allows its merchants to accept payments in Ethereum, Solana, & Polygon without transaction fees. Understanding what data means across this universe isn’t easy.

Blockchain 185

Blockchain Merchant Services Payment Solutions Investment 185

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Which database did PayPal use to enable internet payments? This section in Read Write Own , Chris Dixon’s book, has been bouncing in my brain for the last few weeks. Very few people know whether today’s apps are built with, just as they don’t consider the construction materials of their office building. Nobody knows.

Blockchain 172

Blockchain Payment Solutions Payment Methods Mobile Payments 172

SaaStr

JUNE 11, 2019

Keith began his career in the industry as a senior executive at PayPal and subsequently served in influential roles at LinkedIn and as chief operating officer of Square. Early teams of PayPal, LinkedIn, Square, and now GP at Khosla Ventures. And you’ve been on the early teams at several companies now: LinkedIn, PayPal, Square-.

Merchant Services 264

Merchant Services Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Scale 264

SaaStr

JULY 2, 2024

That doesn’t mean they were all great returns along the way, but if you got into Amazon, Yahoo, eBay, or PayPal, you did quite well. Market Cycles Tend to Repeat Themselves If you go back to the internet bubble, a number of companies created a significant amount of equity value during that period.

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Venture Capital Management Scale AI 300

Chargebee

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Both PayPal and Stripe are highly acclaimed players in this field. Any disruption at this stage can (and will) break relationships and directly impact revenue inflows. Over the years, major payment gateways have had to constantly change their wardrobes as the call for seamless and personalized payment experiences grows stronger.

PayPal 52

PayPal Payment Methods Payments Branding 52

SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2019

By contrast, only 12% of online purchasers in Germany stated that a debit or credit card was their preferred payment method, with customers opting for alternatives such as invoices or PayPal. The importance of understanding local preferences but also offering a range of currency options for SaaS payments in a secure manner is vital.

SaaS Payments 215

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 215

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

These are larger roundtables with top executives from top tech leaders from Box, Adobe, Zoom, VMWare, Coursera, Paypal, Zendesk, Proofpoint, Segment, Quizlet, Tile and more and are highly rated. Tip #6: Go to the Plato Sessions on Wednesday for Product and Engineering Mentorship. You automatically meet new great folks here.

PayPal 50

PayPal Mobile Engagement Engineering 50

SaaStr

JULY 3, 2020

David Sacks (Yammer, PayPal) shares how to navigate from 50-500 employees. First, I was the founding era CEO of PayPal during the PayPal Mafia period, and I was a self taught product person, I learned how to do product management operations there. 349: Startups can get messy. Especially in growth. I learnt this operating myself.

Software Review 251

Software Review Scale Systems Review Startup 251

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Used “dollar airdrops” PayPal deposited $10 into each new user’s account when registering in their first growth phase. There’s much more in the analysis that’s worth reading. Marketers bet loss-leader campaigns like airdrops generate more revenue than the cost of the campaign.

Blockchain 176

Blockchain PayPal Startup Pricing 176

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

For example, while credit cards are popular in the United States, alternative payment methods like PayPal, Pix , KakaoPay, or mobile payments are more common in other parts of the world. Offering a variety of local payment methods caters to the diverse payments needs of your global customer base.

Payment Methods 125

Payment Methods Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payments 125

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2021

PayPal has continued to skyrocket, and then, of course, Zoom replacing ServiceNow in the top five from 2020, as Zoom meetings, Zoom backgrounds, and for all of us, even a little Zoom fatigue is becoming a necessary and important element of our every day.

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Cloud Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions 253