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The Quiet Liquidity Crisis in SaaS

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So Thomasz Tunguz put together a great chart summarizing one of my top worries over the past 24+ months in SaaS. And what you can see is there is really almost no liquidity for startups and scale-ups in SaaS and Cloud at the moment. And 2021 was a record year for Saas IPOs. What will the future bring for SaaS liquidity?

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The Bar Has Gone Up: The New Era of HyperFunctional SaaS with Jason Lemkin

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The era of hyper-functional SaaS is here, and it’s reshaping the landscape of SaaS companies. PST, SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin lays out how SaaS companies are now faced with the challenge of delivering more comprehensive, automated, and efficient solutions than ever before. AI in SaaS is automation in many cases.

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Is SaaS Back? (TL;DR: It Sure Feels Like It)

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Holy cow are some top SaaS stocks on a run. That SaaS was Dead. It’s not 2021 again, but so much has changed as the year ends: Many top SaaS and Cloud stocks are up +40%-60% or more in the back half of the yea r. Many top SaaS and Cloud leaders have seen growth re-accelerate. What a difference 8 months makes.

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5 Tips to Getting a Job in SaaS in a Tougher Market

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And most bigger SaaS and Cloud companies are still hiring, but not at the same pace. The post 5 Tips to Getting a Job in SaaS in a Tougher Market appeared first on SaaStr. However, it is true that it’s different today. In general, public companies are hiring at a slower pace than they are growing. And better.

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SaaS CX: The Optimal Failed Payment Recovery Strategy

Customers are the lifeblood of your SaaS business, and keeping them for as long as possible is essential for long-term success. But this relationship can be at risk if their credit card payment fails. This situation worsens if your recovery strategy treats the customer as the problem. The result? Costly customer churn.

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The SaaS Era of 2013-2022 is Over. Welcome to The World of Hyperfunctional SaaS.

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Will $1B SaaS companies be run by 1 person teams? What I do know is many of the billion+ SaaS companies I invested in a decade ago would not be remotely competitive today. It’s the era of Hyperfunctional SaaS. Welcome to The World of Hyperfunctional SaaS. So is AI taking over everything? I mean … maybe.

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6 Of The Most Common Mistakes I See First Time SaaS Founders Make

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What are the most common mistakes I see first time SaaS founders make? Second-time SaaS founders make other mistakes. Here’s what I see most often, the Top 6 Mistakes First Time SaaS Founders Make: Incomplete understanding of business model, and how it will scale. They think they know more than they do.

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SaaS Essentials: Failed Payment Solution Guide

For SaaS businesses, improving retention is one of the easiest and most effective ways to drive revenue and profits. With a clear link between failed payments and customer churn, having a robust failed payment recovery solution isn’t optional—it’s essential. Achieving your retention goals starts with the right solution.

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A Solution for Every Type of Churn: Solving Involuntary SaaS Churn

How is your SaaS business addressing involuntary churn? Caused by failed payments, this overlooked source of friction quietly erodes both customer retention and revenue. It leads to revenue losses and can be the largest source of churn, yet your company may not be taking it seriously.

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SaaS Business Fundamentals: How Decline Codes Impact Failed Payment Recovery

For SaaS businesses, decline reasons vary, shaped by customer demographics and the nature of your service. A failed payment isn't just a lost transaction - it could mean a customer churning for good. But not all payment declines are the same.

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The New Frontier: A Guide to Monetizing AI Offerings

Speaker: Michael Mansard and Katherine Shealy

Generative AI is no longer just an exciting technological advancement––it’s a seismic shift in the SaaS landscape. You’ll walk away with the following insights: 🚀 GenAI as a Game Changer: Learn why GenAI is revolutionizing SaaS and how it opens new opportunities to innovate your business model.

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How Clinic Sense Reduced Churn and Unlocked More Revenue

ClinicSense is a SaaS platform that supports over 7,000 massage therapists who use it for appointment management, payments, scheduling, marketing activities and more. Despite having a relatively low payment failure rate, the company discovered that the failures disrupted the customer experience.

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Negotiate Better SaaS Contracts and Renewals. Get More From Your SaaS With Data

It's all too easy for companies to overspend on SaaS and for SaaS applications to go underutilized. Lack of insight into active SaaS contracts and lack of data on actual SaaS usage. LeanIX SMP offers IT and Procurement teams the ability to discover all the SaaS contracts the company currently pays for.

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B2B SaaS Financial Operations Trends Report 2021

B2B SaaS financial operations are no different. You'll learn our top 5 predictions for what B2B SaaS companies can expect to see in 2021 with comprehensive breakdowns by company growth stage as well as detailed recommendations on what your team can do now to get ahead. If you're in B2B SaaS, you don't want to miss this one.

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How Do SaaS Companies Fit Into the Payments Revenue Food Chain?

This guide explains how that fee is divvied up and how SaaS companies are becoming a more important player (gaining a larger share) by embedding payments into their solution. Ever wondered who gets a share of that 3% credit card transaction fee?