SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

As SaaStr Europa 2022 drew to a close, attendees took one more opportunity to ask Jason questions about topics like how to navigate the current market, the future of work, playing in a crowded space, and hiring your first VP of Sales. Now there are 20 or 30 public SaaS companies we can learn from. Transcript.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

So, despite SaaS multiple and the public markets being at near record highs, we’ve seen things start to … wobble a bit overall in tech: The WeWork IPO simply failed , and the Peloton and Direct Smile IPOs were broken. One of the greatest SaaS companies of all times, but still, it turned out to be mortal. Slack is mortal.

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SaaStr

JUNE 17, 2022

The reality is though, in SaaS, especially if you are primarily sales-driven, that’s often gonna be tough. So if you’re building a model for your SaaS start-up, or thinking about cash-flow positive as a goal, let me offer a few learnings about how we got there faster: Land A Few Whales. Big Customers) in SaaS.

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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. Let’s jump right into part one.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Many of the fundamental business models that were once engraved in the SaaS playbook are now changing thanks to a tougher macro environment and a maturing market. PST, Stephanie Opdam, Partner at Notion Capital, shares four business model changes that will allow SaaS companies to build resilience and staying power over time.

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SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

Here’s a chance to look back at 4 pre-IPO SaaS leaders today, and how they were doing and what they were thinking in the run up to $10m ARR. Algolia went from zero to seven figures in revenue in 12 months, and the launch of their search as a service product, and grew pricing from $19 a month to $100,000, which sounds amazing.

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SaaStr

JULY 11, 2023

How do you win with a high-velocity sales strategy in a fast-moving, competitive market? In a special session of Workshop Wednesday, Gorgias Founder & CEO Romain Lapeyre and Gorgias VP of Sales & Partnerships Aasif Osmany share their learnings, advice, and hacks for optimizing your sales process. Mid-Market?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 21, 2024

Only 18% of Revenue From SaaS. It’s probably not really a SaaS company, but close enough to include it in our series and our ecosystem. #3. Sales & Marketing has only grown 12% as revenue has grown 29%, and R&D expense actually went … down. #5. HubSpot is, and Toast is as well. #2. 80% from Transaction Fees.

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Chaotic Flow

OCTOBER 8, 2013

SaaS product management professionals should always remember that there are four P’s in marketing , one being product. This is a particularly costly mistake in SaaS and is the root cause of many a SaaS Don’t. The Boundless SaaS Product. What are the boundaries of your SaaS product?

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2019

In this week’s episode we’ve dug down into the podcast vaults to bring you some of the best insights shared by our guests about scaling sales. It’s no surprise that one of the key levers for growth as you go from startup to scale-up is your sales team. Hiring for sales with John Barrows.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The issue is that most SaaS start-ups are terrible at collecting cash that doesn’t come from a payment gateway. They hook up a payment system when they start as self-service, and the cash magically flows into the bank account. And add some services. And often after. What’s the issue?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Understanding your ICP is a foundational and organization-wide decision because it impacts your downstream sales and marketing efforts. . Build your sales, marketing, customer success, and product development efforts around the needs of your ideal client.”. Brex then scaled its payments business quickly.

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The Angel VC

MARCH 23, 2016

Almost exactly four years ago I published a financial plan template for SaaS startups based on a model that I had created for Zendesk a few years earlier. The original v1 model was a very simple plan for early-stage SaaS startups with a low-touch sales model. Revenues" tab The model assumes that you have three pricing tiers.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

But thankfully, that’s not what your payroll process has to look like. The best payroll services help you automate paying your employees and simplify the entire process, so you can gain more control over how you spend your time. The 6 best payroll service options for 2020. How to choose the best payroll service for you.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Toast is the latest SaaS leader to get much more efficient in the past 12-18 months, along with monday.com, HubSpot, MongoDB, and many others. Jonathan joined Toast as the SVP of Sales in 2017. A Glance at Toast’s Hypergrowth Journey When Jonathan joined Toast as the SVP of Sales, the company was Series B with $20M in ARR.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

The fastest growing software companies in recent years all have something in common – they started with little to no sales team. But even for companies with this early viral growth, there comes a point in time when this organic growth needs to be supplemented with formal sales. Yes, Slack started off with no sales team.

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Incredo

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We have interviewed tens of SaaS community members to understand how they perceive SaaS Christmas promotions. And here are the best answers we have received. #1 Denis Lunev Founder at DepositFix , Payment Integration for HubSpot “ The most expensive time of year to advertise on Google and Facebook is Black Friday and Christmas.

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

As the fundraising environment changes, some SaaS companies will look to reach cash flow break even on their existing reserves. But there are three other ways to become profitable that limit reductions in force, enable the company to continue to grow with greater efficiency and increase the value of the company in the process.

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SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

More than half of Kenya’s GDP is now transacted through a mobile, through arguably the most successful mobile banking and payment system called M-Pesa. The challenge, however, is that because of the limited disposable income that both consumers and businesses have, you can’t charge a lot of money for services there.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2019

There are no silver bullets in sales – no tricks, hacks, or mantras that can guarantee you’ll hit target. Having led sales teams at Facebook, Twitter, and now Intercom, I’ve developed and executed many of these plays. These sales plays are the answers to mission-critical questions like “What criteria will I use to hire sales reps?”

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Stax

MARCH 19, 2024

Business owners are increasingly showing an overwhelming preference for SaaS platforms with embedded payment capabilities as part of their offerings. Manual payment processing and disconnected software and payment solutions are dying out, and research by Sifted shows that the integrated financial services market will grow to $3.6

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

So for the audience, cloud giants are turbocharging startup sales, and the predominant reason for this is because they’re fundamentally changing IT budgets at the customers that we’re all selling to. million subscriptions transacted and Google’s marketplace has seen 3X growth in SaaS sales. Rico Mallozzi, Sr.

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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. I learned a million lessons about SaaS, about start-ups, and about life along the way.

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Stax

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Offering payment processing services is a move that makes sense for a lot of SaaS companies, particularly if your software helps your customers run their business. Adding payments to your suite of features and offerings enables you to provide more value to your users. What Is Merchant Underwriting?

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Aaron Beashel

MARCH 9, 2018

I’ve been fortunate to work in a number of SaaS businesses in my career. Sure adding sales & marketing help fuel the growth, but these business were growing pretty rapidly before they injected the sales & marketing rocket fuel. Some of them, like InVision and SafetyCulture, seemed to just grow naturally without any help.

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Incredo

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We have interviewed tens of SaaS community members to understand how they perceive SaaS Christmas promotions. And here are the best answers we have received. #1 Denis Lunev Founder at DepositFix , Payment Integration for HubSpot “ The most expensive time of year to advertise on Google and Facebook is Black Friday and Christmas.

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FastSpring

AUGUST 2, 2023

When TestDome was created, CEO and co-founder Mario Zivic knew the pre-employment testing software company wouldn’t be able to rely on domestic sales to succeed. “As We do less than 1% of our business in Croatia, so it’s not really a big market for us,” added TestDome’s head of customer success and sales Igor Novosel. “We Here’s why.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. There’s a lot of services. This episode is sponsored by Linode.

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SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Manual processes first. Dare I say SaaS.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It’s actually quite simple: business process management (BPM) software. Visualize every process from end to end. If optimizing your business processes sounds like a good idea, this post will tell you everything you need to know about how to find the perfect BPM software for you. Process Visualization.

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Baremetrics

APRIL 1, 2021

When choosing a payments processor, businesses have a lot of goals in mind. In addition to keeping fees low, you want to make sure the service is reliable, fast, and able to offer your customers a smooth experience. So, when it comes to comparing platforms, major players like Stripe and Shopify Payments are likely to top your list.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2019

I’ve worked at multiple high growth SaaS businesses as a growth leader, and the data we’re seeing right now … This is from … is that CAC is increasing both in B2B and B2C, and you’re going to see how that relates, right? What’s the essential marketing stack every SaaS should have regardless of size?

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Point Nine Land

MARCH 7, 2019

The issues are real and include:  —  @jasonlk In a funny coincidence, one of our portfolio CEOs wrote me an email with the subject “Should we be hiring a CFO?” What about SaaS startups that are at a much earlier stage and haven’t raised a few million dollars yet? So, when is the right time to hire a CFO?

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Stax

MAY 30, 2024

While remote work is all the rage these days, there is still very much a need for on-site services, particularly industries like construction, healthcare, utilities, and telecommunications. This is where field service management (FSM) come in. Who needs my service?

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Software companies embark on their embedded payments journey only to discover they’ve underestimated the complexity that’s involved and struggle to launch. If you’re thinking about Embedded Payments for your platform, make time to listen to this episode of the PayFAQ Embedded Payments podcast. We’ve seen it far too often.

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SaaStr

MAY 16, 2019

Gorgias helps brands automatically respond to basic questions, and track the impact of customer service on sales so support becomes a profit center. We are a customer service platform for e-commerce websites, and one of the things we try to do is to automate customer support. Want to see more content like this?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? Have been recommended by sales professionals. Here’s how you can find the sales books that are most relevant to you. Here they are… The 97 Best Sales Books in 2020.

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