In the last episode, we covered everything you’d want to know about Monthly Recurring Revenue. In this episode, we dive into methods to identify and recover lost revenue. It’s not as hard as finding the Lost Ark in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, but as the viewer found out in the Last Crusade, one must choose their method “wisely.”
Topics: billing, SaaS, recurring revenue, Podcast
Recently announced as one of DC Inno’s 50 on Fire, a “collection of the people, companies and organizations that are heating up D.C.’s innovation economy across six categories,” Ordway is on a mission to eliminate manual invoicing and revenue management workarounds by building the world’s most effective billing and finance platform.
Customers across many industries use Ordway to automate billing and revenue recognition. The platform simplifies finance operations so teams can focus on strategic growth activities. Ordway is efficiently solving the age old problem of getting paid by your customers, by marrying modern technology and talent, with decades of finance, accounting, and billing expertise.
In this episode of Pain in the GAAP, we dive into MRR, or monthly recurring revenue — a metric critical to SaaS businesses that can be a little tricky if you deal with real customers and not just spreadsheets.
We talk about how MRR is a useful metric for businesses to understand their future prospects as well as provide a business’ board and investors information to determine valuations.
Topics: billing, SaaS, operations, recurring revenue, Podcast, metrics
When we heard the news that Ordway was among the DC Inno 50 on Fire recipients, the team saw it as a validation that we are helping our customers automate painful back-office processes around billing customers and proper revenue recognition.
The main reason we’re on the list is the great team we've assembled to tackle really tough billing problems on behalf of our customers (we're hiring, so if you want to join an awesome crew, we'd love to hear from you). Our goal has always been to bring together a set of finance experts and top engineering talent to shape Ordway's modern billing platform.
The combination of modern technology, coupled with decades of finance, accounting, and billing expertise mean we’re able save companies money, uncover lost revenue, and let them “manufacture time” they didn’t have before. We save our customers 100s of hours each month, and that newly discovered time means freedom to focus on scaling their business.
There is nothing more comforting than watching Mister Rogers don his trademark sweater. As a someone who calls Pennsylvania home, the statue of his likeness in Pittsburgh is a reminder of more simple times. 30 years ago, “‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ showed how people made crayons. Today, crayon-making is a robot’s job.”
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Topics: billing, operations, automation, change management
In the last episode, we covered everything you’d want to know about collections. This episode we covered the ins and outs of Bookings, Billings, and Revenue. BBR, not Pabst Blue Ribbon PBR, but BBR, Bookings, Billings, and Revenue.
Topics: Insider, billing, SaaS, operations, Podcast, collections
The technology stack you choose not only supports growth, it shapes it.
Software is such a integral part of the modern work environment that it impacts all areas of your business, from how you do things, to who you hire.
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Topics: SaaS, operations, Pricing, Software
In episode 2, we covered the ins and outs of collections in the context of running and growing a business. Jason went deep on how to get paid or more precisely, collections....
Topics: Insider, billing, SaaS, operations, Podcast, collections
The one-thing we’ve learned from the the Walking Dead or Evil Dead, is that the tried and true method of eliminating zombies is to destroy the brain. In business, we can’t be constantly destroying our organization’s central nervous system and that’s why digital transformation is tough. That said, you can design your organization’s brain to effectively adapt to rewiring with a sound API strategy.
Topics: billing, SaaS, operations, Documentation, API, SOA
Price simplicity was once considered paramount to a successful SaaS pricing strategy. The advice was formulaic—establish a value metric, assemble a “good, better, best” tiered plan structure, provide people monthly and annual billing options, and you were off to the races.
“The pain point that every single B2B company shares is pricing.” – https://frontapp.com/blog/2017/02/13/how-we-de-risked-our-saas-pricing-strategy/
Things have changed. Oversimplification of your pricing model may cause your company to leave money on the table. This is because fast-growing businesses, regardless of size, often find they must serve different user types, each with their own willingness to pay, in order to grow.
Topics: billing, SaaS, operations, Pricing