There is an unprecedented time to be in this field.

The sector is expected to be strong for a long time. The market for software as a service could grow 10% a year for the next ten years. More than half of B2B recurring revenue businesses said they were confident of their growth in the next five years.

The road is not smooth. Entrepreneurs are dealing with the first downturn in the economy. As budgets tighten, SaaS businesses are reexamining the tools they use every day to accelerate their growth without making big capital expenditures.

There is good news. There are new ways to grow revenue. The financial stack is one of the simplest ways to do this.

With the right tools, there’s every opportunity for SaaS businesses to continue growing — even in today’s economy.

Big changes are made when doing more with less. When the stakes are high, a recession is what defines a startup. 45% of businesses are worried about their cash flow position, according to a survey by Stripe.

A majority of businesses think a recession is a good time to innovate. Technology is one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce the complexity of financial processes.

The real rate limiter for SaaS businesses’ growth isn’t shipping software — it’s selling it

Software as a service is a global model. The internet makes it possible for a Swedish company to reach customers in multiple countries.

It is difficult to sell things online. The company would need to charge its customers in Singaporean dollars, work out how to bill them automatically, and reconcile global currency.

The revenue stack is a source of inefficiency because there hasn't been an easy way to do this.

Losing money for preventable reasons is what it means.

Keeping up with changing regulations on identity verification is one of the things that means wasting time and money.

It means slower innovation as patchwork software makes it hard to create and test new product tiers.

I spent hours creating customer contracts and following up on payments as a founder. Those are pain points that a strong economy can't afford.

With fully integrated payments technologies, these problems are no longer a problem.

There are three things that the founder of the company can do to improve their profitability.

1. Eliminate avoidable churn to maximize revenue