Live from the Stanford AlwaysOn Summit

by Tien Tzuo   I was thrilled to have the opportunity to speak on the “Will the next salesforce.com please stand up” panel this morning. After the session I was thinking about how great it is to be among those on the cutting edge of the SaaS industry when it struck me, it’s more than […]

Oh the pain — Product based billing systems in a subscription world

by Tien Tzuo   One word that surfaces often in conversations we’re having with companies is “pain.” The pain of managing all of those spreadsheets. The pain of manually generating so many invoices and collecting revenue. The pain of closing the books at the end of the month with Quickbooks. The pain of having to […]

Recurring Billing and the Investment Community

by Tien Tzuo   We’ve been touting the benefits of the subscription model to business owners and customers, but one audience we’ve left out is the investment community. Subscription businesses are extremely attractive to investors these days because of the recurring revenue and (if you use Zuora Billing) low cost to get started. If you […]