{"id":10238,"date":"2017-12-20T01:45:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T00:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/?p=10238"},"modified":"2024-08-05T17:14:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T15:14:19","slug":"chartmogul-2017-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/chartmogul-2017-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The ChartMogul 2017 year in review"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>January<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/gocardless-integration\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6730 size-full-column\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/GoCardless-720x300.jpg\" alt=\"GoCardless logo image\" width=\"720\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/GoCardless-360x150@2x.jpg 720w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/GoCardless-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/GoCardless-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/GoCardless-360x150.jpg 360w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/GoCardless-1920x800.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/GoCardless-720x300@2x.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/GoCardless-300x125@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/GoCardless-1024x427@2x.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We kicked off 2017 by announcing our <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/gocardless-integration\/\">integration with GoCardless.<\/a> This allowed GoCardless customers to import their billing data to ChartMogul and start analyzing customers and revenue.<\/p>\n<p>On our blog we also explored the topic of <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/how-to-move-up-market\/\">moving up market in SaaS<\/a> and how businesses might tackle this without losing their soul.<\/p>\n<h2>February<\/h2>\n<p>February in the SaaS world means one thing: <a href=\"http:\/\/saastr.com\">The SaaStr Annual conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year ChartMogul hosted a SaaStr Bingo Party &#8212; a joint event with Point Nine Capital:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loon_burger\/status\/829191040406056964\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10312\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/saastr-bingo-tweet-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"Image of prize winner\" width=\"450\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/saastr-bingo-tweet-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/saastr-bingo-tweet-925x1024.jpg 925w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/saastr-bingo-tweet-720x797.jpg 720w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/saastr-bingo-tweet.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/saastr-bingo-tweet-271x300@2x.jpg 542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also with <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/new-visualizations-bar-charts-stacked-charts\/\">February&#8217;s product update<\/a>, ChartMogul customers were given flexibility of choice between line, bar or stacked area charts like this one:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6951 size-full-column\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-08-at-17.16.31-720x257.png\" alt=\"Chart image\" width=\"720\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-08-at-17.16.31-720x257.png 720w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-08-at-17.16.31-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-08-at-17.16.31-1024x365.png 1024w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-08-at-17.16.31.png 1642w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-08-at-17.16.31-720x257@2x.png 1440w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-08-at-17.16.31-300x107@2x.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We launched two client libraries for developers: <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/chartmogul-api-python-client\/\">Python<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/chartmogul-api-go-client\/\">GO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>March<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full-column wp-image-7944\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghost-720x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost ChartMogul\" width=\"720\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghost-360x150@2x.jpg 720w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghost-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghost-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghost-360x150.jpg 360w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghost-1920x800.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghost-720x300@2x.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghost-300x125@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ghost-1024x427@2x.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In March we were proud to share the story of ghost &#8212; specifically how the non-profit publishing platform is using ChartMogul to publicly share its metrics and growth:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhen just getting started, with limited money in the bank and not yet profitable, metrics were everything. Life or death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>~ John O&#8217;Nolan, CEO of Ghost<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We published a follow-up to our most popular blog post of all time: <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/saas-landing-pages-2017-analysis\/\">SaaS landing pages in 2017: Our analysis of 100+ top businesses<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We launched an integration with <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/announcing-integration-visible\/\">Visible<\/a> and an add-on for <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/whmcs-chartmogul-add-on\/\">WHCMS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>April<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8002 size-full-column\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zuora-720x300.jpg\" alt=\"zuora chartmogul\" width=\"720\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zuora-360x150@2x.jpg 720w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zuora-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zuora-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zuora-360x150.jpg 360w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zuora-1920x800.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zuora-720x300@2x.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zuora-300x125@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/zuora-1024x427@2x.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>April saw the launch of our Zuora integration! For the first time, Zuora customers could connect their data to ChartMogul.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We explored <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/dslr-camera-b2b-onboarding-ux\/\">what a $4K DSLR can teach you about SaaS onboarding<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We shared an in-depth <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/zapier-api-saas\/\">discussion about API-based SaaS<\/a> with Zapier CEO Wade Foster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>May<\/h2>\n<p>In may we spoke to Arun Mani, MD of Continental Europe for Freshworks (formerly Freshdesk). Arun shared his insights into expanding a SaaS business into Europe, as well as his philosophy on personal growth and development. <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/arun-mani-freshdesk-europe-expansion\/\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/chartmogul\/arun-mani-freshdesk<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We highlighted a growing problem with data literacy in business, with the post <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/data-literacy-deficit\/\">The data literacy shortfall: Are we data-driven, or data-duped?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>June<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/measuring-content-chartmogul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9177\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/content-engagement-scale_fixed-250x300.png\" alt=\"engagement scale\" width=\"350\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/content-engagement-scale_fixed-250x300.png 250w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/content-engagement-scale_fixed-852x1024.png 852w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/content-engagement-scale_fixed-720x866.png 720w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/content-engagement-scale_fixed-1920x2309.png 1920w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/content-engagement-scale_fixed-250x300@2x.png 500w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/content-engagement-scale_fixed-852x1024@2x.png 1704w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/content-engagement-scale_fixed-720x866@2x.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/measuring-content-chartmogul\/\">How we measure content at ChartMogul<\/a> saw us share our philosophy towards content marketing at ChartMogul, particularly how we measure the success of content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We continued our campaign for better data literacy in business, with <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/data-literacy-cheat-sheet\/\">The Ultimate Data Literacy Cheat Sheet<\/a>. As always, you can download it for free from our resources page!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>July<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/saas-pricing-pages-2017\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pricing-collage-940x400@2x.jpg\" alt=\"pricing pages\" width=\"1880\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I revisited my original 2015 analysis of SaaS pricing pages with the post <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/saas-pricing-pages-2017\/\">B2B SaaS pricing pages in 2017: Lessons from 100+ top businesses<\/a>. This analysis was even bigger, covering over 100 pricing pages from SaaS businesses of all shapes and sizes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/announcing-chartmogul-vindi-integration\/\">announced our partnership and integration<\/a> with Brazilian payment platform Vindi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/david-cancel-ceo-drift-chatbots-metrics-mentorship\/\">David Cancel, CEO of Drift chatted to us<\/a> about his product-focused vision for chat bots, metrics and mentorship in the SaaS industry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>August<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/starting-saas-berlin-3-years\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10301 size-full-column\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/berlin-nick-720x306.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin\" width=\"720\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/berlin-nick-720x306.jpg 720w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/berlin-nick-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/berlin-nick-540x230.jpg 540w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/berlin-nick.jpg 940w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/berlin-nick-300x128@2x.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ChartMogul Founder and CEO Nick Franklin shared some updated thoughts on Berlin as a home for SaaS startups, after originally sharing his impressions <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/why-we-chose-berlin-over-london\/\">3 years prior<\/a>. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/starting-saas-berlin-3-years\/\">Starting a SaaS in Berlin \u2013 3 years in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the product side, we began the rollout of a large backend project to improve performance of ChartMogul at scale, leading to a performance increase of 500x for a lot of charts!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We joined the discussion on <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/all-in-one-saas-incompatible-smbs\/\">all-in-one SaaS platforms<\/a>, and whether they&#8217;re truly compatible with SMBs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>September<\/h2>\n<p>By most measurements, September was the busiest month of the year.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/saas-metrics-refresher-recurring-revenue\/\">we released ChartMogul revenue recognition<\/a>! We were excited to get this into the hands of finance teams, letting them save countless hours preparing income statements and giving them a real-time view of GAAP revenues.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, the team was in Dublin for the SaaStock 2017 conference. <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/photo-journal-saastock-2017\/\">See our photo journal here<\/a>, and a transcript of my talk, <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/build-highly-engaged-saas-audience\/\">How to build a highly-engaged SaaS audience<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/photo-journal-saastock-2017\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9704 size-full-column\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/saastock17-header2-720x300.jpg\" alt=\"SaaStock photos\" width=\"720\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/saastock17-header2-360x150@2x.jpg 720w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/saastock17-header2-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/saastock17-header2-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/saastock17-header2-360x150.jpg 360w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/saastock17-header2-1920x800.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/saastock17-header2-720x300@2x.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/saastock17-header2-300x125@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/saastock17-header2-1024x427@2x.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, the team managed to escape for a few days next to a lake in rural Germany for a company offsite. What an awesome way to recharge&#8230; and pick up some painful bruises, thanks to various competitive sports:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10344 size-full-column\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_8398-720x480.jpg\" alt=\"team bonding\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_8398-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_8398-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_8398-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_8398-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_8398-720x480@2x.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_8398-300x200@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_8398-1024x683@2x.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>October<\/h2>\n<p>We published a profile of Mac app subscription service SetApp who&#8217;s aiming to fill a gap in support for consumer subscriptions on Apple&#8217;s platform. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/setapp-netflix-for-mac-apps\/\">How the \u2018Netflix for Mac apps\u2019 plans to beat Apple at subscriptions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also launched our <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/complete-guide-saas-revenue-recognition-asc-606\/\">guide to SaaS revenue recognition<\/a> under the new ASC 606 guidelines which take effect in 2018.<\/p>\n<h2>November<\/h2>\n<p>November was a big one for both us and our customers. Firstly, we <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/11\/06\/chartmogul-grabs-22-million-to-build-the-financial-dashboard-of-your-subscription-business\/\">announced a new round of funding<\/a> to help us build out our plans for ChartMogul in 2018 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we launched the ability to manually <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/new-feature-manual-data-editing\/\">edit MRR data in ChartMogul!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/new-feature-manual-data-editing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10115 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mrr_editing_full_12PM.gif\" alt=\"mmr chart\" width=\"800\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We announced our <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/announcing-billforward-integration\/\">integration with Billforward<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We took a look at the rise in bootstrapped SaaS startups in <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/bootstrappers\/\">Bootstrappers: SaaS startups finding their own route to $1M+ ARR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>December<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/saas-roundup-weekly-newsletter-learnings\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10179 size-full-column\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/100SaaS_roundup-720x300.jpg\" alt=\"paper plane illustration \" width=\"720\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/100SaaS_roundup-360x150@2x.jpg 720w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/100SaaS_roundup-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/100SaaS_roundup-1024x427.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/100SaaS_roundup-360x150.jpg 360w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/100SaaS_roundup-1920x800.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/100SaaS_roundup-720x300@2x.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/100SaaS_roundup-300x125@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/100SaaS_roundup-1024x427@2x.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In December our weekly newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/resources\/saas-roundup\/\">SaaS Roundup<\/a> saw its 100th edition &#8212; a great time to take a look back at some learnings in the post <a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/saas-roundup-weekly-newsletter-learnings\/\">What I\u2019ve learned sending 100 weekly newsletters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/sellbrite-optimize-saas-pricing\/\">How ChartMogul helps Sellbrite optimize their SaaS pricing<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p>From the entire team at ChartMogul, we wish all of you a joyful and relaxing holiday season. See you in the new year!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10345 size-full-viewport\" src=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_81201-1920x1257.jpg\" alt=\"ChartMogul team\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_81201-1920x1257.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_81201-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_81201-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_81201-720x471.jpg 720w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_81201-1920x1257@2x.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_81201-300x196@2x.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_81201-1024x671@2x.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/chartmogul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_81201-720x471@2x.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As each year draws to a close, it&#8217;s become tradition for us to take a look back on the year at ChartMogul and reflect on our work. 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