Evan DaSilva grew Buildium’s embedded payments volume from $2B/yr to $10B/yr, contributing to a 446% increase in valuation over just 42 months and a $580M acquisition.

Now, Evan is SVP of Payments at donor management and fundraising platform Bloomerang. He joined host Joshua Silver to share his experience as a repeat Head of Payments.

They discussed:

• Why early-stage vertical SaaS founders can’t afford to ignore payments
• Traps to avoid when choosing your first (or next) payment provider
• When to hire a payments leader and what to look for in the ideal candidate
• 3 ways to sell payments into your backbook
• How embedded payments drives higher valuations for vertical software companies

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