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We?re About To See a Lot More SaaS Debt

SaaStr

Analysts predict that the success of Salesforce and others like it could pose a challenge to old-guard software companies, including SAP, Siebel Systems, PeopleSoft and Oracle.”. In 2016, Digital Ocean opened a $130m credit facility with Keybanc. . interest rate due in 2025. This venture debt is a form of production capital.

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SaaStr is Turning 10! How a Blog Turned into A Global SaaS Community for 250,000+

SaaStr

This led to our first meet-ups in 2013 and 2014, the first SaaStr Annual in 2015 , the industry’s leading podcast in 2016, the first SaaS founder coworking space in 2017, and SaaStr Pro , the first learning management system for SaaS founders in 2018. 2016 The Second SaaStr Annual: From Impossible to Inevitable .

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The 3 Attributes of an Attractive Market for AI

Tom Tunguz

Call it AI agents or agentic systems. Toil is repetitive work : reviewing alerts, triaging leads, data entry. For example, accounting graduates have fallen approximately 18% since 2016. Call it Service-as-a-Software. There’s a brewing idea that AI will complete human labor especially in white-collar work.

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The Top 6 Posts of 2016

Tom Tunguz

2016 was a year of change for SaaS, and most of the story was the public market. The Hottest Startup Sectors In 2016 - published on January 3rd, this post reviewed the patterns of investment in startups, and in particular, the sectors where investors were increasing their investment the fastest.

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

In 2016, André joined Superlógica Tecnologias, a management system designed to service small businesses with a recurring revenue model. In 2016, he co-founded Meetime, an Inside Sales Strategies company and now serves as its CMO, building a powerful branding and content creation operation. and Brazil with process optimization.

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Even More of SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Unveiled!

SaaStr

He rises to number ten on our list due to the high session average and initial bookmarks by our attendees. In 2016 they sold Pagar.me, left Brazil and enrolled in Stanford. SaaStr’s Most Respected Leader Awards Number: 10 to 14. Nick Mehta Gainsight CEO.

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Quantifying the Financial Impact of Post-Sales Services: Elevating Customer Success to the Next Level of Decision-Making

Valuize Consulting

Example: Introducing a customer health monitoring system may require substantial initial funding. Example: Enterprise customers may have a higher NPV due to larger contract values and longer retention periods. By quantifying the long-term value of each segment, companies can tailor their Customer Success strategies more effectively.