SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

And it’s one of the three large cloud vendors that we all know: Microsoft, AWS, and Google. AWS’s marketplace has seen 1.5 So the ability to do flexible payment plans, financing, retire that pre-committed spend has been a really significant a way for us to accelerate and amplify our transactions.

Scale 262

Scale Marketplace as a Service Cloud SaaS Payments 262

SaaStr

MAY 6, 2022

And the lower multiples are, the harder anything involving external financing matters. Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and even Google Cloud are on fire, adding insane amounts of revenue this year. The reality is, the high multiples are, the easier it is to get funded, the more everyone’s shares are worth, and more.

SaaS 348

SaaS Azure Cloud AWS 348

Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

Backed by an army of developers, data engineers, and finance professionals, this events-based billing model allowed these large companies to directly link the value that their services provided with the cost presented on a customer’s invoice. How AWS Does It. What Amazon Web Services and Twilio Get Right.

AWS 98

AWS Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 98

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Pothole #6 – Massive Hiring of Salespeople Immediately After a Financing Round. Pothole #4 – Promoting Your Best Salesperson to Manager. It’s a common occurrence in SaaS –– the highest-performing sales rep gets promoted to manage a team. Instead, establish a scaling pace.

Sales Hiring 260

Sales Hiring Scale Compensation Sales 260

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 31, 2021

A lot of our workload was getting moved to AWS, and wouldn’t you know it: they want you to move compute to them so they have migration services to match. The post How and why we spent $400K on AWS in 4 months appeared first on Baremetrics. Of course, our “brute force” approach didn’t include this step.

AWS 115

AWS DevOps as a Service Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 115

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2022

Using Brex also saves time for your finance team (or, depending on headcount, your finance person ??) AWS – Cloud computing. Many of the biggest and best companies in the world use AWS – and many of them were once startups using AWS, too. Apply now.

Scale 163

Scale Payment Services Startup AWS 163

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2023

G2’s finance team took a 12-page contract and made it three pages. We’re seeing a growing trend of buyers making SaaS purchases through global marketplaces such as the AWS Marketplace and Azure Marketplace. How can you make purchasing easier? Simplify contracts. Few people sold direct back in the day. SaaS changed that.

Marketplace as a Service 246

Marketplace as a Service Software Review Technical Review Azure 246

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2020

We can save companies $100,000 on their AWS bill. Everybody wants to save $100,000 on their AWS bill right now. We want to tell anybody that listens, you can save $100,000 on your AWS bill and demos are actually as high as they’ve ever been in late stage tech. We found something that works. Jason Lemkin: Got it.

Merchant Services 265

Merchant Services Scale Sales Recruiting Sales 265

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 30, 2024

Previously, Amit led marketing efforts at startups like Tact AI (1st AI Assistant for Sales backed by AWS, Microsoft, and Salesforce), HP Inc (next-gen computing) and Spire AI (Human Capital SaaS). Amit Pande is CMO and EVP of Strategy at Aviso AI, a leading revenue intelligence platform.

AWS 111

AWS AI Advertising Finance 111

CloudGeometry

JULY 8, 2021

Leverage in SaaS architecture, like financing leverage from the capital markets, only works when you have a plan to keep the learned improvements delivering value. Well-Architected Framework scorecard : One of the great advantages AWS has over other cloud providers is what it learns from the Amazon consumer eCommerce business.

Well Architected Framework 130

Well Architected Framework Payment Methods CTO Hire Payment Solutions 130

CloudGeometry

MARCH 14, 2022

Proven best practices that help both finance & engineering teams The State of DevOps Dora Report shows the progression of everyone in this SaaS arms race – leaders and laggards alike – towards a model that produces faster cloud-driven commercial and technical success. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals.

DevOps as a Service 130

DevOps as a Service Well Architected Framework SaaS AWS 130

CloudGeometry

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Proven best practices that help both finance & engineering teams SaaS multi-tenancy means achieving a reliable level of efficiency and security, delivering an application that is feature-rich and cost-effective. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals.

Well Architected Framework 130

Well Architected Framework SaaS AWS Construction 130

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 25, 2015

Then finance tools for operations management and expenses. PagerDuty, AWS and New Relic are the three listed in Okta’s reports. Collaboration tools should top the list because employees bring them to work. Sales teams, always looking for an edge, also belong to the early adopter segment and buy CRM and online meetings software.

Sales Recruiting 100

Sales Recruiting Data SaaS AWS 100

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 28, 2021

If you’ve seen our recent articles on AWS migration, the updated stripe integration and the acquisition of Flightpath Finance, it will come as no surprise to you that our team is getting pretty busy! You may have noticed some exciting things happening here at Baremetrics. Product Team Our product team has expanded by a factor of 3!

AWS 94

AWS Forecasting Onboarding Finance 94

SaaStr

JULY 20, 2021

It’s a brutal, awful slog in the start. I would say, it’s always good to call out just how awful it is to be a founder, to be an entrepreneur, because that is a unique perspective that you bring to the board room that no one else shares. That sounds like an awful idea,” and then you have to work for it.

Underperforming Technical Team 246

Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring AWS Business Model 246

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It was around that time about 12 years ago that Jeff Bezos launched AWS, and some of you may remember that, when he did this, Wall Street analysts were looking at him and saying, “Why would you take what’s already a very unprofitable business and drive it further into the red by investing in this AWS initiative?”

Cloud 113

Cloud Scale AWS Machine Learning 113

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Currently, there are 3 primary options available to implement AI in a company: Cloud or LLM providers: Large cloud providers, like AWS, Google, or Microsoft, all provide services to implement generative AI in a secure way in the cloud. They typically specialize in a specific business function or area.

Artificial Intelligence 123

Artificial Intelligence AI Generative AI Blockchain 123

CloudGeometry

MARCH 3, 2022

Proven best practices that help both finance & engineering teams Of course, not all customers want to pay for all the features. For a thorough assessment of options for a SaaS business model, download the AWS SaaS Journey Framework whitepaper , and/or take a technical deep dive into the SaaS Lens for the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

Well Architected Framework 130

Well Architected Framework VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) SaaS Cloud 130

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

Check out our Transparent Pricing Dashboard How our finances have evolved while staying true to our mission Looking at our finances over the last nine years, you’ll notice fluctuations within the different categories. Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc.

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 98

CloudGeometry

APRIL 25, 2022

Proven best practices that help both finance & engineering teams In fact, it is entirely reasonable to ask about “Security and _” for almost any aspect of your SaaS application and platform. It’s not just that enterprises are rich targets. Risk and flexibility are practically two sides of the same coin. How do you respond?

Enterprise readiness 130

Enterprise readiness Enterprise Technical Review Software Review 130

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Flex is a finance super app built around a credit card with unique Net-60 day terms that enables businesses to make an investment today and pay it back 60 days later with zero percent interest. More for your eardrums : Amit Pande is CMO and EVP of Strategy at Aviso AI, a leading revenue intelligence platform.

Metrics 122

Metrics Revenue Scale Marketing 122

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

And so when Amazon called me and they’re like, “Hey you want to come with us and do you want to actually start the mobile services, backend business within AWS?” David: Maybe you can talk about that transition, coming from a business like AWS to financial services, which I think was new for you.

Development 109

Development Technical Review AWS AI 109

Frontegg

JUNE 17, 2021

Non-cloud use cases like banking and finance businesses. Going the Amazon Web Services (AWS) route? Your SaaS tech stack should ideally be powered by Python, React, and AWS programming combo. What’s it right for? The cost of isolation is put on customers. Related: Common Security Pitfalls of User Management.

ECS (Elastic Container Service) 97

ECS (Elastic Container Service) multi-cloud Kubernetes K8S orchestration (Kubernetes) EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) 97

Baremetrics

JANUARY 25, 2022

Examples of cost management software include in-platform cost optimization modules like GCP Billing and AWS Cost Explorer. Financial Modeling Tools As well as dedicated cost management software, another key component of the FinOps toolkit is a powerful financial modeling tool like Flightpath Finance.

Payment Services 97

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Scaling 97

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Sales, marketing, finance, support, and R&D all use the roadmap for different thing. Sales want to sell it, marketing needs to plan for it, finance needs to model it, support needs to be able to explain it, and R&D needs to be excited about it. Finance allocates your cost, but finance also models the impact of what you do.

VP of Engineering 165

VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Engineering 165

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Sales, marketing, finance, support, and R&D all use the roadmap for different thing. Sales want to sell it, marketing needs to plan for it, finance needs to model it, support needs to be able to explain it, and R&D needs to be excited about it. Finance allocates your cost, but finance also models the impact of what you do.

VP of Engineering 165

VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Engineering 165

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 1, 2019

I was interested in starting a company from scratch, and I had actually managed the corporate card at SoFi, as the VP of finance. We’ve done that with a number of software vendors, probably most notably AWS, because AWS is just so expensive that they’re able to offer a pretty big discount to our customers.

Strategy 36

Strategy Payment Methods Payment Services Startup 36

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

” —Deputy CISO, AWS “In my career, the deployment of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform was perhaps the easiest global security rollout I’ve seen.” Customer testimonials backed up the numbers, showing that major enterprises viewed CrowdStrike as a security platform, not just a product.

Travel 113

Travel Forecasting Pricing Scale 113

Sales Hacker

APRIL 26, 2019

A disorganized, negative and indecisive manager makes sense to be awful! Did you finance any of your college tuition? For example: “2009 was an awful year. Stories about awesome and awful interview experiences are also appreciated. Do: Separate the person from their behaviors. It’s a simple yes or no question.

Sales Recruiting 22

Sales Recruiting Interviewing Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 22

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

Founded : 2011 Known customers: Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, AWS, Unity, Udemy, Shopify Price starts at: $38/month per user. #2 Stripe can also be used to send payouts and manage finances in one centralized dashboard that is extremely user-friendly and full of useful graphic elements. Best For: Product Adoption. This is not all.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

SaaStr

MAY 23, 2019

There’s a tendency, you’ll find this kind of teeter-totter where people want to push back financing because, if we can get a couple of more good quarters we can reduce dilution. ” And, of course, I mean look at all the stuff they’ve done since: AWS, Mechanical Turk, the fulfillment model.

Sales Hiring 176

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Scale Startup 176

User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Key examples are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, which provide scalable resources like virtual servers and storage. It facilitates streamlined finance management in both B2B and B2C sectors. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): IaaS offers virtualized computing resources via the Internet.

SaaS Payments 104

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 104

Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

In this post I’m going to share the most important lessons about growing a SaaS business that I learned at Buildium—collectively, these things had an awful lot to do with the company being valued so highly. How the hell does that happen? I was offered a job as Buildium’s first full-time marketing hire, pulling in a cool $38,400 annually.

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Services 145

OPEXEngine

JUNE 29, 2020

It depends, assuming you run your service from AWS or a similar cloud platform, we recommend using EBITDA — since your COGS scales with your revenue, and your gross margin is pretty consistent, this metric should be sufficient. This article originally appeared on Abel Finance. So which profit metric should you use? Sources: [link].

Benchmarks 52

Benchmarks SaaS Sales Hiring Scale 52

BetterCloud

APRIL 15, 2020

AWS was launched in 2006, and the term “DevOps” was first used in 2009. I take ownership of that and provide support to the business across different teams from HR to finance to security. We run Okta and most of our apps are run in AWS and GCP, so it wasn’t too difficult for us. All of this is SaaSOps.

Management 52

Management GCP(Google Cloud Platform) AWS SaaS 52

OpenView Labs

MARCH 7, 2019

Our data centers are shut down, but as I was telling you earlier, AWS barely existed when we started our transformation. Peter: How to sell, how to do corporate finance, understanding strategies so that business strategy and IT strategy are one in the same. Casey: And you guys still made it work. Peter: We did. Casey: Yeah.

Cloud 60

Cloud Transportation New CTO CTO 60

Full Session

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Integrations PostHog works well with Kafka, Slack, AWS, Google Cloud, GitHub, Tableau, and Looker. Use cases Optimizely is used across e-commerce, healthcare and finance. PostHogs ability to host data on your servers offers greater privacy control than VWOs cloud-based model.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments SaaS Payments 52