SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Amplitude is a quiet Cloud leader that you might not have heard of — unless you are building software. Some leaders like Slack have seen the same, but most Cloud leaders at scale with high NRR end up getting more and more of their revenue from their existing base, not new customers. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. This is rare.

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Clouded Judgement

JULY 16, 2024

There’s a lot of info to digest, so in the sections below I’ll try and pull out the relevant financial information and benchmark it against current cloud businesses. Our cloud-based platform enables a modern and expanded approach to finance and EPM, which is sometimes also referred to as corporate performance management, or CPM.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 27, 2020

New Relic is one of my favorite Cloud stories. Times have changed, the Cloud has gotten a lot bigger, and there are many more vendors, including the red-hot DataDog, to grab mindshare. It can be a bit scary to move from fixed contracts. Today New Relic is worth more than 10x that, at $4.3B. An incredible streak.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Okta is one of the more interesting Cloud and SaaS leaders, growing from its early roots as one of several Cloud identity vendors, to the break-out leader, to expanding its product profile to developers and customer identity, and more. It shows the size and scale of Cloud continues to just shock us. And really, beyond.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The arrival of cloud computing, IaaS, PaaS etc. are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure. are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

days of tactical content, networking, and epic evening events when the Cloud comes to Singapore. 1,000 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue Leaders, and VCs will join us for 1.5 If you haven’t already, sign up here for tickets before we sell out. And we’re excited to share that the SaaStr APAC Braindates platform is now open.

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SaaStr

APRIL 9, 2024

This platform lets you do all model training, development, deployment, prompt-tuning, and fine-tuning. Going Higher Up the Stack It’s crucial that you’ve got several different software development kits and APIs that help you embed that AI into specific applications, products, and solutions.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 14, 2021

And the engine really never stopped running, evolving into a dominant DevOps Platform for software development. We’re getting used to seeing these super-high NRR numbers from the top developer-focused leaders, in many cases because utility pricing often encourages it (see also Datadog, Twilio, etc). 5 Interesting Learnings: #1.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Our mission is to build powerful and secure cloud software for subscription businesses of all sizes, with a strong emphasis on good design and ease of use. Maast offers payments, banking, lending and more as features in software provider’s platforms – with one relationship, contract and integration.

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SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2023

Contract values are up nearly 30% from two years ago, representing massive growth in company SaaS spend, which is already a top five line item.” As a result, we’re seeing SaaS companies develop new pricing strategies.” They want to maximize dollar value and limit contracts to renew.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 25, 2019

The SMB Decision: In-House vs. Outsourced Sales Development. Without a sales development team, you can find yourself struggling when it comes to pipeline generation. For SMBs, this is a pivotal decision: Do you hire an in-house sales development team or work with an outbound partner? Salary and benefits costs.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 2, 2021

But developing solid partnerships takes vision, grit, time and patience. Examples include AWS, Adobe, Microsoft, and Google Cloud. Service Providers: Many customers want to outsource specific work and services, so these partners operate in these spaces and can handle what’s needed.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2022

With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. That’s why innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Core Eng Data Eng Products Data Products Microservices Data Mesh Service Level Agreements Data Contracts Access Control Data Security Observability Data Observability This convergence signals how far data teams have evolved into core engineering teams. They are central to product development & operations in technology companies.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 7, 2025

And I think all this kind of knowledge we had changed when we came with cloud. We’re always in a rush to get to the outcome or the next step, but like, you know, it sounds cliche, but like that journey and that progression is where you’re actually developing all of the skills that will in turn serve you for that next chapter.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Sequoia Capital’s India arm put together a terrific summary of all their learnings about SaaS and Cloud from SaaStr Annual this year. AI is likely the next platform, dev tools are strategic given the scarcity of developers, cybersecurity is front and center for enterprises, and the data stack is still going strong.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

So we’ve crossed about 67,000,000 total views on Quora and almost 400,000 followers to our Cloud Daily! We’ll either outsource the web development to get a beta version running for users or make a non-working prototype to present to investors. there, but our classic Answers still perform well. Let’s take a look!

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The Angel VC

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

If you know us a bit you'll know that we talk a lot about the Cloud. In our opinion, the move of software from the desktop or local servers to the Cloud, along with the consumerization of enterprise software and other developments that go hand in hand with it, truly is a revolution. Back to the dog food.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

PandaDoc is trusted by businesses to create, approve, and eSign proposals, quotes and contracts. The Art of SaaS Negotiations: 3 Steps to Develop an Objection Handling Framework with PandaDoc will take place at 2 PM PST on December 9 – don’t miss out!

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Incredo

JULY 8, 2019

SaaS (Software-as-a-service) is one of the main service models of cloud computing, alongside IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-service) and PaaS (Platform-as-a-service). For an established SaaS company expanding on social networks or developing effective customer retention programs may be among the primary goals. Let’s dive in! #1

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Data Teams are Becoming Software Teams : DevOps created a movement within software development that empowers developers to run the software they wrote. Data contracts encode the data interchange between two different departments (Gable). The same thing is happening in data. Software startups are rising to meet the need.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

That includes all of our cloud strategy, cloud operations, backend engineering, IT and security. You can think of them beginning from very base infrastructural technologies, and in our case we’re betting exclusively on AWS as a cloud vendor. Who do we outsource to? How do we think about the companies we outsource to?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2023

If you outsource your content to some crappy agency that recycles ChatGPT, your content marketing will fail. PLG is like the Cloud. There are no Cloud magicians, and you can’t hire a PLG magician. Develop a playbook. If you do a great weekly webinar, it always works. There is no silver bullet. Close deals themselves.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

It is a cloud-based platform that offers the services of Asia’s top AI assistant for hotel staff – Gaia. The online platform has a range of functionalities, including e-signature, e-contract, and digital evidence presentation, among others. It provides smart hardware self-development and cloud service. PayrollPanda.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 19, 2014

The first company will be able to spend about $50k per sale on Sales & Marketing, Research & Development and general operational costs. The marginal cost to support incremental customer on cloud infrastructure is relatively small, particularly in multi-tenant environments. SaaS gross margins rise for three reasons.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Says Roberge, “We’re using a sales comp plan that was invented in the 1980s, and it’s causing our customers to utilize their licenses at a lower rate, and it’s causing revenue contraction.”. It includes leadership development courses, and responsibilities of managing and hiring one or two reps to get experience. .

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SaaStr

MAY 12, 2022

CircleCI is a cloud-based continuous delivery platform that helps software delivery teams build, test, and ship changes to their applications. Offering its services as a freemium-based model, CircleCI recognizes driving trials as the cornerstone of a go-to-market strategy for any developer tool. . Commitment and usage.

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BetterCloud

JANUARY 15, 2025

When configurations often change, like in cloud productivity suites, risks grow. Your company gets a contract that outlines SaaS security responsibilities. Contracts: What are key terms and conditions? Thus, there needs to be continuous monitoring, an immense task without automation. Cross-site scripting (XSS).

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How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Most SaaS businesses prefer to manage their accounting processes through cloud-based software solutions, but even for that you need to know the nitty-gritties of SaaS accounting. Expense Management: SaaS companies have to spend often on various aspects like product development, marketing costs, customer support facilities, and much more.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 29, 2022

We have centers of excellence in Cloud, Custom Software Development, DevOps, PEGA, SaaS, AI, Data warehousing, Data Analytics, BI, and Testing. Subject : Lavender Size: Are you outsourcing? Is the team outsourcing some of that work today? We would be happy to be a seamless extension of your team. Will’s Take.

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BetterCloud

DECEMBER 2, 2024

From keeping all of your contracts organized to ensuring all of your data is secure, it’s nearly impossible to do it all in a spreadsheet. Challenge 4: Lack of understanding around software contracts As your SaaS stack grows, so will the number of software contracts you need to keep track of.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 18, 2019

So what’s the key to having happy developers? A joyful, transparent development experience. As we keep building out our own platform so teams can customize Intercom for their own needs, we’ve loved getting to know the great group of developers and partners building apps for our customers and for themselves.

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SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2021

Marten Mickos: We heard here that the cloud business has a combined market cap already of over a trillion dollars. So the whole world of software as a service and cloud has just exploded and will continue to grow enormously. In the 2000s, we turn into software licenses where we sold support contracts on top of them.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 15, 2020

To find the best cheap web hosting plan for your site, make sure to take the following elements into consideration: Contract Terms. Lots of web hosts might seem cheap at first glance, but you need to analyze your contract terms to truly get a sense of the cost. These contracts are typically paid up-front and in-full.

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CloudGeometry

APRIL 13, 2023

Cloud automation can pay dividends. Why can’t we escape hands-on cloud operations work to unlock software development nirvana (aka frictionless, faster development and deployment processes)? Let’s take a closer look at what it takes to successfully overcome the unknown costs of a change in your cloud stack.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

Omie is a management platform in the cloud for small and midsized companies, bringing together ERP, Financial Services, Entrepreneur Education and a vibrant Marketplace for vertical 3rd party solutions, all combined in an easy to use environment. Founded : 2012. Based in: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Funding to Date : $6.6M LatAm Global Stars.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We develop a search API to help any developer to have a very good search in their application. We decided to use bare-metal infrastructure and not use cloud infrastructure, VMs, which was kind of completely crazy at this moment. None of that was available on cloud infrastructure at this time. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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