SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

In his 9 years at salesforce.com, Tien served in numerous different roles including as Chief Marketing Officer for two years, and most recently as Chief Strategy Officer. How has that experience molded his running and strategy with Zuora today? #3: What changes as a SaaS business scales? Episode No. Steve has raised over $27.5m

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CloudGeometry

MARCH 22, 2022

First, SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. In this blog series, we explore how these three dimensions figure into key technical recommendations which enable scale in pursuit of SaaS business growth. When developing a SaaS product plan, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles.

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Audacix

JULY 18, 2022

Whether you're about to implement DevOps or searching for ways to make it work better for your team, you must remember that DevOps is all about discipline. But you're in luck, because successful DevOps practitioners leave clues and patterns that you can start implementing today to supercharge the value from your DevOps program.

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 24, 2024

In today’s moving software development arena the DevOps movement stands out as a game changer bridging the gap, between development and operations teams. With the rise of cloud computing DevOps has gained a partner that has propelled its growth and reshaped the landscape of application development.

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CloudGeometry

JANUARY 15, 2022

First: SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. User- and customer-specific application logic and data services are provisioned in a way that enables streamlined monitoring and updating In SaaS terms, this combination of user and customer is called tenant context. Or just drop us a line.

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CloudGeometry

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

It is the secret to effective tiering and scaling. The Fundamental Goal of SaaS tenant Isolation – Know what tenancy is, its types, and key services from a user/customer context. A tenant is the set of application services dedicated to a single specific set of users and customers. Let’s take a closer look.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It is an extension of what we know as DevOps. DevOps is the process of organizing cooperation between everyone involved in the design and building of big data. Reducing the amount of variation from one project to another is an important key to scaling any business. MLOps Supports Machine Learning Models.

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BetterCloud

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

SaaS management is the practice of managing the day-to-day operations across an organization’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. This practice aligns products, people, and processes to effectively support a “best-in-breed” software strategy and drive broader organizational transformation. What is SaaS management? Automation.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

And it’s a sound strategy. While foolproof strategies to newer, disruptive threats are still unknown, creating innovation-driven divisions within a company may just help you solve the Innovator’s Dilemma. But there are also things like DevOps processes, which, at the mothership, are going to be designed for corporate governance.

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OpenView Labs

JUNE 29, 2021

Identity and access management has always been an area of interest for enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) investors. It’s a core pillar of every company’s security strategy. But historically, it’s been hard to scale. 406 Ventures. . Eliza Loring (left) and Kaitlyn Henry (right).

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FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

On this podcast, we share stories from global SaaS leaders like Ryan, that you can use to inspire new growth strategies in your own business. And I just started a consulting business, it was a service business. Ryan Austin 15:53 Yeah, we don’t do any service whatsoever. Ryan Austin 01:00 Sure.

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Frontegg

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A few weeks later, we were already running a beta version of the first product capability-as-a-service for a design partner. For some it’s a go-to-market strategy, for others, it’s a way to raise money. Go-to-Market Strategy – New Complexity Level Unlocked. Product-led Growth (a.k.a

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OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In more mature software companies, we see oversized returns for companies that are moving to software-as-a-service subscription models (see Figure 1). While there were some worries that the transition to the service subscription model would reduce software’s traditional stickiness, those concerns may have been overwrought.

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OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

We’ve been fortunate to be Datadog’s partners as they’ve rapidly scaled, launched major new product lines, went public in 2019, hit a $55 billion market cap and continue to exceed expectations as a public company. PLG is a go-to-market strategy that relies on product usage as the primary driver of acquisition, conversion and expansion.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2021

This article was written for technology professionals who would like to learn more about OEM deal strategies and structures. These companies resell the solution and bundle services around the solution to add value to the customer. Enterprise OEM software licensing is a multibillion-dollar segment of the software industry.

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Audacix

JANUARY 31, 2024

Table Of Contents As NIST recommends organizations make the most of technology to shape and craft their own cybersecurity strategies with its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 , all the leading and emerging businesses in some of the world's critical infrastructure like the banking and energy industries must consider application security automation.

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BetterCloud

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Last week Forrester Research published its market research report titled “Best Practices For Software-As-A-Service Operations.” Power Up SaaS Operations With A Team, Tools, Automation, And Services. Only AI and automation can help deal with the scale of new demands and the increasing threat landscape.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 29, 2022

Over the course of the event, we explored our vision and beliefs for the future of customer engagement and communications, and heard from Intercom leaders like CEO Karen Peacock, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Des Traynor, and Chief Product Officer Paul Adams, as well as some of our amazing customers. And that is why we are here.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 23, 2020

We’ve been fortunate to be Datadog’s partners as they’ve rapidly scaled, launched major new product lines, went public in 2019, hit a $25 billion market cap and continue to exceed expectations as a public company. PLG is a go-to-market strategy that relies on product usage as the primary driver of acquisition, conversion and expansion.

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ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Retention Strat c/o the ProfitWell Crew Our ProfitWell crew is hosting a retention conversation (via webinar) this week that's all about better retention strategy. WaitWhat, the content production engine behind Reid Hoffman's (LinkedIn Co Founder) Masters of Scale podcast, just completed their Series A round, racking up a sweet $4.3

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Audacix

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Remember, security testing for web apps can be done with different methods: Manually, by experienced penetration testing services providers who have the right credentials, years of experience and the right penetration testing framework. A Penetration testing-as-a-service platform that helps you get expert help when you need it.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When should companies offer services? Speaking of, we go beyond the typical discussion of product-market fit into the concept of product-market-sales fit, and what that means for product design, to services, to pricing and packaging, to product management, and more. They become all about sales and learning sales and scaling sales.

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The report is based on survey data collected from software sellers and buyers of companies at every level of ARR and across verticals like devops, security, training and education, analytics/business intelligence, IT and several others. . And there are some pretty amazing opportunities for doing business this way.

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CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As the firm scales at $1B, the NRR dips and need not be declining. Although it is a company providing telecommunication services it takes real charges and has managed to keep its margins high as a software company of about 52% at $2B in ARR. Best Practices: Freemium is a direct conversion and lead generation strategy.

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Audacix

AUGUST 22, 2022

System and Organisation Controls 2 (SOC 2) is an audit report that certifies to trustworthiness of services provided by a service organization, particularly software companies. Which is why correctly setting the scope is an important part of SOC 2 preparation services. Does a SaaS startup need to be SOC 2 compliant?

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OpenView Labs

JULY 15, 2020

JumpCloud is a Directory-as-a-Service® that securely manages and connects users to their systems, applications, files and networks. Our model has scaled quickly, and I believe it’s because we chose the right tooling—it’s allowed us to scale appropriately with the data volume we’re creating. Data warehouse. Powerful stuff.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 18, 2019

In our conversation, we talked about what it takes to start a developer program from the ground up and the strategies that have helped New Relic create a true community experience for their partners, developers, and customers. Mark’s got some great advice for anyone working on partnerships and DevRel strategies. Short on time?

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OpenView Labs

JUNE 8, 2021

It coincides with achieving faster revenue growth at scale, building a truly customer-centric culture, and enabling a land-and-expand business model. The complexities are analogous to making the leap from on-prem to SaaS; it requires changes in go-to-market strategy, financial planning, sales processes, compensation models, and much more.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 5, 2021

Related podcast episode: How MongoDB Scaled Their Open-Source Product with a Bottom-Up and Top-Down Sales Motion. The decision to open source or not is anything but a black-or-white decision—and as with most strategy decisions, it’s probably best to think about the various different tradeoffs and ways you can slice the question.

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SmartKarrot

JULY 24, 2023

You can, thus, maximize the benefits you derive from this method by following its fundamental concepts, including: Visualizing the workflow: In this case, you can utilize an electronic Kanban board or a physical board to visualize the steps you are currently using to do your work or deliver services.

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SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2020

How are PagerDuty shifting their strategy? How does PagerDuty gain a sense of company morale at scale? 326: Gusto’s Lexi Reese walks you through scaling high performance teams. This podcast is an excerpt from Lexi’s session at SaaStr Scale. One is large scale customer events and the other is community events.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

How does David think about scaling sales teams? So if we start today on the hailed and much discussed topic of product market fit, there’s a common assumption that you find product market fit and then just aggressively scale. What is the most common mistake B2B companies make in the hunt for PMF?

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User Pilot

MARCH 31, 2025

API latency: Response speed from backend services. This dashboard is best for engineering and DevOps teams. This makes it easy to track how your marketing and monetization strategies are performing across iOS devices. Why it matters: You cant scale efficiently if you dont know which marketing campaigns are working.

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Scytale

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

SOC 2: A Quick Recap SOC 2 (Service Organization Control 2) is like a VIP pass to your customers’ trust. While security is the non-negotiable star of the show, the other criteria come into play depending on the nature of your services. SOC 2 Controls Matrix Maps your controls to the SOC 2 Trust Service Criteria.

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