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Reshaping the Software and Services Marketplace – A Guest Commentary in E-Commerce Times

Think Strategies

While there may be fewer pure-play proprietary systems and applications, the need to customize software solutions and integrate disparate databases has continued to grow. Yet, there are several important differences in today’s IT services requirements that set them apart from the demands and offerings of the past.

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure. What took you months to ideate, design and develop can now be copied in days or weeks thanks to these new tools. Since 2006 the era of “Everything as a service” has advanced quickly.

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Mental Models to Help You Grow

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

I leveraged many of the 52 mental models while working at various software as a service (SaaS) companies, but in truth, they can be applied anywhere, regardless of industry. Total Addressable Market Total addressable market (TAM) is an economic framework to understand the potential revenue available for a product or service.

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SaaS Payment Processing: 10 Questions to Ask When Comparing Solutions

FastSpring

In my conversations with software developers and technical founders over the years, I’ve heard how complicated these tech stack choices are to make. We know that conversion rates for SaaS and software companies will vary by 30% or more just based on the checkout experience. Is it the interface? Conversion optimization options?

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SaaStr Podcast #402 with HackerOne CEO Mårten Mickos: “Customers Want Value + Simplicity: The Must Haves to Deliver”

SaaStr

So the whole world of software as a service and cloud has just exploded and will continue to grow enormously. And if we look at the specifics of the word SaaS, software as a service. In a way, it’s old fashioned to think that it is software that we are delivering.

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ISVs vs SaaS: What’s the Difference?

Stax

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers.

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Measurement: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 3

CloudGeometry

Part 3: Measurement One of the great breakthroughs of SaaS as a business strategy is in how it puts users and subscribers front and center of software development and keeps them there. The intensity of competition in the SaaS marketplace puts a premium on new, stable, and reliable features. But that’s just the beginning.