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Understanding the SaaS business model

ProfitWell

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. SaaS, or software as a service, is a delivery model in which a centrally hosted software is licensed to customers via a subscription plan. Recurring payments.

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How Founders Can Take Control of Their Destiny with Tradeshift (video + transcript)

SaaStr

Tradeshift has grown to 650+ people with offices in 12 countries from its start as a mere vision in 2005. I think it was Tom Tunguz from Redpoint who said, “Whenever you’re in doubt about product market fit, just double your price, and if the customer is still buying, you have more room to go. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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The Midas List Live (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

At the time, there may be four or five other firms doing this same strategy of investing somewhere between $500,000 and $2 million into companies that were just getting started we would call it pre product market fit. But we think of it as being sort of CO conspirators with the founders pre-product market fit.

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Top Global SaaS Trends You Should Know with Google Cloud and Zenoss (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Traditionally we’ve been around since 2005 and traditionally have been a software on-prem business. And so we are absolutely in lockstep every day of the week to make sure something that might slip we are made aware of because marketing campaigns really need to align with what new features are coming out.

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8 B2B SaaS Marketing Tactics to Try in 2021 [Ft. Hubspot, Neil Patel, Kontentino & More!]

User Pilot

The first thing you need to know to craft a successful marketing plan is…what your users “hire” your product for. What job do they need to get done with your product? Does your product help employees save time while invoicing? Does it help marketing managers publish posts faster? Source: Mashable.com.

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