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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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Transcript of Redpoint Office Hours with Stripe’s Chief Corporate Advisor and former COO, Claire Hughes Johnson and Redpoint Managing Director, Tomasz Tunguz

Tom Tunguz

And then from 2004 to 2014, she was at Google and managed lots of different things, including the self-driving cars project, global sales and operations, and the business teams for checkout in Google Apps. I joined Google in 2005, a little after Claire. She’s got an English degree and an MBA. ” Who doesn’t?

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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. We have a background doing software and standards for trade, and we thought that there’s a massive opportunity in this space. Third parties are developing apps for our platform. Want to see more content like this?