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More Focus on SaaS Gross Margins in 2020

OPEXEngine

SaaS gross margins have been getting attention lately as investors dig into SaaS cost structures and revenue growth rates going into 2020. SaaS cost of revenue is comprised primarily of hosting and network costs, plus any professional services, implementation, training and other services. Source: OPEXEngine EdgarEngine 2019.

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Top 10 Tools to Get Your App PLG-d

Frontegg

Also, there is less pressure on Sales. Also, no PLG strategy can work with traditional SaaS indicators. Founded : 2011 Known customers: Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, AWS, Unity, Udemy, Shopify Price starts at: $38/month per user. #2 Stripe is soon becoming the default payment infrastructure for all things SaaS. 3 Frontegg.

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On the Value and Power of Building Authentic Connections

OpenView Labs

The idea for JumpCloud presented itself in 2007 while I was working on another business. Google Apps had captured significant market share, AWS was growing exponentially and Windows platforms were no longer the only game in town. Sales and marketing wasn’t going to be our in with this particular audience.

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Key Lessons from a $5B SaaS Category Leader (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I’ve been in venture capital for about 20 years, made my first SaaS investment about 18 years ago and have really been focused on this space for a long time. And the topic here really is as much about key lessons as it is really the reality of the entrepreneurial journey in a SaaS company. I’ll just do a quick introduction.

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Employee Spotlight: Bill Wilson, Senior Director of Product and Kite Designer

FastSpring

How long have you been working in the SaaS/Tech industry? In 2007, I decided to build my first company, MindSea, and in 2018 I went on to start SalesRight. We needed to figure out a way to sell our service in a productized way, kind of like a SaaS product. But I do enjoy running an awful lot. I started with Java 0.9

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Byron Deeter, Elliott Robinson, Henry Schuck, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

We’ve all seen AWS and what they’ve done with their platform. Everyone knows Shopify for what it is today, but in the earlier days, it really was the best SaaS platform for SMB eCommerce providers. This is really founder-led sales. If you look at the IAS vendors, they passed $130 billion revenue milestone this year.

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Top 30 SaaS Companies in the US

SmartKarrot

SaaS – Software-as-a-Service – is an umbrella term referring to a range of technologies and tools that facilitate the processing, storage, and management of big data using remote servers. The recent years have witnessed how SaaS products and companies have changed the way organizations operate online. Amazon Web Services (AWS).