The Angel VC
MAY 12, 2018
When Salesforce had around $1B in revenue, in 2008, it had around 3,300 employees, so at that time its revenue per employee was around $327,000. 8 – Weaning off AWS Look at this. For what it’s worth, this also gives you a hint on the margins of AWS. #9 If you know or have an idea what I’m missing here, I’d love to hear it! #8
OPEXEngine
OCTOBER 17, 2019
The main drivers of the cost reductions are: Hosting expense, the primary component of COR, has become more competitive, with extensive use of AWS and other hosting and network services. In the following chart for SaaS companies in 2008, you can see average COR as a percentage of Revenue at 40.4%, and average Gross Margins at 59.6%.
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FastSpring
MARCH 10, 2023
Like the iPhone is 2008. But I mean, if you go back to 2006 2007 2008 like that, yeah, that was just not a thing that people did. So the iPhone as we know it today was not even the iPhone of 2008 and the iPhone of 2008 was revolutionary. So take me back, like how did how did this project start? Like the way that we do it.
OpenView Labs
JANUARY 29, 2020
In their freemium plan, AWS offers a year’s worth of micro instance for free – a time-bound freemium model. AWS needs adequate time to get a skeptical developer to understand the value that they offer, to get the developer hooked on the product and build on top of it, and to eventually recommend AWS to a fellow developer.
Kraftblick
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
It is often not an advantage at all, but simply the first thing to demonstrate to customers: “We’ve been developing iOS Apps since 2008”. Here are some possible benefits to roll out on your site to capture the attention of potential customers. We are cheaper. The customer’s pain point: Software developers are awfully expensive.
SaaStr
JULY 20, 2021
It’s a brutal, awful slog in the start. I would say, it’s always good to call out just how awful it is to be a founder, to be an entrepreneur, because that is a unique perspective that you bring to the board room that no one else shares. That sounds like an awful idea,” and then you have to work for it.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 3, 2019
And those of us and those of you who are involved in these companies, even the successful ones look an awful lot more like this. And so we funded it in 2006 that full product didn’t come out until 2008. And they invented a lot of the SaaS metrics that we all know and love now, were invented by Marketo back in 2008.
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