SaaStr

AUGUST 4, 2021

We just launched the entire SaaStr Annual 2021 Agenda !! From AWS to Vimeo: this year’s speaker lineup is packed with incredible speakers and content. Why Intent is the New Lead: 2021 State of Marketing Technology with Marqeta’s CMO Vidya Peters. The post We Just Launched Our ENTIRE SaaStr Annual 2021 Agenda.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From 60 Million Users in September 2021 to 170 Million in December 2023 It certainly helps that Canva in many ways is as B2C as it is B2B, as it fuels a huge TAM. Yes, it may be worth less than its peak 2021 valuation of $40B. That’s awfully impressive. Importantly, growth has accelerated this year.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Well, certainly it exploded in 2021, in my portfolio at least, if perhaps not as dramatically as in the public markets. The startup I invested in that were acquired by PE in the 2020-2021 Boom were acquired for 8x in one case, 12x in another, and 15x in a third. So what do they pay on average? You might be worth less ?

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Chart Mogul

JANUARY 28, 2022

A few months ago, we retired our last pieces of infrastructure on DigitalOcean, marking our migration to AWS as complete. Our journey was not your regular AWS migration as it involved moving our infrastructure from classic VMs to containers orchestrated by Kubernetes. Ultimately, we decided to go with AWS. Team expertise.

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SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2023

So there was a quiet SaaS IPO you may have missed in the craziness of 2021 — SEMRush, a tool your marketing department quite likely uses to keep track of the performance of your SEO and marketing site. 2022 Growth Was Down from 2021, But Almost the Same as 2020. Another simple example of 2021 being the outlier year.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 4, 2022

And inflation is awful. Not a crazy 2021 multiple. I’m not saying things aren’t very, very different than 2021. If 2021 was the Best of Times for SaaS, right now is still pretty close. If 2021 was the Best of Times for SaaS, right now is still pretty close. So are we in a downturn in SaaS?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 5, 2021

. — Jamin Ball (@jaminball) August 5, 2021. AWS accelerated to 37% YoY growth , up from 32% last quarter. It really is almost everyone at SaaS that is at scale and has a winning brand. Let’s take a look at a few: Datadog accelerated to 67% YoY growth , up from 51% last quarter.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 7, 2020

3. “Atlassian and AWS Say: Maybe Worry a Little Bit. Atlassian and AWS, two of the greats, may hold a clue: Atlassian and AWS Say: “Maybe Worry a Little Bit” 4. “A Framework For Your First SaaS Sales Comp Plan” A SaaStr Classic, still going strong in 2020. More on that soon!

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SaaStr

MAY 21, 2022

Now all these stocks were even higher at the 2021 peaks. Efficient and epic growth. Everything was, and if you pick that measurement point, all comps are tough. But instead, take a look at these 3 SaaS leaders from the perspective of an incredible 2 year run. They look awfully impressive, even in today’s times.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Email will continue to be an effective way for entrepreneurs to connect with their audience and meet them where they are in 2021 and beyond. The old sales playbooks of 2009 and even 2019 may not work as well in 2021. — Ben Chestnut (@benchestnut) November 12, 2020. Emails get blocked, spam filtered. It’s their approach.

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How To Buy Saas

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Deals Coming Soon On 21ST OCTOBER 2021. One-stop database solution for MySQL, Redis, and SQL Server on Amazon Web Services(AWS). What are the dates of Black Friday Deals 2021? This year Black Friday deals will fall on 26th November 2021 in the United States. OneBill Reviews: Details, Pricing, & Features.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 26, 2023

Per Pitchbook and IVP, top-tier growth rounds had a 114x ARR ask at the very peak in 2021! Average asks and multiple for the very, very SaaS companies went up 700% in the Boom from late 2020-late 2021. We’re never “going back” to how things were in late 2020 and 2021. It Was 114x in 2021.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Tackle.io’s 2021 state of cloud marketplaces report highlighted a similarly dramatic shift. In a 2020 survey, 22% purchased software through a cloud marketplace versus 60% in 2021. The role of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Marketplace is becoming increasingly important. “45%

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SaaStr

APRIL 27, 2021

Cloud software spending grew a stunning 23% in 2021, from $270 billion to $330 billion. In my 148 public SaaS companies (including most of the categories of this list but not AWS, Azure, GCP) the aggregate revenue is $185B. — Gabriel Colominas (@GabrielCoBi) April 27, 2021. One thing we know — Fast.

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Clouded Judgement

JULY 28, 2023

AI = Data + Compute I’ll continue beating this drum, but we got two great quotes from Azure and AWS this week. ” Then at AWS Summit they called out “Your data is your differentiator when it comes to Generative AI.” AWS reports next week. ” Data is more important than ever! So what did we learn?

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SaaStr

MAY 6, 2022

Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and even Google Cloud are on fire, adding insane amounts of revenue this year. The year still ended strong, and the next 5 years went on to be the greatest growth tear SaaS has ever seen (2H’16 to 2021). Customers are buying more than ever. Everyone thought the sky was falling. But it was just a panic.

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How To Buy Saas

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Cyber Monday Saas Deals 2021: As you know November is flying by and the first cyber Monday discount of the year will be soon here! One-stop database solution for MySQL, Redis, and SQL Server on Amazon Web Services(AWS). When is Cyber Monday 2021? Cyber Monday 2021 will take place on November 29th. Visit Website.

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Yes, I wouldn't say it's all back to where 2021 was, but there are some green shoots, right? ” From AWS (paraphrased): They said they expect the reaccleration they saw in Q4 to continue into 2024 2024 Estimate Updates One important metric I’m tracking this quarter is the change in 2024 estimates pre / post earnings.

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OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The report’s authors already laid out how to get back to hyper-growth , and their article inspired me to share my predictions for 2021’s most important product marketing trends: 1. Content marketing may sound like old news but it will remain indispensable in acquiring new users even beyond 2021. That’s not in dispute.”

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Chart Mogul

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In 2021, ChartMogul experienced a transformative shift in data strategy when we introduced a dedicated data engineering team. Nowadays, these are packaged and deployed in docker images, and executed via AWS lambda or EKS pods each day. We used our daily AWS RDS snapshots and loaded them daily to Snowflake tables.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

It’s 2021, but surprisingly, a significant number of SaaS companies still use outdated sales compensation plans. Email * The latest SaaStr updates straight to your inbox. Subscribe Please do not fill in this field. Pothole #1 – Legacy Sales Commission Plans May Yield Low License Utilization.

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CloudGeometry

MARCH 22, 2022

State of DevOps Report, DORA Research Institute, 2019 The latest iteration of the study was launched in May 2021. For a thorough assessment of options for a SaaS business model, download the AWS SaaS Journey Framework whitepaper , and/or take a technical deep dive into the SaaS Lens for the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Intercom services and data are hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS) facilities in the USA (us-east-1), Dublin, Ireland (eu-west-1), and Sydney, Australia. . All of our infrastructure and data are spread across three AWS availability zones and will continue to operate should any one of those fail.

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All that Saas

JUNE 22, 2021

Working remotely has become many organizations culture for 2021. Ayoa Review (2021) – Mind Mapping & Whiteboarding Software. The post Ayoa Review 2021: Features, Functionality, Pricing, and More appeared first on All That SaaS. RRP) by author & CEO, Chris Griffiths. Demos Available: click here.

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User Pilot

MAY 10, 2023

Amazon grants its AWS customers access to its recommendation engine to help them personalize their user experience. Using this tool, Amazon AWS users can now offer up to 50% better recommendations to their website visitors, email marketing lists, and more, thus improving the customer experience and their conversion/click-through rates.

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Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc. This means our software is hosted on the cloud and used over an internet connection via a web browser or mobile app. Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs. Stripe payments make up 98.5

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OpenView Labs

JUNE 16, 2021

Chargify takes a closer look at the success of Digital Ocean, AWS, Mailgun, MessageBird, and Wordstream. Pricing Transformations In 2021. And, as OpenView’s Kyle Poyar explains, it’s all because they’re better at landing new customers, growing with them, and keeping them as customers. Miscellaneous.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 24, 2022

Before we jump in, given the tech downturn and looming recession, we polled our attendees to find out if they anticipate their company’s 2022 retention rates to fare better or worse than their rates in 2021. I mean AWS or whatever might be going up too. Q: How should you approach NRR and GRR for on-prem, hybrid, and SaaS.

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Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

Top 10 PLG Tools in 2021. Founded : 2011 Known customers: Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, AWS, Unity, Udemy, Shopify Price starts at: $38/month per user. #2 This means you need to implement the right tools and features for the task. Let’s take a look at the Top 10 PLA tools that can help you succeed today. So pick accordingly. #1

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ChurnZero

JUNE 24, 2022

Before we jump in, given the tech downturn and looming recession, we polled our attendees to find out if they anticipate their company’s 2022 retention rates to fare better or worse than their rates in 2021. I mean AWS or whatever might be going up too. Q: How should you approach NRR and GRR for on-prem, hybrid, and SaaS.

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Chart Mogul

MARCH 2, 2021

— Jakob Greenfeld (@jakobgreenfeld) February 22, 2021. It might be awful. You've probably already heard that I sold Product Explorer to @agazdecki Here's the backstory and why I decided to sell ?? This can put you and any co-founders in a bind as the terms become dependent on your willingness to stay.

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BetterCloud

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Cybercrime damage costs will hit $6 trillion annually through 2021 , which is expected to be the greatest transfer of economic wealth ever. With demonstrable success from Netflix and AWS, more companies are starting to offer their core businesses as microservices to expand their customer and revenue base. Cybercrime is on the rise.

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Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 22, 2021

What’s new in ChartMogul in 2021? This year, we also migrated ChartMogul to AWS cloud. Overall, in 2021, we logged and resolved 10,007 tickets with an average first response time of 20 minutes. To add to that, our uptime for 2021 (for both the App and the API) was an impressive 99.95%. So let’s dive in.

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SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Work with other teams around the business to support Mentorloop in achieving its team goals for 2021 and beyond. You will be responsible for Drive and accelerate spend adoption by advising customers on best practices for using SoftwareONE or Microsoft/AWS solutions.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2021

Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec, Global Vice President for AWS Storage will deliver one of the keynotes. In my predictions post for 2021, I said that the 2020s will be the decade of data. Cloud Data Lakes are the future of large scale data analysis , and the more than 5000 registrants to the first conference substantiate this massive wave.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2021

2021 is the 30th anniversary of the birth of Linux. For us, the SaaS model Amazon Web Services (AWS) offered was an amazing one to look at. We’re now looking at a massive Open Source category, Commercial Open Source (COSS), that’s impossible to ignore. Those are the companies that are going to be dominant in this new SaaS era.”.

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SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2023

According to the data, though, buyers are increasingly experimenting with cloud marketplaces, increasing from 22% in 2020 to 61% in 2021. We’re seeing a growing trend of buyers making SaaS purchases through global marketplaces such as the AWS Marketplace and Azure Marketplace. It depends on what you’re buying and your organization.

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