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19 SaaS Predictions For 2021 and Beyond

OpenView Labs

“The prevailing go-to-market structure for SaaS companies in the last decade is through an inside sales team. Virtually all inside sales teams were forced to go remote in mid-March and haven’t been back in the office since. Teams are starting to ramp back up, and the next chapter of inside sales is a little wild.

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SaaStr Classic: Jyoti Bansal of Harness.io and AppDynamics; Dev Ittycheria of MongoDB (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

As we gear up for 2021 SaaStr Annual, I wanted to highlight some of my very favorite Annual sessions from the past you may have missed. They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. This was certainly one of them. So that’s easy.

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2021 SaaS Outlook, What’s Changing in SaaS This Year?

OPEXEngine

If 2020 is remembered as the year of COVID-19, we also think 2021 will be remembered as the year of change. Putting aside everything else, let’s just focus on what’s changing in SaaS in 2021. That doesn’t mean that 2020 wasn’t hard to manage through, but overall as a sector, SaaS companies grew revenue and valuations skyrocketed.

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The B2B Marketplace Funding Napkin 2021

Point Nine Land

What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021? Having invested in 9 B2B marketplaces and gathered data from 20+ different investors, here are our findings on what it takes to raise money in 2021 for B2B marketplaces. What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021? Now, let’s dive into it!

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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

Over the past seven years, she’s been responsible for scaling Stripe’s worldwide business operations. 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.

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Q&A: Role of Customer Success According to Three Leading Investors

ChurnZero

Other signs of explosive growth potential at this early stage are a highly efficient sales motion, though this is most often still a work in progress at this stage. Interest from channel partners and sales via channel partners can be another meaningful indicator. . I’ve seen this so many times that is has become predictable. .

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CEOs of Zapier, Walkme and Dialpad: How to Build Your First Management Team (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

As part of the run up to 2021 SaaStr Annual in the SF Bay Area Sep 27-29, we’re taking a look back at some of our top sessions of all times. The panelists offer their insights, which at times conflict with the viewpoints of other panelists, on hiring a cohesive team that can really scale the business. Get best price tickets here!!!