SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It was around that time about 12 years ago that Jeff Bezos launched AWS, and some of you may remember that, when he did this, Wall Street analysts were looking at him and saying, “Why would you take what’s already a very unprofitable business and drive it further into the red by investing in this AWS initiative?”

Cloud 100

Cloud Scale AWS Machine Learning 100

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Since Michael founded the firm in 2004, it has grown to over 30 offices worldwide, and they’ve worked with Intel, AWS, and Salesforce, among many other well-known brands. Pricing Strategies to Combat Stagflation 2022 Emerging SaaS Customer Markets How FastSpring Can Help FastSpring helps SaaS and software companies sell around the world.

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Strategy Software 143

SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2020

Prior to their IPO, Domo raised funding from the likes of Benchmark, Founders Fund, a16, Greylock and IVP to name a few. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How did John make his way into the world of SaaS over 2 decades ago and how did that lead to his running a $3Bn ARR business line at Adobe and lead to his joining Domo? John Mellor.

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Scale Leadership Strategy Technology 218

OpenView Labs

JUNE 25, 2019

As the old adage goes, you have to spend money to make money – SaaS businesses are no exception. Arguably the most important spend decision SaaS operators make is focused on acquiring customers. Benchmarking: CAC Payback Goals. Pricing, though, is, in fact, the most impactful near term lever to improve your gross margin.

Scale 40

Scale Development Team Review Software Review Benchmarks 40

ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

One of the most famous lines from Citizen Kane is, “It's no trick to make an awful lot of money, if that's all you want is to do is make a lot of money.” Choosing which revenue model works best for your SaaS business, though, is not easy (even if that's all you want to do is choose a revenue model for your SaaS business).

Payments 40

Payments Revenue Payment Methods SaaS Payments 40

Hacking Revenue

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

This sentence has been repeated by many experienced business people, especially since the introduction of SaaS and other cloud based online services. There is more equality in opportunities, products are getting better and the prices are becoming more competitive and attractive to customers.

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Outsourcing Services Branding Outsourced Development Scale 53

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Cassie spent the first pre-SaaS chapter of her tech career in growth roles in subscription and marketplace businesses (TheLadders.com, GLG). are just as critical as understanding the fundamental SaaS metrics such as LTV/CAC, payback, etc. Understanding how various decisions impact the company’s margin (e.g. Alexine Mudawar.

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Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130

OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2019

SaaS is now ubiquitous. Everywhere you look there are dominant SaaS companies with thriving products. That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). Not surprisingly, most struggle to break through.

Scale 70

Scale Startup Technical Review Software Review 70

OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2019

SaaS is now ubiquitous. Everywhere you look there are dominant SaaS companies with thriving products. That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). Not surprisingly, most struggle to break through.

Scale 51

Scale Startup Technical Review Software Review 51

OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2019

SaaS is now ubiquitous. Everywhere you look there are dominant SaaS companies with thriving products. That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). Not surprisingly, most struggle to break through.

Scale 40

Scale Startup Technical Review Software Review 40