Chart Mogul

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The challenge The solution Data warehouse ETL processes How we visualize data Future plans, closing thoughts The challenge: why we needed a data engineering team ChartMogul integrates with various billing systems, normalizes and aggregates the received data, and then visualizes SaaS metrics into charts and tables.

Engineering 52

Engineering K8S orchestration (Kubernetes) Data AWS 52

OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 25, 2019

As the close of 2019 approaches, with extreme stock market volatility and mixed economic signals, SaaS Finance execs building plans for 2020 and 2-5 years beyond don’t have an easy time. The Cloud infrastructure landscape for all SaaS companies should become more competitive, contributing to better margins and continued growth.

Trends 40

Trends Marketing SaaS Azure 40

OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

We’ve published over 250 articles in 2019 and we’re proud to have contributors who provide our community with key insights and takeaways in the SaaS industry. 2019 Expansion SaaS Benchmarks. Our 2019 Expansion SaaS Benchmarks Report is live! SaaS is now ubiquitous. The Ultimate SaaS Funnel Guide.

Sales Hiring 52

Sales Hiring Benchmarks AWS Scale 52

The SaaS Garage

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Led by Sapphire Ventures , with participation from OMERS Ventures , Salesforce Ventures , and existing backers including General Catalyst, Benchmark, Balderton Capital and Hercules, this brings total funding for Contentful to $78.3 Contentful Announces $33.5 million in Series D equity funding. For more information, visit [link].

Technology 53

Technology Scale PayPal Software Delivery 53

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

Freemium in SaaS is old news. The much-discussed pricing strategy took over the SaaS world and helped fuel the phenomenal success of SaaS pioneers like Dropbox, Evernote, SurveyMonkey and Hootsuite. Freemium appeared to be declining in popularity and, when it was in place, drove next to zero new ACV for most SaaS companies.

Pricing 82

Pricing Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 82

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

With last year in the rearview mirror, we can look at OpenView’s 2020 Expansion SaaS Benchmarks Report to tell us how exactly COVID-19 impacted SaaS companies. What’s more is that despite falling nearly 50% from an all-time high in March, SaaS company valuations have rallied. That’s not in dispute.”

Product Marketing 58

Product Marketing Trends Scale Marketing 58

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

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2023

The average mid-size company has 111 SaaS applications. There’s so much competition in SaaS that it can feel confusing to figure out where to start and compare solutions. This is the biggest trend in SaaS. They can provide big-picture ROI, but they don’t have hard ROI metrics, benchmarks, and success stories.

Marketplace as a Service 208

Marketplace as a Service Software Review Technical Review Azure 208

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.

Payment Solutions 126

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Strategy Software 126

Outseta

AUGUST 23, 2017

Sure, in established businesses benchmarking and historical performance can set some precedence. One is a monthly company update, the other provides tips on growing early stage SaaS businesses. We don’t have any agreed upon budgets, or any sales reps with quotas. But really, how useful and specific can that really be? Email Address.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Scale Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 52

SmartKarrot

MARCH 2, 2023

Top 15 VC Podcasts 2023 [Listed Alphabetically] 100x Entrepreneur 100x Entrepreneur – By Siddhartha Ahluwalia Siddhartha Ahluwalia is a 2x founder, VC & Startup Business Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Siddhartha is a host of one of the top 15 Business podcasts in Asia named 100x Entrepreneur.

Venture Capital 10

Venture Capital Scale Entrepreneurship EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) 10

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

that will fit the use case of most small to medium SaaS startups. You’ll need this to calculate your Gross Margin , which further enables you to calculate Customer Lifetime Value and other key SaaS metrics. For example, Amazon Web Services or AWS in the bank description is very likely to go to Cost of Revenue under Hosting.

Startup 81

Startup DevOps as a Service Customer Lifetime Value SaaS 81

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.

Scale 215

Scale Leadership Strategy Technology 215

OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 15, 2020

I’m sure they’re reducing their number on churn, but they’re awful companies. There are many facets to ensuring adoption, but the lowest hanging fruit for most SaaS companies is leveraging their event (or usage) data. How often have we dealt with companies where it’s impossible to cancel? We can do better.

Churn 52

Churn SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 52

SaaStr

MAY 22, 2020

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How David made his way into the world of SaaS and came to found CMX. Why David believes that community is so central for all SaaS companies today? * So tell me, how did you make your way into the wonderful world of startups, SaaS, and how did you come to found CMX? How ambitious should they be?

Technical Advisors 212

Technical Advisors Engagement Startup Benchmarks 212

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. Collectively, these expenses are referred to as Customer Acquisition Costs, or CAC for short.

Scale 40

Scale Development Team Review Software Review Benchmarks 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. Using John Grant of “ The New Marketing Manifesto ” words: “Authenticity is the benchmark against which all brands are now judged.”

Outsourcing Services 53

Outsourcing Services Branding Outsourced Development Scale 53

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

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.

Scale 130

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