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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

The wave of SaaS companies that built themselves on the likes of AWS and Azure have reinforced the pre-eminence of cloud computing. What was perhaps less predictable was the ensuing prevalence of the subscription-based business model. The decade ahead.

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State of the Cloud 2019: Europa Edition with Alex Ferrara, Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

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?”

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SaaS Growth: Top Strategies and Trends for SaaS Growth

ProfitWell

By almost all key metrics, now is a great time to get into the SaaS business model. Running your own server to handle your customer's valuable data requires a huge investment to match the same level of security and reliability that comes baked into services like Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud. AI Integrations.

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State of the Cloud 2019 from Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

78 times in the AWS … ADABAS was referenced in the Amazon press release and earnings announcement. Byron : Now, over the weekend, as some of us were watching kind of a snooze fest football game, maybe drinking a beer which apparently has corn syrup in it, who knew? Twice for retail. Sky is falling, world is ending, hunker down.

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Salesforce’s Mike Kreaden on how to build a platform to drive growth

Intercom, Inc.

Machine learning can get the right message or recommendation out in a responsive way – not just from the customer’s next best action, but from the sales perspective, too. Obviously we’ve seen a lot of changes in terms of tech and business models, but what would you say has stayed the same in that space?

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The Sendgrid Journey: Scaling From Growth Stage to $2B Acquisition in 4 Years (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Sameer Dhokalia: It turns out if you do ask those two basic questions of 100 people in your business, you will learn an awful lot about what needs to be focused on. You needed to understand how do we keep the bad actors out and use machine learning to prevent spammers and phishers from taking advantage of our system.

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