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Measurement: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 3

CloudGeometry

DevOps has largely completed the evolution of systems monitoring from the datacenter/IT worldview to what is commonly referred to as observability. However, it is still too often the case that business metrics and operations metrics live in parallel universes. As it turns out, SaaS operational platform metrics are also abundant.

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Understanding Multi-tenancy, the Keystone of SaaS

CloudGeometry

2020 left no doubt: the growth of cloud computing is firmly grounded in the SaaS business model. The AWS Well-Architected Framework is one such approach that helps adopt architectural best practices (whether or not you run on AWS) and adapt continuously.

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That’s a nice little $1-2M SaaS company you have here. Call me to discuss if it will scale!

The Angel VC

It could make seed and Series A investing harder because the percentage of seed and Series A funded SaaS startups that becomes really big would decrease - and VCs need large outcomes in order to make their business model work. Being a seed investor I’m trying to find SaaS companies that can scale before they have scaled.

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Q&A recap | 2022 SaaS retention benchmarks

ChurnZero

I mean AWS or whatever might be going up too. But it’s very easy to segment to show which are my healthy clients because the delivery model can affect SaaS. But especially if the business model and the pricing model are the same. Be sure to bookmark it for easy reference. I guess the answer is both.

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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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How SaaS is Like Monty Python and 6 Other Things I Learned at SaaStock 2019

Chart Mogul

It’s not every day that you can hear a Monty Python reference at a conference like this. I couldn’t get past the fact that … It’s not every day that you can hear a Monty Python reference at a conference like this. Consumerizing even more parts of the activities of a typical business (logistics-as-a-service, etc.)

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11 Disruptive Innovation Examples (And Why Uber and Tesla Don’t Make the Cut)

OpenView Labs

Online encyclopedia and reference. Both disruptions radically redefined content platforms, business models, and customer habits. These models used vacuum tubes and offered excellent sound quality, but they were inefficient, clunky, and expensive. They were cheap, small, and portable … but the sound quality was awful.