Tom Tunguz

APRIL 6, 2023

In the cloud, AWS, Azure, & GCP have created about as much market cap as all the top 100 B2B & B2C publics built on cloud (Netflix, ServiceNow, AirBnb, etc). Moats : how to develop competitive advantage? The PC increased GDP by 0.006%, according to NBER That alone should turn heads. Market : how to compete with incumbents?

Generative AI 211

Generative AI AI GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Startup 211

SaaStr

JANUARY 2, 2024

How do you leverage that offer to develop relationships with partners? Next, they moved to credits, which are very popular, with AWS and Google Cloud being great examples of companies that are always giving credits out to startups. The bad news is there are a lot of companies developing VC partnership functions.

Startup 189

Startup Scale Underperforming Technical Team AWS 189

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 6, 2023

Cloud Downgrades This week UBS came out with a couple research reports citing concerns in AWS / Azure growth. This brings me back to AWS / Azure downgrades. This was the worst tone that we’ve heard in years from large AWS/Azure partners, a group that usually expresses different shades of optimism about AWS/Azure growth.”

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Cloud Azure AWS Underperforming Technical Team 130

Crafty CTO

APRIL 23, 2024

Better Idea: AWS Systems Manager Session Manager Our development partner suggested a better solution, AWS Systems Manager Session Manager , which enables tunneled sessions into the AWS environment and leverages AWS IAM to manage access. Why invest precious time on such a limited solution?

VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) 40

VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) AWS Underperforming Technical Team ECS (Elastic Container Service) 40

How To Buy Saas

MAY 15, 2024

This helps you cut down on costly upfront capital investments in hardware and software and save on recurring maintenance fees. Testing and Development: IaaS solutions make it quicker and more cost-effective for companies to set up and scale their testing and development environments. Why would you need PaaS?

DevOps as a Service 52

DevOps as a Service Marketplace as a Service Cloud SaaS 52

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure. What took you months to ideate, design and develop can now be copied in days or weeks thanks to these new tools. Investing in things that enable us to move faster and leaner for the long term.

Software Review 224

Software Review Outsourcing Services Software Outsourced Development 224

Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers. While they operate under different business models, ISVs and SaaS share similarities in software development, cross-platform accessibility, and industry reach. Learn More What are ISVs?

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Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods 88

CloudGeometry

MARCH 14, 2022

If there’s one thing we’ve learned as we build full-stack SaaS across industries and user cases, it’s this: SaaS is a 3-sided balancing act: feature agility; compliance readiness; and return on infrastructure investment. In many circumstances, this becomes a debate between product managers and developers.

DevOps as a Service 130

DevOps as a Service Well Architected Framework SaaS AWS 130

Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Subscribe now OpenAI Updates OpenAI had their big developer day this week, and I wanted to call out two key announcements (and trends): increasing context windows and decreasing costs. This is for information purposes and should not be construed as an investment recommendation. Follow along to stay up to date!

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Cloud Artificial Intelligence AI GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 183

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 16, 2022

Intercom is a product-led company, focused on maximizing product innovation and development velocity. Rather than slow our engineers down, we invest in systems and build a culture around what it means to build fast and safe. That’s why we also invest in mechanisms that allow us to recover from issues even faster than we deploy.

Software Review 118

Software Review Technical Review Management Systems Review 118

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

I started at Amazon before they had Amazon Web Services (AWS) so I was lucky enough to see AWS born out of the guts of all of the great operations work done for the amazon.com retail website. You can think of them beginning from very base infrastructural technologies, and in our case we’re betting exclusively on AWS as a cloud vendor.

Outsourcing Services 192

Outsourcing Services Part-Time VPE Software AWS 192

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

I’m talking about product-led growth as an investment strategy, but really my background is 10 years of operating experience in the product-led growth world. Now I’m investing in that. I say investment strategy, but really it’s like how do you build a company that’s focused on product-led growth?

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Investment Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Software Review 100

CloudGeometry

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Is collaborative software development enough? DevOps changed software development – whether cloud-native, cloud-hosted or “Oops! Twenty years into the Agile Revolution , the virtuous cycle (time boxing, scrum, kanban, iterative discovery-and-development) pays dividends all around. Feature agility is sexy.

DevOps as a Service 130

DevOps as a Service Software Development AWS Cloud 130

CloudGeometry

MARCH 3, 2022

When developing a SaaS product plan, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles. Feature value: a function of time investment of users and customers The set of problems that your SaaS solves won’t survive long in the digital age if all it does is cut prices.

Well Architected Framework 130

Well Architected Framework VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) SaaS Cloud 130

Audacix

JULY 28, 2022

Application security is seldom considered during the ideation phase of web application development - unless the development team has previously been hacked and survived to tell the tale. The most secure web applications use best practice security features throughout the software development lifecycle. Great question.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Underperforming Technical Team AWS Scale 52

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc. These platforms are vital in simplifying our payment operations by providing a secure infrastructure to process credit card transactions, handle multiple currencies, and manage recurring payments without complex development.

Merchant Services 80

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 80

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop? “As the industry we’re in gets older, lots of folks are trying to develop themselves without moving into people management” A good example of this is how to become a staff engineer. Can you actually succeed in that role?

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Technical Review Leadership VP of Engineering CTO Coach 274

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Benefits of using Expense Categories in SaaS The main expense categories for any SaaS company are: Cost of Revenue Research & Development Sales & Marketing General & Admin These four categories are the standard for describing costs and expenses of any SaaS company from Salesforce to Zoom to your startup. Subaccounts for everyone!

Merchant Services 90

Merchant Services Startup DevOps as a Service SaaS 90

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

Then I went into banking, specifically investment banking in the early ’90s. What areas in both technology investing as well as distribution or sales do we really need a bolster to really take the company to the next level? It’s terrific to be with you today. So, I’ve really had 3 careers.

Payment Solutions 83

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 83

Neil Patel

APRIL 8, 2021

This means it’s vitally crucial for businesses to understand what they’re investing in and how they can make the most of cloud computing. On the other hand, a big multinational business may have a host of developers and IT professionals capable of handling more complex functions. Today, 90% of businesses use the cloud.

Outsourcing Services 119

Outsourcing Services Cloud Outsourced Development Azure 119

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. Retail was mentioned twice, that’s it, and AWS was mentioned 78 times, so it’s probably not surprising that they’re doing this. I think it’s a really staggering stat.

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Developer relations, or DevRel, is a critical element of any SaaS growth strategy. Francesca Krihely , current Senior Director, Developer Experience and Growth at Snyk, was Director of Growth Marketing at MongoDB when the company built its first developer community. Building a developer community from scratch.

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Marketing AWS Scale Development 54

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 12, 2022

. “[Our research] opened up new markets for this product without them having to go through the other kinds of experimentation they were originally planning” After doing a bunch of analysis and digging into it, they realized the videos were too slow in certain countries because of where their data centers or AWS environments were located.

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Data Airlines AWS Underperforming Technical Team 151

OpenView Labs

MARCH 4, 2021

Products like Snowflake and Google Cloud Platform take this a step further and even offer $300+ in free usage credits for new developers to test drive their products. They invest in a frictionless customer onboarding experience and high quality support so that new users get hooked on the platform. Grow with existing customers.

Pricing 55

Pricing Outsourced Development Marketplace as a Service AWS 55

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

The internet revolution led to the dawn of the executive era, where on-prem developed into on-demand, with factors like ROI and KPIs entering the picture. Making the bottom-up shift: You are shifting from the top-down to a bottom-up mindset, which means more money and time to invest in R&D efforts. Best For: Product Adoption.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

ProfitWell

MAY 12, 2020

SaaS ensures that consumers are always up to date with the latest version, while also ensuring that developers have a continuing source of revenue with which to maintain their product. Platform as a service (PaaS) provides developers with a complete environment for development and deployment over the internet. What is PaaS?

Cloud 59

Cloud Azure SaaS Underperforming Technical Team 59

Frontegg

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Tel Aviv, October 14, 2020 – Frontegg , creators of the first platform for fast-tracking SaaS development and innovation, today announced a $5M Seed round led by Pitango , with backing from i3 Equity and Global Founders Capital. Before AWS, engineering teams had to scale their own infrastructure.

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DevOps as a Service K8S orchestration (Kubernetes) Innovation New CTO 52

OPEXEngine

JANUARY 11, 2022

For example, technology companies like AWS, GCP, and Snowflake offer no contracts for customers interested in using their self-service option or beta-testing the solution. Planning and investments. Be holistic and develop comprehensive change management and readiness plan that recognizes the key dependencies and challenges involved.

Pricing 52

Pricing Payment Solutions Outsourced Development Compensation 52

OPEXEngine

JUNE 11, 2020

The product is hosted by the vendor or a 3 rd party (like AWS). SaaS affects the vendor’s financials primarily in that the vendor is carrying the cost of the hosting and updates of the product (COGs), and the vendor has to invest in customer success and other programs to ensure retention (can affect COGs, Sales, and Marketing.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Subscription Payment Features 52

The Angel VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

So – it has become much easier to develop and launch a SaaS application and get initial traction, but if you have product/market fit in a small niche, which many SaaS companies do, it may be very hard to expand beyond that niche. That’s my theory at least, it’s not scientifically proven. It’ll depend on who you ask.

Scale 192

Scale Scaling SaaS AWS 192

Neil Patel

JANUARY 8, 2021

Or perhaps you know how it works but don’t have the budget or urgency to invest in one. Free web hosting is designed to meet the needs of a niche market like a new hobby blogger who doesn’t intend to earn from his website or a student looking for a free platform where she can test her web development projects.

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Payment Methods Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 141

ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

You and I both know how awful it feels to have someone disregard what we say and focus on their end goal instead. According to Will, this specific type of role playing helped CSMs develop stronger and deeper relationships with their customers. Don’t labour on the pain, always move the conversation toward the future.”. Conclusion.

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Retention Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 97

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Julien, who previously directed business development and partnerships at Microsoft and is on the board of French media giant Le Monde, was perfectly poised for a conversation at the SaaStock conference in Dublin that ranged from the different missions within Facebook to why he’s betting big on chat. That’s the beauty of Workplace.

Scale 151

Scale Marketplace as a Service Mobile Sales Hiring 151

Audacix

APRIL 2, 2022

The application security landscape is constantly changing, and with the increased frequency of software application breaches in recent years, it's crucial that companies are able to protect their applications and software development life cycle from cyberattacks.

Software 52

Software DevOps as a Service Software Development Cloud 52

Audacix

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Application security is seldom considered during the ideation phase of web application development - unless the development team has previously been hacked and survived to tell the tale. Such protections are almost useless if your developers often open random ports into your environments. Great question.

Cloud 49

Cloud Cybersecurity Scale Transportation 49

SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

Maria : Yeah, I think, coming from a marketing side and thinking about that as a marketer, marketing is all about investments. There’s none of the brands that you’ve seen get to an IPO or continue on to a Fortune 500 company that is not making some significant investments there. Aaron : And they just have to do it.

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Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 212

Audacix

AUGUST 4, 2019

million, which is money that would otherwise have been invested in growth projects. All popular cloud services that you probably use, think Dropbox, Slack, AWS, Gmail, etc, have such pages that spell out their security practices. Look them up. Unfortunately.no.

Cybersecurity 53

Cybersecurity SaaS Outsourced Development AWS 53