Tom Tunguz

APRIL 28, 2022

That’s much more work than the automatic credit card payment with AWS. Can you imagine a site reliability engineer managing 15 to 20 tokens, coordinating with finance teams to ensure proper treasury management, while ensuring high uptime? Third, software engineers decentralize only a subset of the app.

Payment Solutions 258

Payment Solutions GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Startup Payment Features 258

SaaStr

MAY 16, 2022

So follow AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Let’s look a whole level up to the real canaries-in-the-coalmine: AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. And AWS grew 37% at a $74B run-rate , down a bit from 39% the prior quarter but still adding an insane amount of new revenue. That’s the engine we’re all building on.

Cloud 254

Cloud Azure AWS Engineering 254

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 31, 2021

From my experience, the three options are usually: I don’t want my engineers to even be able to pronounce Kubernetes I want my engineers to understand how to manipulate pipelines and automation I want my engineers to understand the whole stack and use DevOps as a way to deliver features.

AWS 115

AWS DevOps as a Service Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 115

IT World

APRIL 22, 2020

Google Cloud has announced that Anthos — the company’s software for deploying and managing Kubernetes workloads across multiple on-prem and cloud environments — now supports running workloads on rival cloud platform Amazon Web Services (AWS), with Microsoft Azure support still in preview for now.

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Azure VP of Engineering AWS Cloud 69

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). Startups have negative time to launch in many markets with Adobe, Microsoft, & Salesforce launching Gen AI enabled software in weeks.

Generative AI 212

Generative AI AI GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Startup 212

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Snowflake announced earnings yesterday, echoing the strength within software companies more broadly & underscoring the shift in enterprise buyer behavior to normal after three quarters of extensive cost cuts. ” Unstructured data is the growth engine : 17x growth y/y suggests a small number last year, but phenomenal interest.

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GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure Data Startup 143

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

I started just with regular software development, doing software of different kinds. And so when Amazon called me and they’re like, “Hey you want to come with us and do you want to actually start the mobile services, backend business within AWS?” Because engineers they tend to start from the how.

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Development Technical Review AI AWS 89

SaaStr

DECEMBER 9, 2020

But every business leader has a few top pressing problems that a software vendor can solve. But VPs are still sitting on their computers, struggling to hit their plans, manage their teams, hire the next great engineer, deploy their software releases, and hit their number. Emails get blocked, spam filtered.

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Sales Hiring Outbound Sales Team AWS Engineering 355

SaaStr

MAY 31, 2023

AWS is seeing this, and so is Snowflake. Also you can see sales & marketing headcount is basically flat, while hiring is almost all in engineering / R&D. Given the massive amount of compute and storage involved, I would have expected “less than software” gross margins. Not none, just less.

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Headcount Scale Sales Hiring AWS 207

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 27, 2021

Anyone who has ever tried to sell software to developers probably learned pretty quickly that traditional B2B marketing tactics just plain don’t work. That’s why I interviewed more than 50 developers in DevOps, DevSecOps, and generalist back-end roles about how they prefer to discover, try, and purchase software. Here’s What I Learned.

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Development DevOps as a Service Software AWS 105

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Same software, dude. But same software. How many sales reps, how much marketing spend, how many engineers will you really need? It was just a little while ago that Salesforce was doing $1 billion in ARR revenue. Now they’re a good chunk of the way to $10 billion. Some solid updates, yes. What will your ACV really be?

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Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital AWS 211

Audacix

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Building a culture of security in you software development teams is not an easy task, but its crucial if you want to minimise the chances of unforeseen cybersecurity disasters and unfortunate media appearances. Then, based on your responses, we will show you how to: Do regular software security activities to reduce your overall burden.

Software Development 52

Software Development GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Development Software 52

IT World

APRIL 28, 2020

The public cloud and open source software are pretty much coupled these days. Also on InfoWorld: AWS vs. Azure vs. Google Cloud: Which free tier is best? ]. Now that they are moving to the public cloud, both developers and infrastructure engineers are finding some very compelling reasons to “go open” in the cloud.

Cloud 64

Cloud Azure Software AWS 64

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 16, 2022

“The secret to Intercom’s success in this realm is simple: years of consistent, careful, and multi-faceted cultural, organizational, and engineering work”. The secret to Intercom’s success in this realm is simple: years of consistent, careful, and multi-faceted cultural, organizational, systems and software engineering work.

Software Review 118

Software Review Technical Review Management Systems Review 118

CloudGeometry

MARCH 14, 2022

The Race Toward Feature Agility The answer to remaining competitive lies in accelerating the journey from traditional forms of software development toward feature agility – finding what your customers value and figuring out how to get it into your development process faster. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals.

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DevOps as a Service Well Architected Framework SaaS AWS 130

CloudGeometry

MARCH 22, 2022

Part 3: Measurement One of the great breakthroughs of SaaS as a business strategy is in how it puts users and subscribers front and center of software development and keeps them there. Customer-centric software delivery SaaS sets solving customer problems as its north star. It makes no difference to anyone but you.

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DevOps as a Service Software Delivery Well Architected Framework AWS 130

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 31, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. How Will AI Effect Software Business Models? Like many, I’ve been thinking about how AI and foundation models will effect the world of software. In particular - how AI will effect software business models. Consumption Pricing.

Cloud 130

Cloud Sales Hiring AI Headcount 130

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Software M&A in 2019 reached about $170B up from $136B in 2018, up 25%. Public software multiples remain at elevated levels. I think the median software multiple remains around 9x, and the bull market continues. Data engineering is the new Customer Success. Data engineering is the new Customer Success.

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Blockchain AWS Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 156

Audacix

MAY 11, 2023

A vulnerability assessment tools or virtual app scanning for your software team has become as important as your git repository or your ticket management system. API vulnerability scanner API security testing ensures business data packets that move between two software applications and ip addresses are secure.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Software Cloud Software Engineering 52

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

As it turns out, he’s also quite the writer – since the last time we spoke , he has published not one but two books on engineering. After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track.

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Technical Review Leadership VP of Engineering CTO Coach 274

ProfitWell

MAY 15, 2020

First, to nip any confusion in the bud, SaaS stands for “software as a service.” Simply, any company that sells software via a central, cloud-based system can be considered SaaS. Google Compute Engine (GCE), Digital Ocean, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are all good examples of IaaS. What is SaaS?

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 75

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Part 2: How to Automate your SaaS Expenses – Payroll with Gusto and QuickBooks Part 3: How to Automate your SaaS Expenses – QuickBooks Bank Rules Part 4: How to Choose SaaS Billing Software This post – Part 1 – focuses on how to categorize your SaaS expenses properly by using QuickBooks or Xero, and what are the benefits of doing so.

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Merchant Services Startup DevOps as a Service SaaS 90

Sylvia Ng

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Putting together a job description for a Growth Engineer? The below tidbits are taken from 30+ job descriptions for Growth Engineers, all from tech companies such as Asana, Airbnb, AdRoll, Cybercoders, Mircosoft, UXPin, and Zenefits, to name a few. What do all these job descriptions tell us about growth engineering? Innovative.

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Engineering Growth Hacking Scale Social Media 74

CloudGeometry

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Those of us who do software for a living are quite fortunate. Our job as software professionals is to make it worth it to them. Is collaborative software development enough? DevOps changed software development – whether cloud-native, cloud-hosted or “Oops! Collaboration delivers leverage.

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DevOps as a Service Software Development AWS Cloud 130

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Within the next 12 months, Adam Seligman, VP of Generative Builders at AWS, believes there will be an inversion of SaaS. It’s expensive and time-consuming to build software. 2 It’s expensive and time-consuming to build software. Sales Engineers The key to selling SaaS is a demo or test environment customized for the customer.

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Generative AI AWS AI Artificial Intelligence 255

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This helps you to: Reduce human error Override Quickbooks suggestion engine Human error is particularly prevalent with outsourced accountants without a bookkeeper dedicated to your company. Quickbooks suggestion engine can get things right once you have “trained” it a little. This is, overstated hosting costs.

Banking 52

Banking Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments SaaS 52

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. How can I improve software security? and it is a worthwhile read.

Software 52

Software DevOps as a Service Software Development Cloud 52

CloudGeometry

MARCH 3, 2022

Proven best practices that help both finance & engineering teams Of course, not all customers want to pay for all the features. For a thorough assessment of options for a SaaS business model, download the AWS SaaS Journey Framework whitepaper , and/or take a technical deep dive into the SaaS Lens for the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

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

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

This means our software is hosted on the cloud and used over an internet connection via a web browser or mobile app. Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc. Tools + Operations We use a variety of software tools to support our team and customers.

Merchant Services 74

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 74

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 25, 2015

The consistency of 14 apps underscores the importance of category creation for SaaS companies creating software for newer workflows, in contrast to those replacing existing products. Sales teams, always looking for an edge, also belong to the early adopter segment and buy CRM and online meetings software. log in exclusively on mobile.

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Sales Recruiting SaaS Data AWS 100

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

JUNE 3, 2017

When they talk about their websites, I find that marketing people fall into two groups: One group thinks their website is awful. For most B-to-B software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, vendors need to work with prospects through a long process with multiple steps. The other group is in the midst of re-doing it.

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AWS Social Media Acquisition Subscription 100

Audacix

JULY 28, 2022

In fact, smart and fast-growing cloud software companies who outperform their peers usually share this common trait: they consistently grow sales and build their brand by turning their security standards into a key differentiator and selling point. A cloud server, like an AWS EC2 instance, is still a server. Not really.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Underperforming Technical Team AWS Scale 52

InsightOutData

AUGUST 6, 2021

b' In the business world, the most relevant information is often locked inside reams of data stored in popular data tabulation and analysis software, such as Microsoft Excel.xc2xa0 Excel has matured over time to allow in-ecosystem data calculation and analysis via customizable and in-built formulas. The best BI solutions enable this.

Data 52

Data Government AWS Communication 52

ProfitWell

MAY 12, 2020

These stand for software as a service, platform as a service, and infrastructure as a service. Let's take a quick look at what it means to use software, platform, or infrastructure as service. Software as a service (SaaS) is when a provider hosts an application and makes it available to subscribers over the internet.

Cloud 59

Cloud Azure SaaS Underperforming Technical Team 59

Sales Hacker

MARCH 29, 2021

As a result, more products are being discovered and sold through online marketplaces, like the Salesforce AppExchange and the AWS Marketplace. Ensuring partnerships, sales, product, engineering, and customer success teams have the information they need when they need it. Keystone Partner Software: the PRM and the CRM.

Payments 100

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 100

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 12, 2021

From premature optimization to over-engineering solutions for your product, it’s easy to get caught up in making technology decisions that slow you down instead of speeding you up. Don’t add to your stack unless you’re certain that your use case will not be satisfied by existing software. The top ten technical strategies to avoid.

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Technical Review Scale multi-cloud Kubernetes Scaling 269

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

MAY 2, 2011

I'm sure the recent service outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) had lots of engineers scurrying around, looking for a fix. I've been at a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider when the solution's gone down. It's not all bad news First, though, some good news on the reaction to the AWS outage.

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