SaaStr

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

So we’ve had a lot of fun in our 5 Interesting Learnings profiling the top SaaS and Cloud companies at scale, from Slack to Zoom, from Shopify to Datadog, from Box to DropBox. But are AWS, Azure and Google Cloud just too big for us to learn from? And it’s gone much more aggressive in its sales motions.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

If you’re selling sales and marketing software, like Zoominfo, it can seem a lot tougher than 12-18 months ago. Growth in public cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Snowflake, etc.) If you’re selling cloud infrastructure, for the most part, growth may be down a smidge but is still strong, e.g., MongoDB.

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Clouded Judgement

APRIL 11, 2024

It looks at the YoY dollar change in quarterly revenue from the hyperscalers (just looking at Azure / AWS because the data goes back further) going back a few years. If we break this down and look at Azure and AWS independently (graphs below), you’ll see how the AWS “swings” were a lot more volatile.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The budgets are >still< there, but they're harder to access, so sales needs to understand what your buyer's true goals are for next year and align with it. A similar story with arguably the #1 public leader in next-generation sales tools. So a great one to look at if you sell into sales.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 7, 2024

While their growth at this scale is breathtaking, it’s not surprising. We’re thrilled to partner with Wiz in co-leading their newest round of financing and to support the company as they help businesses around the world secure increasingly complex cloud environments. Even among an impressive set of cyber predecessors, Wiz stands out.

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

This is why the consumption players (Snowflake, Mongo, Confluent, Azure, AWS, etc) so more variability in the macro slowdown. This brings me to AI (everything leads to AI these days…). But this is changing - many categories are becoming commoditized leading to massive pricing pressure. Do you have ARR or ERR?

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The most triumphant transfer of control from an original generation leader to a new CEO was surely that of Microsoft, which pivoted from chasing after Apple’s success in the consumer space under Steve Ballmer (don’t mention Nokia ) to successfully focusing on the cloud under Satya Nadella (please do mention Azure). The scale is extraordinary.

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2019

We'll be taking over the entire San Jose convention center and surrounding areas just for attendees, delivering even more tactical content and advice on scaling than ever before, and more importantly, help you connect with 15,000 of your fellow SaaS Founders, Investors and Leaders in 2020! SaaStr Annual 2020 Tickets Go Up $500 at Midnight!

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 25, 2021

But here are a few other factors you should look out for when evaluating a prospective software. These tools should help you understand your business in more detail, including important metrics, inventory, and sales numbers. Whether it’s real-time analytics data streaming or offering insights at scale, this tool can do it all.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

” Year after year of lower sales and marketing costs and better customer retention really adds up. To compare the year 1 (meaning 12 months) investment in sales & marketing, we take 12 “cost” months divided by 20.8 “revenue” months, which yields a revenue growth:cost ratio of 0.57%.

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IT World

APRIL 8, 2020

VMware has pumped out a key version of its core networking software with over 100 new features and added security and application-management support all designed to help customers build and run large scale virtual networks. To read this article in full, please click here

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Baremetrics

JULY 8, 2021

This allows their team to focus on product, sales, and customer success while staying lean. MetricFire is a full-scale platform that offers infrastructure, system, and application monitoring using a suite of open-source monitoring tools. Stripe is the leading payment processing service for SaaS and subscription businesses.

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 20, 2023

The real headwinds to software (tougher expansion, longer sales cycles / procurement, slower new business, budget crunches / RIFs, etc) started last August. But what we’re really looking for is budgets expanding, shortening sales cycles, less pressure on expansion, etc. This makes it an “easier” comp.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

Jason recently opened up an AMA on Twitter Spaces to answer questions about scaling and VC funding. While Azure and Google Cloud grew at record rates, Shopify for example, its SaaS business only grew 10% last quarter. We need this money to get sales and marketing going. Jason Lemkin: Today certainly is an interesting week.

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SaaStr

APRIL 26, 2024

At Glasswing Ventures, they tell their AI-native companies not to lead with AI because it’s such a superficial indication of interest. When you take the data, you may have a business goal of making more sales or delighting the customer. What should founders know about the modern AI stack that Enterprises can scale on?

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SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

With the advent of SaaS (software as a service), enterprises can now access cloud software solutions, making scaling much faster and easier. SaaS and the Cloud Let Enterprises Scale Faster. If you are an enterprise, the ability to scale quickly is crucial. Scaling is a fundamental part of business, but it is not easy.

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BetterCloud

JANUARY 8, 2021

Achieving RBAC at scale. Achieving RBAC at scale. Scale becomes an additional challenge when managing user lifecycles across an entire digital workplace with tens or hundreds of SaaS apps. Over time, it’s all too easy to simply grant access to more data and controls than necessary, leading to increased risk.

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How To Buy Saas

MARCH 21, 2024

Startup businesses usually look towards SaaS when they need to scale quickly, reduce IT overhead, or access sophisticated tools without huge costs. Platforms like Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services are good examples in this regard. It’s a perfect match if you need flexibility, constant updates, and global access.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The Mosaic guys just figured out how to do that at scale for others. Ali: There’s a scaling law. If you’re scaling the parameters up, you have to scale the data with it. If you don’t have that, you’re not going to get the bang for the buck from scaling. It will be like AWS, GCP, and Azure.

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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. How many of these three things do you offer your prospective customers?

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Audacix

OCTOBER 24, 2019

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. How many of these three things do you offer your prospective customers?

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Cloud Cybersecurity Scale Transportation 49

Neil Patel

JANUARY 7, 2022

A slow website can lead to: shopping cart abandonment lost conversions dissatisfied customers damage to your brand’s reputation lower ranking in the SERPs. Popular CDN’s include: Rackspace, Amazon CloudFront, and Microsoft Azure. Website performance can be measured by the number of server errors, and the size of downloaded web pages.

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

It’s especially helpful for marketing and sales campaigns. For example, say that your sales are projected to drop in the next quarter. You can use predictive analytics to understand why sales are expected to drop (based on current and previous trends) and then be proactive to prevent the drop.

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Artificial Intelligence Data Software Review Machine Learning 91

ProfitWell

MAY 12, 2020

Both companies provide tools that allow businesses to automate their marketing, sales, and customer service efforts. Windows Azure — Built on their Azure platform, this offering from Microsoft allows developers to use Windows through a cloud-based virtual desktop and develop applications from anywhere using Visual Studio Online.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

As SaaStr Europa 2022 drew to a close, attendees took one more opportunity to ask Jason questions about topics like how to navigate the current market, the future of work, playing in a crowded space, and hiring your first VP of Sales. It was funny for Henry to say he segmented his sales team at 80 million in ARR. Transcript.

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OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

At its core, gross margin (GM) speaks to the relationship between sales and its costs. Understand the levers of costs, also known as cost of goods sold (COGS) or cost of sales (COS). It tracks the quality of engagement with your product and is a non-financial leading indicator of your product’s usage.

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Scale Payment Methods Payment Services Systems Review 52

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Alison Wagonfeld, CMO of Google Cloud. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to The Sales Hacker Podcast. Previously, she was an operating partner at Emergence Capital, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that we all probably know about. We’re on iTunes.

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User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Userpilot is a leading B2B product growth tool that excels at in-app engagement , product analytics, customer feedback collection, customer support, and integrations. It’s suitable for businesses wanting control over their infrastructure and the ability to scale. Frequent issues can lead to significant disruptions in service.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 79

Mattermark

AUGUST 22, 2017

Natasha Azur of Osage Partners takes a look at trends in venture capital activity ( which we’ve also been digging into lately on the Mattermark blog ) in “ What’s the Pulse on 2017 Midyear VC Investment? Yelena Shkolnik was promoted to Vice President at Jump Capital. From the News.

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VP of Engineering Leadership Venture Capital Technical Review 40

Audacix

JULY 18, 2022

Cross-team sharing is key to scaling DevOps effectiveness Do you have sharing, caring team members? Talk to the people at the DevOps coalface Senior leadership in large and small organisations often fails to comprehend the nature and scale of the challenges and frustrations faced by those at the coalface.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 21, 2024

Some naysayers doubted that genAI could scale into the enterprise at all. On a much smaller scale, we’ve also started to see some leaders deploying their genAI budget against headcount savings, particularly in customer service. Simply having an API to a model provider isn’t enough to build and deploy generative AI solutions at scale.

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SaaStr

MAY 15, 2020

333: Bridget Gleason is the Head of Sales and Customer Success @ Tidelift, the company providing managed open source, backed by maintainers. Before Tidelift, Bridget was VP of Sales @ Logz.io and before that was VP of Corporate Sales @ Sumo Logic where she drove ARR up by a record 237%.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 11, 2023

Businesses can utilize conversation intelligence platforms to enhance their sales and customer service strategies. Aid Of Sales Strategy A big part of the job as a sales representative is communicating the value of the products and services being sold through sales calls.

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User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

Your tech stack not only defines the backbone of your business operations but also influences your ability to innovate, scale, and deliver exceptional value to your customers. Service providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure offer server hosting and load-balancing services.

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User Pilot

MARCH 12, 2024

Similarly, poor encryption or authentication methods may lead to unauthorized data access. Your goal here is to ensure there are no security vulnerabilities or performance issues as the system scales. Automate your workflow to save time Manual user provisioning is a time-consuming, error-prone process that can lead to security gaps.

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Management Azure SaaS Systems Review 88

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

If we look at that and step back, you can think of this, again, from the leading perspective of the public’s first, which is this evolution over time. Even at spectacular scale, they’re still growing at 30%. Azure has been gaining on them rapidly and is growing a double that rate. They had to reinvent themselves.

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Cloud marketplaces like AWS Marketplace, Azure Marketplace and Google Cloud Platform Marketplace are digital storefronts where companies can list their offerings for software buyers to find, purchase and provision software. . When it comes to the sales process, cloud marketplaces have clear benefits.

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