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19 SaaS Predictions For 2021 and Beyond

OpenView Labs

Every year we ask the OpenView network to weigh in, and this time around many folks unsurprisingly made predictions around a trend most of us in SaaS had to adapt to (and, to be honest, are still figuring out) in 2020: remote work. SaaS companies will evolve their products and messaging to support a fluid hybrid working model—office/home.

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The Stages Of A SaaS Company: When To Scale For Success

Chargify

It came up because people regularly refer to Chargify as a startup, but our company has been around since 2009. There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. Do you really need to know what phase your company is in?”. Are we still a startup? Pre-Startup.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chargebee and Glassdoor — November 1, 2019

SaaStr

As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. Second, why does Krish believe it is one of the most important things any company must do? What is the process to do it efficiently?

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Avoid Trapdoor Decisions: 5 Lessons Learned from Scaling Stripe (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Manual processes first. Dare I say SaaS.

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SaaStr Podcast #217: Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson on The Trapdoor Decisions to Avoid When Scaling

SaaStr

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Dare I say SaaS. The exchange of value.

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What Are the Different Stages of a Startup: An Introduction?

SmartKarrot

This is an especially important stage, especially for SaaS startups. This is the stage where you identify an existing problem and understand how your product or service solves the problem. As a SaaS startup, your biggest task would be to land your first customer. If you find yourself in this stage, congratulations!

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SaaStr Podcast #398 with Salsify Co-Founder & CMO Rob Gonzalez

SaaStr

As for Rob, before founding Salsify, he was the first-ever product manager at Cambridge Semantics and before that was a Senior Product Manager @ Endeca helping grow the company to it’s $Bn exit. How does Rob think about the bundled vs unbundled thesis within SaaS? When is it right for SaaS companies to turn down potential customers?