Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As someone who has spent a lot of time building marketplaces in my career, a curious thing has happened over the last couple years. Founders have started reaching out asking for help converting their SAAS or SAAS-like business into a marketplace. I’ve helped their business, but they’re asking for help driving more customers.

Marketplace as a Service 106

Marketplace as a Service Business Model Business Underperforming Technical Team 106

SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

Our monthly self-service churn went from like 3% to like 9%, right? If something bad happens, you’re going to have to cut your burn, probably. Maria : Oh, I’ll take the number one thing to improve your culture. And we didn’t know that these companies would last decades, right? We were wrong. Aaron : No.

Sales Hiring 205

Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 205

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. Tidelift has raised over $40M from some of the best in the business including Foundry Group and General Catalyst. How does company culture impact the quality of customer success?

Sales Hiring 195

Sales Hiring Scale Technical Review Outsourcing Services 195

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The SaaStock team will be landing in São Paulo to run the region’s first Pan-Latin American SaaS conference, SaaStock LatAm. His first career steps were at Seer Technologies and Monitor Company in the 1990s. Afterward, Patrick founded several businesses in diverse sectors, including tech, healthcare, and finance.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

SaaSX

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Today’s digital marketplace is a vast and wild place. So to combat this feeling (but, really, to maximize resources for greater ROI), companies sometimes turn to a partner for help with the heavy lifting. Want to learn more about harnessing the power of channel partner programs to boost your business, but confused about how to begin?

Outsourcing Services 93

Outsourcing Services Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Technical Advisors 93

OPEXEngine

MARCH 9, 2021

There are no shortcuts to building a business.”. I’ve talked to countless entrepreneurs who are anxious about the next step—first seed round, hiring a team, landing a board member, etc.,” However, if the basic ingredients for growing a sustainable, high-performance business are missing, you’re setting yourself up for frustration.”.

Scale 52

Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team 52

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Rob Gonzalez: Operationally, I look at, in particular, my experience at Endeca, but also another startup that sold to pharmaceutical companies and other life sciences businesses and financial services companies called Cambridge Semantics. And there’s a lot of benefit to running a software as a service, in general.

SaaS Payments 256

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 256