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SaaStr’s CRO+CEO Poker Night at Annual is Back!! May 14th!! Apply Now

SaaStr

We’ll connect over poker, food, drinks and more: 200+ top Cloud, SaaS and AI CROs and VPs of Sales with 150+ top Cloud, SaaS and AI CEOs and founders Note: you must be at $1m ARR or above to apply, and you must be an exec or founder of a software company (no service providers or agencies or consulting firms, etc.

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Clouded Judgement 8.16.24 - The Great Services-To-Software Rotation

Clouded Judgement

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Today, IT budgets are roughly broken down into: ~50% headcount / personnel, ~25% software, ~15% hardware, and ~10% outsourcing / consultants. The shift from on prem to cloud data warehouses is a perfect example of this.

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Tercera eBook and Webinar Identify Key Characteristics of Third Wave Cloud Consulting Leaders

Think Strategies

Earlier this month, I had the privilege of presenting the key findings of a new ebook that I produced with Chris Barbin , the CEO/Founder of Tercera , in a webinar which identified the critical characteristics of leading cloud consultancies in the coming decade.

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Tercera Launches to Fund Third Wave of Cloud Consultancies

Think Strategies

I’m pleased to be one of the initial advisors of a new venture capital and advisory services firm focused on the ‘third wave’ of cloud consulting companies that are emerging in the market to respond to the escalating cloud deployment and management needs of enterprises worldwide.

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Product Transformation: Adapting Your Solutions for Cloud Models

Speaker: Ahmad Jubran, Cloud Product Innovation Consultant

In order to maintain a competitive advantage, CTOs and product managers are shifting their products to the cloud. Many do this by simply replicating their current architectures in the cloud. Join Ahmad Jubran, Cloud Product Innovation Consultant, and learn how to adapt your solutions for cloud models the right way.

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16 Rookie Errors Founders Make Pitching to VCs ? And Passing the ?20 Minute? Test

SaaStr

Do not bring “consultants” to a VC pitch. As soon as you bring a “consultant” with you — most folks are out. Assume VCs understand what is “happening in the cloud”. With VCs, you want to build trust quickly, if you can. Especially over Zooms. Bringing the wrong people with you. It makes the team look weak and incomplete.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Coupa at $700,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

80% of implementations led by partners, with 5,000 trained partner consultants. Cloud is huge. Would you want to? Imagine how many vendor relationships that would be to switch over … 2. If you are going enterprise, you have a good chance of ending up here as well. 80% of them in fact, at Coupa.