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Bootstrapping in SaaS? It Works. But Add ~4 Years to the IPO Timeline.

SaaStr

It is still doable even in today's cloud. Companies like Atlassian and Qualtrics have cruised past nine-figures in ARR (and IPO’d in the case of Atlassian) without needing any venture capital. MailChimp and @benchestnut are inspiring. — Clint Reid (@clintverse) September 3, 2020. It happens all the time.

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State of the Cloud 2019: Europa Edition with Alex Ferrara, Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Bessemer Venture Partners’ Alex Ferrara takes a look at trends and predictions for the cloud industry in 2019. One of the most popular sessions from SaaStr Annual, this presentation will provides an in-depth look at the cloud computing industry across Europe and globally. Alex Ferrara | Partner @ Bessemer Venture Partners.

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Kellblog Predictions for 2022

Kellblog

” Towards that end, revenue multiple is a better bubble indicator than share price, so let’s take a look at the latest from Jamin Ball at Clouded Judgement. First-generation cloud solved a deployment problem; second-generation solves a development problem as well. Flood of venture capital (VC).

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What it takes to be a category king

Chart Mogul

For example, cloud storage became feasible when bandwidth and data storage costs approached a sweet spot — Dropbox and Box were able to capitalize on this. As cloud technology adoption grew, Gainsight saw the need (and potential) for a new role within cloud software businesses, in the form of the customer success manager.

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“Land, Expand, Explode: How to Win the Long-Game in SaaS” Egnyte Chief Customer Officer and Co-Founder Rajesh Ram (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

For the first five or six years, we were convincing customers to move to the cloud. This is where customers are going to go into the cloud. We’ve been in business for a little over a decade, and what we help our customers do is manage their content i.e., files and move them to the cloud. So what is our target market?

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Understanding the SaaS business model

ProfitWell

The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing. Any company that leases its software through a central, cloud-based system can be said to be a SaaS company. Segment, like Clearbit, is a real up-and-comer and is valued at $1.5

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10 Years In Tech

Outseta

Perhaps best of all, the advent of cloud computing has made the barrier to entry in this field lower than ever before. New waves of technology come and go in the blink of an eye, each with its own wave of new founders trying to flip their start-up in a newly hot market segment.