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5 Challenges in Moving Upmarket and How to Overcome Them with Salesforce Ventures

SaaStr

As Managing Director of Salesforce Ventures, Nowi Kallen , shared at last week’s Workshop Wednesday, there are five main challenges of moving upmarket and tips to follow if you want to succeed at Enterprise sales in today’s macro environment. Security — SOC 2 compliance is table stakes. We’ve already mentioned the why.

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How to Scale a Platform and Ecosystem to $10B with Atlassian CRO Cameron Deatsch (Pod 611 + Video)

SaaStr

Scaling to satisfy customers’ demands depends on innovation and foresight combined with enterprise-ready technology and the right partners. They have grown to over $3 billion in revenue while keeping sales and marketing spending under 15% of revenue for all 20 years they’ve been in business. How Atlassian does business .

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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

In today’s data-driven SaaS scene, these can affect hundreds of millions of users and cause damage in the billions of dollars, and as compliance frameworks become requirements to do business, businesses are turning to third-party services that can help expedite and facilitate the process. SOC 2 compliance: A Beginner’s Guide.

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What’s New At WorkOS and What It Takes To Be “Enterprise-Ready” in SaaS with WorkOS CEO and Founder Michael Grinich

SaaStr

In this new SaaStr series called “What’s new at…,” Jason Lemkin chats with WorkOS CEO and founder Michael Grinich about what it takes to be Enterprise ready in SaaS, building vs. buying, and who the stakeholders are in a B2D motion. They offer all the features you need to sell to Enterprise customers. It’s not an option.

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How To Get SOC 2 Certification For Software Companies

Audacix

We know for a fact that large enterprises in particular view security as a key component of a SaaS company proving itself as enterprise-ready : You, as a leader in SaaS company, need this certification because it’s so widely accepted and acknowledged as a prerequisite before they will purchase your software.

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Thanks to BEE, ChurnZero, Laika, Quolum, and Stax for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2022!

SaaStr

Laika is an enterprise-ready compliance platform that lets growing companies compete on the same level as any large organization. The all-in-one Stax Platform provides businesses of all sizes the scalable business technology needed to manage financials, payments, invoicing, inventory, sales data, customer data and more.

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SaaS Security Best Practices for Leading Cloud Software Companies

Audacix

That's why enterprises are using SAP penetration testing services to ensure that cloud-migrated ERP systems are secure in addtion to their SaaS solutions. Because, data breaches cause productivity losses, penalties for non-compliance from regulating agencies, and potential loss of sales and prospects.

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