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The Defining Characteristics of Successful SMB SaaS Startups

Tom Tunguz

At first glance, SMB SaaS companies, those who sell Software-as-a-Service to small to medium businesses, may seem like any other software company. The average traditional enterprise software company sells to firms with 3300 employees whose average payroll is $160M annually. But they are quite a different breed.

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6 Things You Should Look for When Selecting a Secure SaaS Vendor

BetterCloud

We sat down with BetterCloud’s Security Compliance Director Mosi Platt to find out. It’s the rigidity of SOC 2 compliance that makes it an important consideration for choosing a SaaS provider. Necessary compliance certifications are in place. Download our Security and Compliance White Paper to learn more.

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Should SaaS companies be ISO 27001 certified? Here's what we found.

Upscope

Related: Why SaaS Companies Create White Papers for Enterprise Sales Summary of ISO certification process. They ask questions about physical and software security. If you're working with health companies then the ISO certification helps cover parts of their HIPAA requirements for compliance. Why is it useful?

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How Ecosystem-Led Growth Unlocks the Next Generation of GTM

Andreessen Horowitz

I’ve written my share of ambitious e-books and white papers and things like that along the way. They’re not replacing a license and maintenance-installed shrink-wrapped piece of software with that version, only in the cloud. This is different, right? This is like a book book that is published by Wiley.

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Empire Selling’s Dan Swift on using social media to drive sales leads

Intercom, Inc.

My first real job was at GE Capital in Australia, and then I moved back to London and joined a company called Complinet, which was a back office compliance software company. Adam: Zooming out a little bit, how has software sales changed to the point where this channel has risen in importance?

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Sales Hacker’s Top Sales Trends & Predictions You MUST Be Aware Of In 2018

Sales Hacker

Powerful buyer influence of software review sites like G2Crowd & Capterra. Full impact of new GDPR regulations and compliance laws – likely to hurt many outbound focused businesses who fail to comply. SaaS was the end of forms based software. Spike in acquisition purchasing power – validated via Tomasz Tunguz.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

A people person with extensive C-Level experience in enterprise software, business development and operations. I exited to pursue other interests after Upland Software acquired the company in 2019. Today I help investment managers harness the power of community and technology to automate regulatory compliance. Emiley Oster.

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