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Monetization: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 2

CloudGeometry

Feature value: a function of time investment of users and customers The set of problems that your SaaS solves won’t survive long in the digital age if all it does is cut prices. Think beyond the cloud about what other resources you need to invest in making customers successful with your platform.

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Snowflake, CrowdStike and SumoLogic: “How to Leverage the Cloud Giants to Scale to 100 Million ARR and Beyond”

SaaStr

It took us longer than that, but I think we were earlier in that cycle, so I think the cloud marketplace teams have gotten better. It’s definitely an investment that requires that kind of executive level visibility. I think it’s at least six to nine months. Rico Mallozzi: Yeah. Good advice.

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16 Changes to the Way Enterprises Are Building and Buying Generative AI

Andreessen Horowitz

We believe that AI startups who 1) build for enterprises’ AI-centric strategic initiatives while anticipating their pain points, and 2) move from a services-heavy approach to building scalable products will capture this new wave of investment and carve out significant market share. Measuring ROI is still an art and a science.