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7 Lessons Helping Start Pardot, SalesLoft and Calendly (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I started a software company in college to make it easy to update websites called Content Management Software Now, and I had this idea for Pardot, I wanted to make it easy for marketers to run campaigns online and measure their results. We raised $0 of venture capital. We started the business in 2007. We sold Pardot.

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Understanding the SaaS business model

ProfitWell

SaaS, or software as a service, is a delivery model in which a centrally hosted software is licensed to customers via a subscription plan. Recurring payments. Recurring payments take the form of monthly recurring revenue, otherwise known as MRR. What is the SaaS business model.

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After Selling For $580M, Here’s What I Learned About SaaS During My Time At Buildium

Outseta

In light of the sale of Buildium last month I figured now is as good of a time as any to reflect on the most important ones. Focus on a market segment until you dominate it When I arrived at Buildium, we were selling our product only to residential property managers located in the United States. You read that right—two!

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10 Years In Tech

Outseta

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. I’d need to learn to raise capital and recruit developers. I needed a disruptive idea. I needed to be on conference stages sharing best practices.