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A Startup’s Guide to Outsourcing

Tom Tunguz

During the life of a startup, the question of outsourcing can arise frequently whether for PR, marketing, product design, sales or engineering. Outsourcing can be very attractive: consultants bring new points of view, relevant experience and (potentially) immediate results. What are your lessons from outsourcing?

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ISVs vs SaaS: What’s the Difference?

Stax

TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers. While they operate under different business models, ISVs and SaaS share similarities in software development, cross-platform accessibility, and industry reach. Learn More What are ISVs?

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How to Reinvent a Category that’s Already Been Won with Braze Co-Founder Mark Ghermezian (Pod 550 + Video)

SaaStr

Mark Ghermezian, the co-founder of Braze, takes us through his journey of reinventing a category and building Braze from an idea into a dominant player in the mobile lifecycle marketing space. As we were pioneering a new platform in the mobile ecosystem, it was vital for us to listen to our customers. Listen to your customers.

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Thanks to Akamai, GuideCX, Paddle, Tropic, and Zomentum for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2023!

SaaStr

Every day, billions of people around the world connect with their favorite brands to shop online, play the latest video games, log into mobile banking apps, learn remotely, share videos with friends, and so much more. They can complete tasks, view status, send updates, make notes, and more —through the portal, email, or mobile app.

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Thanks to Bee, ChartMogul, Maast, SecureFrame, and StratusGreen for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2023!

SaaStr

They deliver fantastic design flexibility and a great user experience, combining granular control on design elements with handy features like editing content directly in mobile view. Maast offers payments, banking, lending and more as features in software provider’s platforms – with one relationship, contract and integration.

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5 Best Paddle Alternatives in 2024

FastSpring

MoRs are complete payment solutions that enable you to outsource the entire checkout process, as well as liability for sales tax and VAT remittance, fraud prevention, and tax compliance. FastSpring’s Advantages Over Paddle The main benefit to partnering with a merchant of record is the infrastructure. Digital invoices.

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure. What took you months to ideate, design and develop can now be copied in days or weeks thanks to these new tools. Outsource Undifferentiated Heavy Lifting. Outsource undifferentiated heavy lifting.