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ISVs vs SaaS: What’s the Difference?

Stax

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers. 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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Secure Payment Forms: 6 Ways to Secure Customer Information During Checkout

FastSpring

We recently spoke with several software developers and asked them what they thought about protecting customer information and preventing data breaches during checkout. Aside from using SSL certificates and ensuring your website is PCI-DSS compliant, here are seven other ways software developers can create a more secure checkout.

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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. This is the essence of what the philosophy of Run Less Software is all about.

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A Look Back: Slack at $30,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

David : One of the big changes obviously is mobile. If I had it to do all over again, I would have made mobile the primary way that the product worked. The specific way mobile translates into faster growth is that you can slurp the address book. We could have been way more viral had we done mobile from the beginning.

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Ten Ways To Stand Out in a Crowd of $25-$50/h Software Outsourcers

Kraftblick

In the highly competitive market of custom software development, adding a special twist to your appeal may be just what you need to attract potential customers and persuade them to pick your company out of a crowded field. The customer’s pain point: Software developers are awfully expensive. We are cheaper.

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Top 10 In-App Messaging Tools For Driving User Engagement

User Pilot

Pendo – best in-app messaging platform for mobile apps. It includes all the features in the Growth plan plus SAML SSO and activity logs, custom roles and permissions, priority support, security audit and compliance, custom contract and SLA, and premium integrations. Firebase – best platform for technical teams.