SaaStr

JUNE 25, 2023

Can sell but can’t build great software. A great CTO usually can solve this problem just in time to save the customers, but without one, revenue stalls. A great CTO usually can solve this problem just in time to save the customers, but without one, revenue stalls. This one is a bit of a shame, but it happens.

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SaaStr

JUNE 18, 2023

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: About 70% of SaaS Public Companies Are New Versions of Existing Categories of Software (Updated) Growth Slowed Down About 33% On Average For Everyone in Q1 The Top 20 SaaStr Tips to Getting a SaaS Start-Up Going When Should You Add a Second Product?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Amplitude is a quiet Cloud leader that you might not have heard of — unless you are building software. There, Amplitude has become part of the core product stack for many SaaS and software leaders for product analytics. CEO Spencer Skates owns 8.5%, CTO Curtis Liu 8.0%. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The goal is to help each other learn something new, find mentorships, create partnerships, and exchange strategies. Braindates are 1:1 and small group networking sessions designed for you to share knowledge and network with like-minded SaaS leaders during SaaStr Europa.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

Yet competition and the exponential rate of change in software are pushing against that mission. Enter our philosophy of Run Less Software. Our chat covers the origins of Run Less Software, how it has evolved at scale, and how it differs from the equally valid approaches of other engineering teams.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 22, 2021

Ciara Peter (Gainsight VP of Product & Design) and Mickey Alon (CTO & Founder of Gainsight PX) share their practical tips for product leaders looking to achieve business growth. But why is product-led growth such a disruptor in the software industry? . Every year, millions of new products are created and launched.

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Valerian Tech

MAY 4, 2023

DevOps is a software development methodology that can help legacy businesses streamline their digital transformation efforts. In this article, we'll explore the benefits of DevOps for legacy businesses and how a Fractional CTO can help overcome the challenges of DevOps adoption. What is DevOps and how can it benefit legacy businesses?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

JFrog is the pioneer of Continuous Software Release Management, or CSRM. In other words, they got first-hand experience of the pains of software development. The initial goal was actually not to build a company; rather, it was just to solve the highly complex problems of managing software updates and delivery. JFrog offered 11.6

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SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2022

. “That it was much easier to do more in order to keep that customer than to get a new “top” customer. We all know this, but we forget about it, especially when the Hot New Deal and the sales team’s wants and needs consumes all of management’s resources. ” — Ankit Sindhi, Founder, Spurt.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

When the company first began web app development and selling software-as-a-service in 2004, their business model wasn’t even called SaaS. And, like every software startup, their small team had a million other things to worry about. Meanwhile, new tax legislation for SaaS companies was brewing.

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Crafty CTO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Back in 2019, I launched ThinkFractional.blog and took advantage of the opportunity to learn a new platform – Ghost. I decided on the same approach this time around – take the opportunity to learn something new, state of the art, and very different. New needs This time around, my requirements were a little broader.

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. Customer Onboarding Specialist: Responsible for helping new customers get up and running with the company’s products. Average salary: $95,566/yr. Average salary: $46,035/yr.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Part 2: How to Automate your SaaS Expenses – Payroll with Gusto and QuickBooks Part 3: How to Automate your SaaS Expenses – QuickBooks Bank Rules Part 4: How to Choose SaaS Billing Software This post – Part 1 – focuses on how to categorize your SaaS expenses properly by using QuickBooks or Xero, and what are the benefits of doing so.

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Natalia Luneva

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Cynthia helps business owners turn their idea for an app, custom software, subscription product, or website into higher profit with higher margins. She is currently on the verge of starting a new FinTech startup which will be her fifth but she has built close to 100 startups for other people over the years.

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BetterCloud

JUNE 10, 2021

A few weeks ago, [ CTO Jamie Tischart ] and I talked about this fork in the road that engineers typically get to where they either move into management or commit to writing code for the rest of their careers. As new products are released, we will be embedding our team earlier into the value chain so we can prevent problems before they occur.

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Point Nine Land

MAY 19, 2023

My conclusion was that Generative AI is an asteroid impact event for B2B software, comparable to the launch of the iPhone or the Internet itself. But unlike most on-premise software companies in the 2000s, the SaaS leaders of today aren’t doomed. In other areas, earlier AI movers may see the value of their tech erode.

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Frontegg

JANUARY 27, 2022

These “software hooks” are helping SaaS companies make the shift towards Product-Led Growth by giving users more in-app freedom and reducing the need for cumbersome support emails or calls. One such example is automatically shooting up an onboarding video for new customers. 3 – Improve Cross-Department Collaboration.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the latest installment of SaaStr’s What’s New series – where we sit down with the leaders in SaaS and Cloud for the inside scoop on what’s top of mind and what’s new, SaaStr CEO and Jason Lemkin chats with the CEO of ZoomInfo , Henry Schuck. So, what’s new at ZoomInfo? ” And there can be some truth to that, right? .”

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SaaStr

JANUARY 4, 2022

Braze was early to taking a next-generation approach to marketing automation software, focused on being mobile and messaging first. Dramatically accelerating its new customer count at scale. But the past several quarters Braze has doubled its new customer growth, from 22%-29% to 48% today. And it has been.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Our first introduction to sales tax was dealing with it as a liability,” CTO and Co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson says. “We As a SaaS company, you can meet the economic nexus threshold by selling a certain number of software subscriptions in a state to only a handful of customers.

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Frontegg

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This quarter new records were set thanks to our customers and their amazing feedback as well as growing momentum in the User Management space that helped us earn the Momentum Leader badge. Highest User Adoption Across CIAM, IAM, and Other Categories. Frontegg is built by developers, for developers.

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Frontegg

DECEMBER 14, 2021

He likes to optimize and accelerate software development by presenting complex concepts in a simple way. Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google 279.1K Author of a JavaScript book and blog about web development, Addy Osmani is a software development buff. Co-Founder and CEO of Brave Software, Creator of JavaScript 158.9K

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OPEXEngine

AUGUST 23, 2022

Advances in automation and new engineering techniques are enabling faster development cycles, raising expectations for ROI from the R&D function. A view of new revenue for every R&D dollar invested further reinforced the correlation of R&D investment to growth. . R&D Spend as a % of Revenue Benchmarks. Financial KPIs.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

So even the freshest new SaaS startup celebrating their 50th customer may find themselves dealing with sales tax in multiple states. . Software as a Service is currently taxable in about one-third of US states, and that number is only growing as outdated state sales tax laws slowly catch up with the way we’re doing business today. .

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Developers haven’t typically been the buyers in enterprise software, so why should you build for developers? Well, in the past several years, there’s been a tremendous number of companies that have built specifically for developers and use this as a way to get into these new markets, to displace incumbents and disrupt the competition.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Many of their software solutions sold by our customers facilitate remote work environments, and most customers have expanded their customer bases meaningfully during the pandemic. With this new investment, we are already increasing our pace of innovation and have a very exciting roadmap of things to come over the next 12 months.

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SaaStock

MARCH 8, 2019

After five years at Ernst & Young in New York, she served as Vice President at Citigroup in the Big Apple. Kathleen Ting studied at Cornell University before joining the financial service provider BlackRock in New York as Global Consulting Relations Analyst. And then she studied software development at Fullstack Academy.

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OPEXEngine

JANUARY 4, 2022

Consumption pricing –a licensing model where software is sold based on use (actual traffic, transactions, etc.) It’s the kind of notoriety that is leading to a wave of consumption pricing for new software companies and causing established companies to consider whether they too should switch to a usage-based model.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, in conversation with a16z’s Bob Swan, explains how AI copilots are keeping developers longer in a flow state and why AI copilots more broadly could be the start of an industrial revolution for knowledge work. [00:59] Find more content from our AI Revolution series on www.a16z.com/AIRevolution.

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Hitenism

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In a Quora thread , Ian McAllister, Director of Airbnb and former GM of Amazon describes the process: “ For new initiatives a product manager typically starts by writing an internal press release announcing the finished product. Rewrite the blog post until you have something you’d be happy publishing.

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The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

million dollar Series B to drive the development of its next generation AI-based loyalty software. The product development is led out of Germany by Jan Riedel, a software engineer virtuoso and veteran, who Loyalty Prime was able to win as their new CTO at the beginning of 2019. Loyalty Prime Raises $5.5

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Frontegg

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Frontegg provides a set of pre-built, essential SaaS product capabilities that easily integrate within any new or existing SaaS application. The company is set out to accelerate innovation in the global SaaS market, projected to reach over $116 billion in 2020 ¹, with over 80 percent of companies planning to offer SaaS by 2022 ².

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TechEmpower SaaS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If you're grappling with this issue, identifying the specific cause can be difficult, especially if you don’t have a software background. And in the software world, an A player is worth 10+ C players! New features always require significant rewrites, and consequently a lot of time. But how do you know which?

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Natalia Luneva

APRIL 30, 2021

SaaS Community Marketing: 11 stories from software companies. Announcing new features, increasing customer satisfaction and retention are among the top functions of an online community. . #1 Our community is the best way for us to inform our customers about upcoming updates and new features. We have received over 2.6k

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BetterCloud

AUGUST 6, 2021

A couple of weeks ago, we launched a new podcast called SaaSOps Leaders With David Politis. I just knew there was always going to be something new to learn and I wasn’t going to get stagnant in it. ” At that time, I said, “You know what, I think I really want to become a CIO or CTO.”

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Outseta

MARCH 21, 2018

Team: Co-founders Andy Taylor (CEO) and Navtej Sadhal (CTO). is a New Jersey based online property management platform built for both landlords and tenants. Team: Co-founders Joe DiNardi-Mack (CEO), Joseph Haddad (CTO), & Chris Finn (COO). Team: Founder & CEO Charles Hadsell. dwel.co - dwel.co Team: Founder Tyler Cubell.

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Audacix

JULY 18, 2022

DevOps is really a set of ideas and practices that emphasise a culture and environment where building, testing, and releasing software can happen rapidly, frequently, and more reliably. DevOps best practices that will help you to run your software development projects smoothly. Fail often, fail fast. Get Cyber Chief Free Trial Idea 5.

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