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Reflections On 2017: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

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Sutton Capital Partners is a technology investment banking firm and we are, investors in local SaaS/subscription companies and is well known as the host of the annual Recurring Revenue Conference. One area with headwinds are non-mission critical SaaS niche solutions showing slower growth.

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Above the Cloud with Dave Linthicum | Shifting Perspectives on SaaS and Enterprise IT

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Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld’s Dave Linthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA’s most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. The opportunities cloud computing and SaaS afford management. Paths to SaaS and cloud computing that will work for your enterprise. Scott Kriz.

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How Do You Know if You Have the Right CEO to Run Your Business Until the End?

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I take my hat off to people like Adam Miller , the CEO of LA-based Cornerstone on Demand, who started at the exact same time as I did (November 1999) and is still the CEO but now of a public company valued at around $2 billion. We grew 100% in SaaS revenue year-over-year and 650% over the past three years. In other words, Why now?

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Down bad

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Without the promise of riches or with reduced interest in blockchain-based exclusivity, where will consumer demand go? Our guest, Aaron Levie, built a successful SaaS business in Box, and now he’s on a mission to beef – respectfully – with web3 stans all over Twitter.

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My Thoughts on the Current Market: on 20-Minute VC

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We discussed why in Q4 you will see large renegotiations of SaaS contracts and increased churn rates. Other companies have only seen a slight decline and may be expecting demand to return to normalcy later in the year. The reality is that when unemployment sinks in demand is likely to get worse. That may happen. But I doubt it.

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Here’s Why a Booming Tech Market May Fool You into Thinking You’re Successful

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People attending marquee conferences with rock bands, prominent speakers, Gartner Group prognosticators and lots of other happy customers. If your investor worked inside of a SaaS company for years and disagrees with me then listen to them. ROI studies were published. Surely there must be some benefit here??

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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

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Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. Storygami is a SaaS tool that allows content creators and brands add overlays such as relevant context, social streams and call to action buttons to videos. Categories: mobile consumer, on-demand, chat.