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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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” Of course, it’s more complicated than just checking boxes on a question list. Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” ” or “Are you developing for desktop, tablet, mobile, or all three?”

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Finding an Investor Who is in Love with You

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Of course passion isn’t enough. So of course I want (need) to make money for my investors (LPs). But the two can of course go hand-in-hand. I follow Jason Lemkin closely (he’s a long-time friend) and he speaks frequently and passionately about SaaS businesses having built a successful one himself.

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Can You Build Your Business on Somebody Else’s Platform?

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But of course customers will have to do some technical work to migrate products and will lose DataSift functionality that Twitter / Gnip does not possess directly. We make money by helping customers reduce complexity in data streams and they pay us SaaS licenses and volumetric processing fees to do so. Ninety five.

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Mindflash Hires Mint.com Vet, Launches Private Beta

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The firm--which offers self-driven, online employee training courses--also said that it has launched into private beta. Tags: mindflash venture capital executive mint training online software saas. Wells was most recently CMO of Mint.com. marketing, Charles Schwab, Intuit, and American Express. READ MORE>>.

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Why Taking Some Risks in the Sales Process Can Improve Results

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I built my first software company in the early days of SaaS and there were few models to go by. It is the opposite of what SaaS is supposed to be. We said to customers, “We only sell SaaS and we think that’s the right solution for you. So we took a stand. How responsive are they to your needs now?

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An Inside Scoop on the Funding Environment and What it Might Mean for You

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Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x Of course it’s not literally a memo but that’s a metaphor for knowing that things have dramatically changed. But of course public markets had begun gyrating. FOMO was NOMO. As in no more.

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15desks Launches Academic Software

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Santa Barbara-based 15desks , a developer of software-as-a-service for educators, said this morning that the firm has launched a new product for course management. Tags: 15desks software saas education school university. The firm said it is privately funded, and first launched in 2007 at the University of Santa Barbara.