Ed Sim - Issue #5
Scaling Startups
How much do public SaaS companies charge their customers? – Medium
great overview - dont have to be over $100k contract size to be worth a ton
Contract sizes are one of the most important inputs into a SaaS company — the dollars that can be extracted per customer is critical to success. Is the annual price customers pay large enough to…
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Why the next great SaaS company will look nothing like Salesforce | TechCrunch
great post - we call this the glue layer for SaaS
Integration companies, while not glamorous, can build market power by positioning themselves at the center of an ecosystem and creating an “ecosystem..
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Infrastructure and Dev
GitLab Likely Dropped Microsoft Azure Cloud to Build Its Own Storage
moving to bare metals for certain defined tasks can improve performance and reduce cost
GitLab, a popular software development site, has apparently dumped Microsoft Azure cloud-based storage to build its own.
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Markets
Salesforce quarterly earnings report for the third quarter (Q3)
Salesforce keeping momentum up while Cisco earnings are on pause
Amid better-than-expected earnings, Salesforce.com is closing in on the finish line in a race with rival Oracle.
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boldstart Portfolio News
Boldstart Ventures locks down $47 million for fund three | TechCrunch
super excited about our new fund for enterprise and first check
Boldstart Ventures started off with $1 million in 2010 as a kind of experiment. Could a New York-based outfit find enough seed-stage, enterprise-focused,..
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our journey to an oversubscribed fund iii for first check enterprise
This is a story about starting an enterprise seed fund called Boldstart in 2010 and our journey in enterprise since 1996. Despite our firm…Continue reading on boldstart ventures »
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Kustomer: A CRM Platform Actually For Customers | PYMNTS.com
Kustomer launch!
Customer service doesn’t have to be so impersonal. Especially if Brad Birnbaum, cofounder and CEO of CRM platform Kustomer, has anything to do with it.
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By Ed Sim
Ed Sim's weekly readings and notes on VC, software, and scaling startups - #enterprise #seed #DeveloperFirst #IntelligentAutomation #DataInfra #CloudNative #Cybersecurity
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