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Cracking The Code: Impact of the recession on SaaS.

Cracking the Code

This strong recovery has highlighted the resiliency of the recurring revenue model in a downturn as well as the stength of the shift to soaftware-as-a-service and cloud computing. What I'd really like to see is what has happened to average sales prices for these vendors. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr.

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Cracking The Code: Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud.

Cracking the Code

Cloud accounting is all about matching revenue and costs to consumption…well, except for professional services! In regards to calculatimg the "Magic Number" - should the amount included as sales and marketing costs match the length of the sales cycle? Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list!