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How to build an agile and scalable SaaS for long-term success

The Next Web

If you are considering developing a vertical SaaS, it is your responsibility to communicate the technology’s robust benefits in a way that’s accessible to your potential customers. Any SaaS platform has to be reliable, secure, scalable, and flexible. Create accessible technology. In other words, keep it simple.

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The Biggest Barriers Keeping Your Startup From Seeing Its Full Potential

ReadWriteStart

They want to open new offices, generate more revenue, and ultimately, secure higher profitability. . Are you going to grow vertically or horizontally? Adaptability/Agility . If you want to grow efficiently, you need to remain agile and adaptable, adjusting as you learn and experience more. .

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Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

The former manager had been fired because: ESL had a major military contract to deploy an intelligence gathering system to Korea they needed to train the Army Security Agency on maintenance of the system the 10 week training course (6-hours a day) hadn’t been written the class was supposed to start in 6 weeks. Reply Create.

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Should Apple Buy Hungary?

Agile VC

Semi, flash memory company Anobit, and security hardware – Authentec) to be integrated in various iStuff. 3) Vertically Integrate - Apple could also vertically integrate in more radical ways. Less auspiciously Apple bought a Swedish mapping technology company (C3) to form the basis of Apple Maps.

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SXSW Startups: Molecula

Austin Startup

In the meantime we are narrowing our focus to three verticals (bioinformatics, connected devices, security/fraud) and are choosing our clients very carefully to tell the best success stories we can. While we can effectively sell our core value proposition today, it will take us the remainder of the year to fully automate our offering.

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A Wilderness of Mirrors

Steve Blank

The National Security Agency has a great website on the subject. Filed under: Secret History of Silicon Valley « Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid » 2 Responses Ben , on July 1, 2009 at 2:31 pm Said: Great post Steve. during World War II.

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Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

They will realize that you have built a startup that’s agile, resilient and customer-centric. Good to see someone with authority advocating an approach to building startups that we at Agile Entrepreneurs focus on, week after week. Your presentation doesn’t have a single word about Lean Startups or Customer Development. is quite good.