SaaS
Will Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) without a cloud strategy have a slow but certain death?
Independent software vendors (ISVs) and system integrators (SIs) will have a wakeup call very soon unless they spend some time contemplating how the cloud will change their strategy. What I am seeing around the world is that innovative ISVs and SIs are eating the lunch of traditional and more established vendors and I expect this…
Read MoreLaw #10 of Bessemer’s Top 10 Cloud Computing Laws and the Business Model Canvas –Cloudonomics requires that you plan your fuel stops very carefully
I have so far reviewed nine laws of Bessemer Top 10 and with this last one is almost like a summary of the other nine laws. The reality of SaaS-based companies is that the biggest question they have is how to finance the growth and how to ensure that the Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue (CMRR)…
Read MoreLaw #8 of Bessemer’s Top 10 Cloud Computing Laws and the Business Model Canvas –Leverage and monetize the data asset
I am now in the eight law in Bessemer’s Top 10 Computing Laws with an emphasis how to be able to monetize and utilize the data asset that the SaaS vendor is accumulating by users that are generating a wealth of information and all of this information is accessible for the SaaS vendor if the…
Read MoreLaw #7 of Bessemer’s Top 10 Cloud Computing Laws and the Business Model Canvas –The most important part of Software-as-a-Service isn’t “Software” it’s “Service”! Support, Support, Support!
I am now in the seventh law in Bessemer’s Top 10 Computing Laws and law is about the change of how SaaS companies needs to view software. In the past, it was all about delivering a package using CD/DVD and the software was installed and the software vendor typically had no idea how it would…
Read MoreLaw #6 of Bessemer’s Top 10 Cloud Computing Laws and the Business Model Canvas –By definition, your sales prospects are online
I am now in the sixth law in Bessemer’s Top 10 Computing Laws with an emphasis in identifying the prospects that you are going to sell to. The old-fashioned way of selling software is changing in a fundamental way and this also reflects how you view software channels like I described in my previous blog…
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