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Posted by Subhanjan Sarkar

The 2019 Expansion SAAS Benchmarks study by OpenView

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Over 500 companies participated in the 2019 edition of the SAAS Benchmarks study by OpenView Partners, now in its 3rd year.

70% of the companies were under $10mn ARR and ranged from Very small to Midmarket by size. According to the findings top two concerns of founders were
– product execution and go-to-market (GTM) execution.
– 2018 was the best year on record for software IPOs with 17 new public companies raising a collective $5.1B, 2x more than the next highest year. Software companies spend $63.1B on R&D, accounting for one-fifth of all domestic business R&D in the US.

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Posted by Subhanjan Sarkar

SAAS Tend predictions 2019 – How are these playing out for you?

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Last December Openview Partners put out their predictions of SAAS trends they believed will become mainstream in 2019. 4 months into the year I wanted to revisit those and list them out so you can see (and share) how they are playing out for you and in market segments you are watching. Openview is very focused on ‘Product Led’ strategies, and well, products. Their portfolio is evidence to that approach – with products like Calendly, Expensify and Loopio. So no wonder the list started with – 

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