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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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Slack and Zoom : Tale of two S-1s

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Tom Tunguz wrote an insightful piece analyzing the recent Slack S1 filings and comparing it with its cohort including Zoom in particular which also had a stellar debut couple of weeks back.7 key metrics put Slack in a comfortable position poised for spectacular growth. The only data missing, though tangential but relevant is how much each company raised unto the point of IPO. In case of Slack it was $1.2Bn while Zoom raised $145Mn (source CrunchBase, link below). 

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Product Led Growth : Did you build virality into your SAAS?

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Product led growth is a recurring theme amongst some of the most known brands in the market today. B2B Saas is driven by this growing tribe of products and companies like Slack, Dropbox, Twilio and Shopify. OpenView Partners have been focused on this and have backed a bunch of ventures which, as it turns out, had PLG (product led growth) in their DNA. 

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148 No’s. And how to turn the table.

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If you are a startup founder and are driven by the idea of raising funds you are also familiar with ‘NO’s. There are different types of ‘NO’s. Ones laid down on you gently and ones delivered like a punch on your face. Either way, it is never easy. Kathryn Minshew, the founder of The Muse – a job and career advice service got rejected 148 times before she went on to raise $30m. 

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Business Model Canvas: Are you asking the right questions?

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Alexander Osterwalder is the co- developer of the Business Model Canvas and in his recently published interview with Bill Fischer under the aegis of IMG Business School he elaborated on the origin of the Business Model Canvas. He also wrote a piece way back in 2011, in his then blog – Business Model Alchemist, on the 7 questions to assess your Business Model Design which is surprisingly relevant today. 

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January 2020 CCPA kicks in. We need to pay attention as regulation catches up with invasive technology world over.

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The ability to make any use of personal data collected will be severely restricted in a similar manner as it is already in place in European Union through the General Data Protection Regulation. GDPR is one of the most comprehensive data protection laws in the world today. CCPA is considered to be one of the most significant legislative privacy laws in the US.

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