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On Hockey Sticks and Sporting Teams

On Hockey Sticks and Sporting Teams

By Ben Kepes on March 30, 2009

Xero today announced it’s interim 31 March year end results (and as an aside, the fact that they can announce on the same day as the end of the reporting period indicates the strength of the SaaS model – immediacy and accuracy). They’re understandably proud of their user metrics (graph reproduced below); There are a [...]

Posted in Marketing, Small business, Strategy | Tagged accy2, channel partners, partnership, sales cycle, xero | 2 Responses

It’s All About Earning a Buck

It’s All About Earning a Buck

By Ben Kepes on January 15, 2009

Awhile ago there was a lengthy discussion about Jott and it’s move to start charging for its service. The economy is tough and more and more pressure is coming on start-ups to rapidly move to a monetised model. It’s not however just the little players who are ramping up their dollar search – a few [...]

Posted in Design, Marketing, Strategy | Tagged business model, channel partners, google, jott, resellers, sales channel, startups | 1 Response

SaaS Vendors – Thou Shalt Love Thy Channel

By Ben Kepes on September 19, 2008

In terms of commandments, personally we think this one is one of the biggies for a SaaS provider. Why? Well if you look at the truly successful software companies, they all have one thing in common. A really good channel. Physically that channel might be their own or via a third party. It might be [...]

Posted in Strategy | Tagged channel partners, google, ipayroll, microsoft, netsuite, skyytek, xero | 2 Responses

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