Comments on: It Costs More to Be a SaaS Company. How Platforms May Fix That. http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/01/25/it-costs-more-to-be-a-saas-company-how-platforms-may-fix-that/ Understanding the Software as a Service Revolution Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:06:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: werutzb http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/01/25/it-costs-more-to-be-a-saas-company-how-platforms-may-fix-that/#comment-67216 werutzb Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:22:46 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/01/25/it-costs-more-to-be-a-saas-company-how-platforms-may-fix-that/#comment-67216 Hi! I would like make better my SQL capabilities. I red so many SQL books and would like to read more about SQL for my occupation as oracle database manager. What can you recommend? Thanks, Werutz Hi!

I would like make better my SQL capabilities.
I red so many SQL books and would like to
read more about SQL for my occupation as oracle database manager.

What can you recommend?

Thanks,
Werutz

]]> By: James A. Duncan http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/01/25/it-costs-more-to-be-a-saas-company-how-platforms-may-fix-that/#comment-867 James A. Duncan Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:20:08 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/01/25/it-costs-more-to-be-a-saas-company-how-platforms-may-fix-that/#comment-867 I've replied to this <a href="http://www.whoot.org/entry/platforms_for_saas" rel="nofollow">in my blog</a>. http://www.whoot.org/entry/platforms_for_saas I’ve replied to this in my blog.

http://www.whoot.org/entry/platforms_for_saas

]]> By: Jesse Kliza http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/01/25/it-costs-more-to-be-a-saas-company-how-platforms-may-fix-that/#comment-835 Jesse Kliza Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:24:49 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/01/25/it-costs-more-to-be-a-saas-company-how-platforms-may-fix-that/#comment-835 Excellent post Matt! There are so many factors that drive up the cost of funding a SaaS company, and I think you've done an excellent job of highlighting them. This is a great post that really dovetails quite nicely with Will Price's analysis (I'd love to hear his thoughts on your post). Aside from the larger upfront expenditures needed to fund SaaS companies, there are also many other factors (enough for another post even), with regards to operating a SaaS company, that drive up the size of investments. One of those, which you touched upon briefly, is the need to find development resources with the appropriate skill sets. Even more critical, is finding leadership for your development teams that have experience, and are able to manage those resources, within the unique nature of SaaS development. (Multiple monthly deployments, 1 problem effects X,000 clients, etc) Excellent post Matt! There are so many factors that drive up the cost of funding a SaaS company, and I think you’ve done an excellent job of highlighting them.

This is a great post that really dovetails quite nicely with Will Price’s analysis (I’d love to hear his thoughts on your post).

Aside from the larger upfront expenditures needed to fund SaaS companies, there are also many other factors (enough for another post even), with regards to operating a SaaS company, that drive up the size of investments. One of those, which you touched upon briefly, is the need to find development resources with the appropriate skill sets. Even more critical, is finding leadership for your development teams that have experience, and are able to manage those resources, within the unique nature of SaaS development. (Multiple monthly deployments, 1 problem effects X,000 clients, etc)

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