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Sale commission for someone who brings a big fish (SaaS model)

I was wondering what is a reasonable/fare commission for someone (call him an agent) who can introduce us to a potential big client. I estimate the client can generate at minimum 400K-600K a year for ...
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Equity distribution software SaaS spin-off

I have been working in a consulting agency for a couple of years. Besides my standard job responsibilities, I was accountable for the technology. Some years ago we developed a software, for internal ...
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How could I validate a product that saves large SaaS biz money on bandwith?

My business idea deals with compressing the traffic coming out of web apps to the client. I can show the bandwidth differences with and without my software. How do I know validate if companies will ...
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Has anyone sold a “fork” version of their software?

I created a SaaS that became quite popular over the weekend. I had a steady stream of users sign up and many are actually still using it (lots of folks who signed up out of curiosity). Anyway, I ...
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3answers
95 views

Adding LITE version to current product

I have a web-based service that requires a paid subscription. In fact I have the following subscription levels: 3-day trial 1 month 1 year In my personal opinion, the main value of the service ...
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1answer
187 views

As head of an internal software development project being spun off, what level of equity should I negotiate for?

I am in negotiations to spin off a new company that will develop and sell our in-house software project as a SaaS product. As a founding member (the Development Manager) of the new company, I have ...
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Startup giving away product early or hold out?

So we are a SaaS model new recruitng tool and weve been trying to acquire our first couple of major deals. I read alot of books on starting up and have advised start ups my whole career. At first we ...
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5answers
376 views

Scaling sales in a SaaS software company

We are a small software company in the Virtual Data sharing and management space. We are looking to scale our buisness quickly and believe our next step would be into the software reseller channel. ...
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Selling through VARs and Systems Integrators

We're developing an extension to a commercial open source enterprise software product. Most customers of the product we're extending buy it trough one of its system integration partners. To reach ...
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Have the ideas, found the niche…what to do first?

I have found two completely seaprate niches, and identified the target markets for them both. I have comprehensive ideas and details on how the applications should work. I have a developer that I ...
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1answer
105 views

Training courses via email

We are going to have different training courses delivered via email with each session a day. A user can come to the site and select lets say Course A that can start either from the same day or next ...
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582 views

Would a 1-man operation be better with downloadable or Saas model software?

If you are a 1-man show (to begin with, and want to stay small), would you be better suited to selling downloadable software or would a hosted version be more idea? With hosted, you don't have to ...
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How can I find a software developer who can build a SaaS product idea?

I have a great idea for a SaaS product but all my knowledge is in the subject matter not technology. If my social network doesn't have any good contacts how can I find someone trustworthy to work ...
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5answers
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How can I find someone who is well versed and can consult on all of the technologies available today for building a SaaS project?

I am working with a User Experience/Information Architecture professional who is not a techie. We are at a point where we need to make some decisions that will be based on the specific programming ...
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5answers
342 views

Can being too transparent about pricing, too early, actually hurt me?

I am creating a very high end B2B SaaS, subscription based, online product. The person doing my information architecture and I have very differing views on the subject of when pricing tiers should be ...
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5answers
573 views

How long of a closed-beta is enough?

We have developed a product offered as SaaS, that helps businesses to manage their entire business online (details at www.trakeze.com). We have been running a nice long (more than 6 months) ...
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CRM with Customer Portal

I am looking for a Customer Relationship Management program that also allows the customer to create or edit orders. There are many different CRMs but info@hand is the only one I was able to find ...
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4answers
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How to target Software Product Development companies to provide them QA/testing support?

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