This article first appeared as a LinkedIn post. Founders are on the move. Especially those building software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies. Over the years, we’ve seen several SaaS ideas take root and grow into large, valuable businesses. And we find that the one area all founders want to understand better is their go-to-market strategy.  At Lightspeed India’s […]

This article was originally published on Limitless. Before a founder starts the journey to achieve product-market fit, they need to build conviction in the market. The best way to achieve this is through constant interaction with stakeholders and fine-tuning the ideal customer profile. Simply put, market discovery is a way to find out whether or […]

This article was originally published on Limitless. Indian founders are on global journeys, and that means finding and perfecting product-market fit in different geographies. It is akin to navigating through different roads and cultural structures, physically and metaphorically. But before they begin to think of PMF, a more fundamental question is when to start planning […]

Macroeconomic shocks have roiled the business environment for SaaS over the past couple of years. Uncertainties altered customer demands and priorities, while fears of recession impacted the investment outlook. SaaS companies all over the world got caught up in this pincer movement. Amidst this turbulence, the Indian SaaS ecosystem has proved even more resilient than […]

We’re back in the Bay Area with our second edition, and this time the 7-day trip will be even more tactical. How is ‘tactical’ even an advertisement you may ask; and the answer is simple. The world is full of stories of glory and get-rich hacks. All good ideas go to die in the battlefield […]

(Photo caption: L to R – Netcore Cloud Group CEO Kalpit Jain, Unbxd founders Pavan Sondur and Prashant Kumar, Netcore Cloud CHRO Bhavana Jain and founder Rajesh Jain.) To build for India first or the US straight away? How do you time your move to the US market? What can you do to survive and […]

In the winter of 2016, I decided to take a long flight. I could only check in two bags and one just had to be my cricket kit. With some amusement, I noted that all it took was one suitcase to pack the rest of my earthly possessions. I landed in the US, just the […]

When I was making plans to fly to the US, I was enthused but a little tentative. Do they even need SaaSBoomi there? There exists SaaStr, which is extremely popular and has a large cohort of founders from across the world. But as I’ve learnt over the years, effort is never in vain. Worst case […]

As part of the ongoing SaaSBoomi Annual OnAir 2021, Jen Abel, Co-founder & Partner, JJellyfish, walks us through a go to market strategy for early-stage founders looking to expand to the US. Jen emphasizes repeatedly that the US market is completely different from the Indian market, so the right strategy can be the differentiator between […]