This is the first of a series of interviews we are doing for SaaSBoomi.  The premise is simple: We ask some of our most successful entrepreneurs the three mistakes they made when starting up—the ones they would like to revisit and perhaps change. The intent is to learn from the mistakes our successful entrepreneurs have […]

Not just the burgeoning opportunity, Indian SaaS stands apart from other industries in another aspect: a close-knit founders community with successful founders proactively trying to help the upcoming founders by guiding them, sharing their playbooks etc. Samit (Co-founder of SalesPanda) posted in the SaaSBoomi Founders Tribe Whatsapp group on best practices to set-up customer success […]

When the bottom got unhinged during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 (GFC), a new framework saw the light of day, and the acronym VUCA rapidly gained currency to punctuate business conversations. And now, “we have a VUCA Playbook”, as Girish Mathrubootham, the Founder & CEO of Freshworks says during his tete-a- tete (read Outliers Podcast) with […]

A stoic, calm, logical, level-headed character, seldom shaken by emotions… working with a charismatic, headstrong, passionate, emotional character wildly popular among his folk… It doesn’t require genius to guess that I’m describing the iconic duo Spock and Captain Kirk. For the uninitiated, these two are protagonists of Star Trek, one of the most culturally-influential media […]

From guarding the mindspace of developers against the harsh realities of a cash-strapped world to giving brilliant jerks a polite go-by, the dos and don’ts for a surging start-up are one too many. At SaaSBoomi Build, builders of great products and developers of sparkling tech had much to say. In the hustle-filled early days of SaaS […]

The biggest challenge for a startup founder is hiring because your company is only as good as the people building it. Since the size of the teams at startups is relatively small, any addition to your talent pool can potentially drive growth in the company or simply disrupt it. But that isn’t entirely the challenge […]

“SaaS has strong recurring revenue. SaaS has strong margins. Then why does SaaS need external money to grow?” My dad asked me this when I was doing my first fundraise. While I know the answer I still have not been able to convince him (baap hai mera!). Fundraising is a part of any fast-growth SaaS […]

Varun Shoor is the Founder of Kayako, a customer service software company based in London, United Kingdom. Varun started in 2001, bootstrapped the company, and exited in 2018. Kayako was acquired by ESW Capital. And this is how it all started. Varun came across a product called wonder desk and decided to make an open-source version. […]