Re:Building a Developer Cult
by take_a_breath on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:57AM
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==On the other hand almost no company is able to be a leader in both the smb and enterprise space==
Concur, Microsoft Office, GSuite, Tableau, DocuSign, Salesforce, Adobe, Slack and Zoom to name a few.
> both markets (smb payments and enterprise payments) is unlimited
What? There are only so many companies in need of (or open to changing) payment processing software at a given time. When it comes to larger firms, those numbers get smaller. That's the opposite of unlimited.
Re:Building a Developer Cult
by nogabebop23 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @10:57AM
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Well, as a single illustrative data point, retail sales numbers were announced for Canada this morning. Coming out of the pandemic lock-down total sales up 18%, online up 100+% but still only accounts for 8% of total retail. That leaves a lot of greenfield market to go after without ever competing.
Very unlikely, as both markets (smb payments and enterprise payments) is unlimited, there is a few chance they will try to compete with each other. On the other hand almost no company is able to be a leader in both the smb and enterprise space, because as you mentioned it, the cultures need to be different, the customer support need to be different, the product need to be different,... More info here : https://blog.luap.info/why-most-saas-companies-cant-be-succe...