Hello HN,If G2Crowd is the Yelp for B2B software, is there an equivalent for Amazon product Q&A like discussion board for B2B software?With B2B software purchase decisions moving down the organization charts to end-users, what tools do these users have to share their product experiences across companies?
Sales & Marketing account for almost 50% of revenue for most SaaS companies. This is often double what they spend on R&D.See https://miro.medium.com/max/2406/1*nmQhFQD-MYWGwG1wc-sXHw.pngFor more specific examples, for the year 2020:Confluent - Sales:150M, R&D:100M, Revenue: 230MDataDog - Sales:160M, R&D:110M, Revenue: 350MSalesforce - Sales:7B, R&D:2B, Revenue: 16BI assume...
Hello HN!What's the minimal thing to build before reaching out to potential customers to validate the need for a new product idea?I'm a solo founder working on a new SaaS product idea. I am tempted to just build the product, but I know this isn't recommended until the need is verified with customers. So far I have cold emailed some (~10) potential customers and am met with silence.I am...
Hello HN,We are building a prototype for a Google docs clone that is end-to-end encrypted. The idea is that we as the service provider does not get to see the content. All other features (like search, live collaboration, grammar suggestions etc.) will work exactly like Google docs.Our hypothesis is that such a service would be compelling to companies that are concerned that Google may share...
Hi, I am looking to start a company and need help with transferring my existing green card application to this new business. I am looking for the best immigration law firms that have experience with helping founders obtain green card. Please share if you know someone.
Hello,Immigration is a big blocker for many aspiring founders in the US. Many experienced engineers like myself wait for years in the queue for employment-based green cards, thus making it a blocker for quitting full-time jobs. This is especially true if you are from a backlogged country like India/China.One potential workaround is to get into the EB1 green card category which is not...
Hi,I'm an early stage B2B SaaS startup founder in the data analytics space. I'm looking to understand software spend budgets of prospective customers.Are there any reliable market intelligence data sources out there that can be used to estimate software spend by businesses - how much they spend on infrastructure (e.g: AWS), databases/data warehouses and other cloud services?My target market is...