Jan 22nd 09 Posted by Jesse Kliza

SaaSGrid is Amazing!

  Sorry for the LONG period of inactivity.  Things have been extremly busy here at Apprenda.  We launched SaaSGrid for general availability back in the begining of December, and the response has been phenominal. Let me try and explain to you in a nutshell what SaaSGrid is, and why it’s game changing: SaaSGrid is a true cloud operating system. It’s not a software application, with some... read more

Oct 14th 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Freshbooks Announces Quarterly Industry Benchmarks

FreshBooks Industry Benchmarks from FreshBooks on Vimeo. Today Freshbooks announced that they will be publishing aggregate benchmark data on a quarterly basis. They’ve been sending out this data and more to customers for some time now, but now they’re going to publish some of the data to the general public. Check it out, and if you are a SaaS company, take note and learn from these guys. They... read more

Dec 11th 07 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Game Changing Business Application Design…Anywhere?

One of the things I’ve been thinking about more and more lately, is somehow enabling the next generation user experience for business software. For far too long, business applications have been built for businesses, not for the people in the businesses that use them. Rather than approaching the design with the goal of enabling the best, most enjoyable experience for the individual, many ISVs have kept... read more

Nov 7th 07 Posted by Jesse Kliza

SaaS Mutual Fund…Where are you?

Phil Wainewright posted a great post regarding the lack of a mutual fund specializing in investing in SaaS companies. This is definitely something I would love to see.  With companies like Netsuite, and Successfactors teed up to for their IPOs, and others like Constant Contact having recently completed theirs, there are a great number of SaaS companies that together would make a great fund. Here’s... read more