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		<title>Besemmer&#8217;s 10 laws of being SaaSy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 04:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Subraya Mallya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byron Deeter and Philippe Botteri from Bessemmer Venture Partners came up with 10 Laws of being SaaSy about a year ago. It was a corporate strategy for SaaS companies prepared in a slide deck. Bessemer 10 Laws Of Being SaaSy Fall 2008 Back when I came across this document in the SandHill Report, I had [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Byron Deeter and <a title="Phillippe Botteri" href="http://www.bvp.com/Team/Philippe-Botteri.aspx" target="_blank"><span class="h-username">Philippe Botteri</span></a><span class="userimage-link"><span class="h-username"> from Bessemmer Venture Partners came up with 10 Laws of </span></span>being SaaSy about a year ago. It was a corporate strategy for SaaS companies prepared in a slide deck.</p>
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<p>Back when I came across this document in the <a title="PrudentCloud: SandHill.com" href="http://www.sandhill.com/newsletter_archive/20080225.htm" target="_blank">SandHill Report</a>, I had just taken over a new job as Chief Strategy Officer at Siterra tasked with Corporate Strategy, M&amp;A etc. Being new to SaaS, this was really good reference to start off. I also had a chance to meet Byron to discuss some of these later on.</p>
<p>Specifically, the law around maintain the CAC/CLTV ratio is so relevant in the times we live in today.</p>
<p>I just went back through my documents and went through this presentation again. It seems like this presentation keeps on giving. I was doing some research on channel opportunities for a SaaS company based in India that is looking for expansion into US. Ironically they are implementing Law 7 explained in the presentation but in reverse. Starting from Asia, they are looking at US as the primary market for their software.</p>
<p>Take a look at some ideas I have shared around the Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)</p>
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<li><a title="PrudentCloud: SaaS: Reducing Cost of Implementation" href="http://www.prudentcloud.com/saas/reducing-coi-12052009/" target="_self">Reducing Cost of Implementation</a></li>
<li><a title="PrudentCloud: Selling SaaS" href="http://www.prudentcloud.com/saas/saas-adoption-outside-of-us-14092008/" target="_self">Selling SaaS</a></li>
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