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Why SaaS?
(in Helsinki)
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
/whois me
 HelsinkiJS organizer
 MoscowJS founder
 occasional speaker
 random tech DD person
 partner at Helsinki Ventures
 founder of StartHQ
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
SaaS in Europe
 lots of small players
 as opposed to US
 few experienced early stage SaaS investors
 Christoph Janz
 ?
 few acquirers
 telcos
 SAP?
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
SaaS in Finland
 Games in the spotlight
 see Startup100
 Established software cos starting to do SaaS
 but still focusing on the Finnsh market
 Many consultancies and integrators
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
Helsinki SaaS Meetup
 focus on business rather than tech
 lots of tech & startup meetups
 understand what to build
 rather than how to build it
 create community & exchange ideas
 since we are facing similar challenges
 discover early adopters
 talk to end users and thought leaders
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
Bad SaaS
 vitamin not aspirin
 users over revenue
 monetized through AdSense
 confusing direct sales with customer dev
 competing on features in a crowded market
 not factoring customer acquisition in
 going mobile first
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
Badass SaaS
 lean and mean
 customer centric
 collecting metrics
 experiment driven
 laser focused, yet adaptable
 global from the get go
 scalable
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
AARRR!
 acquisition
 activation
 retention
 referral
 revenue
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
??? - Profit
 SaaS support as a service
 specific functions
 Buffer
 niche verticals
 Farmeron, ChurchApp
 complementary solutions
 Import2
 unobtrusive SaaS
 iDoneThis
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
SaaS Trends
 modular SaaS
 wave of resellers
 managers as curators
 consumer SaaS
Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?
Links
 SaaS topic on Quora
 Saastr blog by Jason Lemkin
 BoS conference videos
 StartHQ :)
Thank you!
@helsaas @starthq
@olegpodsechin

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Why SaaS (in Helsinki)?

  • 3. /whois me HelsinkiJS organizer MoscowJS founder occasional speaker random tech DD person partner at Helsinki Ventures founder of StartHQ
  • 9. SaaS in Europe lots of small players as opposed to US few experienced early stage SaaS investors Christoph Janz ? few acquirers telcos SAP?
  • 11. SaaS in Finland Games in the spotlight see Startup100 Established software cos starting to do SaaS but still focusing on the Finnsh market Many consultancies and integrators
  • 13. Helsinki SaaS Meetup focus on business rather than tech lots of tech & startup meetups understand what to build rather than how to build it create community & exchange ideas since we are facing similar challenges discover early adopters talk to end users and thought leaders
  • 15. Bad SaaS vitamin not aspirin users over revenue monetized through AdSense confusing direct sales with customer dev competing on features in a crowded market not factoring customer acquisition in going mobile first
  • 17. Badass SaaS lean and mean customer centric collecting metrics experiment driven laser focused, yet adaptable global from the get go scalable
  • 19. AARRR! acquisition activation retention referral revenue
  • 21. ??? - Profit SaaS support as a service specific functions Buffer niche verticals Farmeron, ChurchApp complementary solutions Import2 unobtrusive SaaS iDoneThis
  • 23. SaaS Trends modular SaaS wave of resellers managers as curators consumer SaaS
  • 25. Links SaaS topic on Quora Saastr blog by Jason Lemkin BoS conference videos StartHQ :)