What is SaaS?Gautham

With SaaS the offering of the company is primarily

just software

SaaS is a fancy name for something very simple.

1. A mechanism to get the software to all of your customers

2. How the users pay for the service.

Subscription(Recurring Revenue)

What makes a product SaaS?

• It’s all on the servers!

• Thin client or a web browser is used to access a SaaS product

• Monthly billing is in place, smaller amounts.

• Maintenance & updates are super easy!

• Customers pay only as long as they use.

• No data is stored locally.

SaaS companies have changed the way we live!

An Iconic SaaS company all of you should know!

What does it take to build a SaaS company in college?

Intelligence & Creativity

Co-Founders

Devices & Tools

High speed internet

Some great Indian SaaS players!

Global SaaS market = $112.8 Billion by 2019

Why do companies prefer SaaS products?

• They don’t have to make a one time huge purchase and then regret later!

• They are comfortable paying small amounts each month

• No installation required on each employee computer

• All data is already backed up in real time

• No need of local maintenance. All repair and maintenance can be done in the SaaS product server

• Continuous real time updates to the software.

Compare & Contrast

Huge one time purchase Updates are slow and difficult to manage

Takes up a lot of space on local machines

Data is not backed up automatically!

Access only on local machine

No downloads or installation! Updates are real-time & automatic

It’s all on the cloud Data is backed up in real time Access anywhere, anytime!

Quick Recap : What is SaaS?

Method of Distribution

Recurring Revenue

How can you build a SaaS company?

Identify a pressing market need that can be solved by building

great software

Potential Customers

Paying Customers

Acquire Engage Retain

Acquire Engage Retain

Solve a great problem Acquire paying customers

Become Profitable Learn a lot Have fun