If you are a SaaS vendor, or would like to be one, you should attend SaaS University right here in the backyard of Sixteen Ventures: Dallas, Texas. The event is January 26-28, 2010 and will be packed with SaaS experts from around the world. With over 30 sessions, this event provides the best opportunity to learn, share, and more importantly network with those that are out there making it happen in the SaaS world.
SaaS University really is a fantastic event. Sixteen Ventures participated in July 2009 at the event in Chicago and we are proud to be a part of this one, too. The attendees in Chicago ranged from pre-launch startups to Fortune 100 companies repositioning legacy software, and they all had the same goal; to be successful with their Software-as-a-Service offering. At the event in Chicago, the sessions were actually educational and the attendees were very serious about learning. Dallas will not be any different!
Sign up today to receive early bird pricing (good through December 21, 2009) and get an additional $100 off with the code SIXTEEN100. We don't get anything from this (no kick backs!) except a larger crowd of folks to present to. Speaking of which, I will be presenting on the following topic:
Monetizing Multi-Tenancy - Generating Revenue through Network Effect Data and the SaaS Ecosystem
Multi-tenancy is a key element of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS); but not for the reasons you think! Achieving economies of scale, streamlining software development, maintaining one line of source code, etc. are the widest-known benefits of multi-tenancy. The real magic happens when multi-tenancy is leveraged to unlock and enhance the Network Effect created by all customers using the same system. And when the Network Effect is itself leveraged by the Ecosystem, myriad opportunities present themselves to drive growth and revenue. These are what makes being a SaaS vendor so much better than being a Legacy Software vendor!
Hope to see you in Dallas at SaaS University!
Author: Lincoln Murphy (you should follow me on Twitter)