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The Fastest Growing SaaS Companies of 2018

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Re: The Fastest Growing SaaS Companies of 2018

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Post by fnord123 »

Arkdy wrote: post #16

I took two passes, and only spotted 2 black women on the teams. Which is unsettling because: 1. These are the people building the tools that'll be a part of _everyone's_ lives. 2. If these companies continue to be successful, these are the people who'll have the capital to continue to shape the future 3. They're often already at the point where it's really awkward (and uncomfortable) for a person of colour to join an…

I don't disagree with your point, per se. But...

>only spotted 2 black women

>a person of colour to join and be the first and only one there.

Based on just guessing from the photos, ClickFunnel, CloudCherry, Instapage, Proposify, Chargify, and quite a few others have women of colour.

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Post by mrfusion »

devmunchies wrote: post #15
mrfusion wrote: post #11

I think we’re finally out of saas ideas. Most of these seem to be sales, logs, or analytics.

and lots of them are just parrots of bigger saas companies that have become bloated so there is room for a smaller, lighter competitor.

Do you have some examples? I’d be curious.

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Post by burger_moon »

here's the top 15 from the list if you just want to know the company names. I'm not going to post all 50. Sales and analysis/analytics are pretty dominant keywords it looks like.

1. ClickFunnels 2. Lucky Orange 3. CloudCherry 4. Vainu 5. Instapage 6. Proposify 7. Piwik PRO 8. Backblaze 9. Chargify 10. SaleСycle 11. ChurnZero 12. GetResponse 13. Logz.io 14. Talkable 15. Front

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Post by devmunchies »

mrfusion wrote: post #22
devmunchies wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

and lots of them are just parrots of bigger saas companies that have become bloated so there is room for a smaller, lighter competitor.

Do you have some examples? I’d be curious.

cloudcherry. they even have a comparison of bigger SaaS competitors on their homepage (e.g Qualtrics).

close.io, a smaller, lighter Salesforce.

Piwik Pro, the description of the company sounds like google tag manager and google analytics

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Post by theredbox »

tirumaraiselvan wrote: post #2

Good to see diversity in most of the teams :) Things are definitely changing.

Excuse my ignorance as I am not coming from a progressive western rich country but why is it important to have a forced diversity in a company? Why is it not enough to treat every person without bias or discrimination and judge them mainly on their skills ?

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Post by hnnnnnnngggggg »

tirumaraiselvan wrote: post #2

Good to see diversity in most of the teams :) Things are definitely changing.

It makes me sad to see how white those teams pictures are.

Let me be clear, I do not think it is the fault of those companies nor their duty to fill their jobs with anyone but the most qualified for the job. Also, let me be clear this is referring to the US-based companies. The fault lies in those communities where non-whites mostly reside not having the proper vision by their leaders getting children ready for the future. The pictures grossly make that obvious.

Being a non-white tech leader that came from one of those communities I know what it takes to rise above it all. It is not an easy path.

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Post by csa »

tirumaraiselvan wrote: post #2

Good to see diversity in most of the teams :) Things are definitely changing.

... as long as you exclude age as a diversity metric.

I did a quick scan of the top 20 companies, and I found about 10 people who plausibly looked over 40, and maybe 2 who cracked 50. Maybe I missed a few, but I feel certain that I am directionally correct.

Maybe SaaS isn’t a domain for older people, but somehow I imagine that there is no shortage of folks over 40 who could add significant value to these companies if they could get past the “culture fit” filter.

I will also add that while women seem to be decently represented, black people do not seem represented at all. I found 1 in the top 20 companies in a quick scan.

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