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but he wanted to create a company that didn't depend on his name and could function without him. That goal turned into Atlas, a Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP) app that helps dropshippers build AI stores in a few clicks. Ghiorghiu initially started Atlas as a minimum viable product. The product page and copy weren't the best, but he eventually focused more time on it and generated some revenue. The monthly recurring revenue snowballed to $10,000 before going up to $15,000 and $20,000 per month.

Thanks to the cornucopia of SaaS products and B2B services offered by companies on this year's Inc. Power Partners list, you don't have to. After all, the more administrative work you offload to your software stack, the more time you can spend on the things that actually made you want to be a founder in the first place.

Billions of dollars are flowing into artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic, yet investors in software firms that should also be well-positioned to benefit from the AI boom have largely been left on the sidelines. Cloud-based company Salesforce is down 28% year to date, closing at $240.36. Adobe is down 21% ending at $346.74. And a Morgan Stanley basket of SaaS stocks, a group of software-as-a-service companies the bank tracks to gauge sector performance, fell more than 6% this year.

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Software stocks, including Salesforce and HubSpot, have slumped this year on concern that AI tools could make it easier for companies and developers to build their own software, rather than buying SaaS services. This "buy versus build" debate has been a hot topic on Wall Street in recent months, with one study warning that over 100 public software companies risk getting squeezed between nimble AI startups and powerful AI-ready tech giants.

We didn't just suddenly decide to be a SaaS company, we've been on the precipice of doing this for a long time, Donnellan said. You can make something and have it for your own use and that is fairly easy, but to make something useful for people outside of your organization, then you are in the SaaS provider territory, which is one step further than what we've always been, which is a SaaS developer.

Customer success roles in business-to-business (B2B) startups are a great entry point because they combine problem-solving, communication and account management. Unlike customer service jobs, this role often involves helping clients succeed over the long term, which builds trust and rapport. Working in customer success teaches you how to build, retain and expand a portfolio of valuable relationships. These skills are transferable to passive income ventures like:

SaaS personalization tools are software powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). The top AI personalization tools allow you to create highly personalized content and suggestions for users based on past behavior and actions. Right now, this type of software leverages the power of AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude to help you form powerful AI workflows, gifting them with a form of intelligence that is truly spectacular.

Shares of Salesforce Inc. (NYSE: CRM) lost 7.43% over the past month after sliding 1.58% the month prior. That has dragged down the stock's year-to-date loss to 24.35%. Over the past year, CRM is in the red, down 3.38%. Amid that slump, the company's market cap has shrunk to around $239.15 billion, with 1,274 institutional owners having decreased their positions.

Fresh off raising $7.2 million in funding, SRE.ai CEO Raj Kadiyala said as the volume of code developed using low-code/no-code and, more recently, artificial intelligence (AI) tools increases, there needs to be a more automated approach to deploying that software based on best DevOps processes that also enables software development teams to monitor and observe those applications. At the core of that effort is a platform that will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to automate the deployment

Olo's digital ordering, payment, and guest engagement solutions empower restaurants by boosting personalization, enhancing guest experiences, and optimizing operational efficiency in a competitive market.

Lemkin's experience with Replit revealed the risks of vibe coding when an AI program caused a code freeze, leading to the deletion of an entire database.

The roll-out of advanced S2S integration capabilities is a pivotal step in the ongoing evolution of AdPlayer.Pro's video ad tech, aimed at helping our partners to optimise the overall operational workflow and help them achieve higher fill rates, hence better financial results.

Remark is leveraging thousands of human experts to assist users in real-time during their purchasing process, improving models with conversational data.

Join Tiffany Luck from NEA at TechCrunch All Stage for insights on pitching to VCs, emphasizing storytelling and avoiding common pitfalls.

A payment gateway is essential for businesses to accept online payments, securely connecting customers and merchants while managing the transaction process.

Isolated multi-tenancy provides high isolation between tenants, requiring no modification to the Django codebase, but significantly increases infrastructure complexity and costs.

The recent Q1 2025 data shows 210 enterprise SaaS mergers and acquisitions, a rebound from previous quarters, yet total deal value has fallen markedly.

Some brands that pushed AI-enabled CX capabilities too early ran into issues impacting customers and their brands.

For entrepreneurs, staying competitive means building a business plan that can keep pace with evolving technology.

Trustifi, a Las Vegas-based SaaS company, has raised $25M to enhance its patented email security services, totaling $29M in equity funding since its inception in 2017.

In our journey with ElasticScale, it's become increasingly clear how much SaaS leaders and their dev teams relate to the problems we address: Infrastructure that's too complex, too costly, and too distracting.