Building Better SaaS

Tackling Tough Product Decisions – Tech, Team, & Features with Kumar Erramilli

On today’s episode, we’re joined by Kumar Erramilli [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumar-erramilli-17782834/], Chief Technology Officer at ACTO [https://acto.com/], the #1 learning and insights platform for the life sciences industry. We talk about:  * Advice for launching a new SaaS product & going to market * How the process has evolved since 2009 * How to allocate budgets & justify what new features to build * Balancing existing customer demands & innovating for the market * Gamification of customer feature requests

Maximizing the Productivity of your AI Teammate with Artem Koren

On today’s episode, we’re joined by Artem Koren [https://www.linkedin.com/in/akoren/], Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder at Sembly AI [https://www.sembly.ai/], a SaaS platform that helps to make meetings more effective. We talk about:  * Leveraging external AI services & models vs. building in house * Automating follow-on activity beyond meetings * How to decide to build a feature or integrate a third party * The future of human-free meetings

Helping SaaS Companies Tackle Security & Compliance Challenges with Ali Allage

On today’s episode, we’re joined by Ali Allage [https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliallage/], CEO of BlueSteel Cybersecurity [https://bluesteelcyber.com/], Developer of humanized cybersecurity compliance programs that create sustainable security and confidence for SaaS-based organizations and government agencies. We talk about:  * Vital Qs to ask in order to document your process * When a growing company should invest in dedicated security personnel * When to call for security help versus DIY * The role of regulations & their impact on SaaS companies

What’s Driving AI Innovation & What’s Next? with Farzad Aref & Dara Kharabi

On today’s episode, we’re joined by two guests, Farzad Aref [https://www.linkedin.com/in/faref/], Founder and CEO of Farlinium [https://www.farlinium.com/], a business-first consultancy that provides strategy, training, tools, and platforms to enterprises. Our additional guest, Dara Kharabi [https://www.linkedin.com/in/d9i/], is the Product Lead, Data and Data Strategy, at Rearc [https://www.rearc.io/], a boutique cloud software & services firm with engineers that have years of experience shaping the cloud journey of large scale enterprises.  We talk about: * Are AI/ML advancements driven by customer request or tech provider innovation * Struggles validating whether ML model outputs are meaningful or correct  * The need for quality systems around AI services to enable automated use * Potential concerns, including ethics & data privacy

Optimizing your Multi-Cloud SaaS Architecture with Jonathan Crawford

On today’s episode, we’re joined by Jonathan Crawford, Chief Architect, LeaseAccelerator, the leader in the enterprise lease accounting and lease lifecycle management software market. We talk about: Building best-of-breed multi-cloud infrastructure  Tackling challenges with a multi-cloud solution involving AWS & Oracle Coping with rising cloud costs during hyper growth How to wring the maximum performance out of your databases Reducing database costs while dealing with spikes in processing & storage