What Is a Startup?
A startup is a company built to find a repeatable business, not a small version of a big one. Here's what that difference changes.
Beginner7 min readDaksh BathlaDEFINITIONBusiness
SaaS
Software as a Service
Software you access over the internet and pay for on a recurring basis, rather than buying once and installing. The provider runs the servers, ships updates, and holds the data.
EXAMPLE
Your email, your accounting tool, and your project tracker are almost certainly SaaS. You pay monthly and never install a server.
WHY IT MATTERS
The model changes what matters in the business: keeping a customer becomes as important as winning one, because revenue arrives monthly rather than once.
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