Nov. 21, 2021, 7:54 p.m.

Fudge Sunday - SaaS Trendspotting

Fudge Sunday by Jay Cuthrell

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Start the week more informed

Last week I started the experiment with format and length. This week we will peek into the “deep web” where a regular search engine cannot go.

Getting Informed

Slack might be the Searchable Log of All Communication and Knowledge but Slack communities are not being crawled and indexed by the big search engine companies (Google, Bing, etc). As a result, Slack communities are an example of the “deep web”.

Also, newsletters like this one you are reading can be easily indexed and searched because the author (Hi!👋) and the service permit indexing and searching. However, not all newsletters permit open indexing and open searching by instituting paywalls or requiring authentication to view which is also an example of the “deep web”.

By the way, “deep web” is sometimes confused or conflated with “dark web”. Luckily, the acting duo that provided moving portrayals of Bill Preston and Ted Logan have produced a quick explainer.

The Deep Web Explained by Keanu Reeves on Vimeo

The Deep Web Explained by Keanu Reeves on Vimeo

SaaS Trendspotting

This week I’m sharing my answer to a question posed in a “deep web” Slack community that is not indexed or searchable on the open web (yet?).

Question: What do you read to keep up with trends in SaaS?

Answer: In no particular order…

Daily 📖: Matt Rickard

Daily short form stream of thought and summary that can veer into SaaS topics or discussion of new SaaS companies.

matt-rickard.com

Daily 🎧: Techmeme Ride Home

A daily 15 minute podcast from Techmeme.com with the day’s tech news headlines where you can listen for references to new SaaS companies.

www.ridehome.info

Monday 📖: Data Operations

A weekly post newsletter on sales operations, marketing operations, and customer operations that applies to what might come next in modern SaaS companies.

www.finddataops.com

Wednesday 📖: The Mad Ned Memo

A weekly post newsletter with three or four decades of historical perspective when learning about new SaaS companies.

madned.substack.com

Friday 📖: the weekly bloom

A curated newsletter covering the best content on SaaS, VC and PE each Friday.

bloomvp.substack.com

Sunday 🎧: The Cloudcast

Technically, there is also a Wednesday show in addition to the Sunday show but a great way to learn about new SaaS companies.

www.thecloudcast.net

Periodic 📖: Bottom Up

Longer form SaaS essays from David Sacks and sometimes guests likes Ethan Ruby.

sacks.substack.com

Periodic 📖🎧: A16Z Future

The latest articles, podcasts, essays and more from Future by Andreessen Horowitz (known as “a16z”) where you can learn about SaaS companies that might one day be eating the world as a service.

future.a16z.com

Ad Hoc 🔍: Techmeme Search

Searching for “SaaS” in the blog posts, news stories and tweets that have appeared as headlines on Techmeme. Items listed only in the “More” areas are excluded from results.

www.techmeme.com

Work Plug!

As a reminder, I work at Faction. What’s Faction you ask? 

Faction provides clientele with cloud data services across hyperscale providers to maximize innovation and multicloud outcomes.🤓☁️🚀

We’re hiring at Faction!🎉🤓☁️🚀

To see our current openings click here. ⬅️🤓☁️🚀

See a fit for you or someone in your network? ✅🤓☁️🚀

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me.☎️🤓☁️🚀

Want to learn more? Here are some recent Faction related articles:

  1. Unlocking the Opportunities of Multi-Cloud by Travis Vigil

  2. Storage & Data Protection: A Multi-Cloud Strategy by Alyson Langon

  3. Myths of Multi-Cloud by Matt Wallace

  4. The Hidden Costs of Cyber Attacks by Mike Phelan

  5. Multi-Cloud data fabric use cases with CTOAdvisor

  6. Multi-Cloud technical overview with CTOAdvisor

  7. Multi-Cloud data security with CTOAdvisor

  8. Multi-Cloud data access with CTOAdvisor

  9. Multi-Cloud at VMWorld with CTOAdvisor

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