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Image credit: liftarn The Panel discussion hosted by Aspire Systems on “Bootstrapping a Technology start-up” evoked a very good response from software startups across the globe and a few consultants/ecosystem partners as well. We had 3 eminent panelists participating (Prakash Narayan, co-founder ...

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Today, almost all traditional Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) are hard pressed to have a SaaS strategy in their Product roadmap. This is essentially to protect themselves from pure-play SaaS players stealing their market share. However, Software “Product” vendors are confused and unsure ...

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