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<h1 style="text-align: center;">SaaSC</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;Software as a Service(SaaS) companies with Consumer Oriented services. Essentially anything that was available as "Software" previously, is available as a Service today</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;consumers have discovered that cloud based services can offer a lot of advantages over using traditional PC based software and&nbsp;are adopting these services&nbsp;at an&nbsp;increasing&nbsp;rate and across an&nbsp;increasing range of&nbsp;services.</li>
<li>] This adoption is being fuelled even further and faster with the advancement in mobile devices and platforms.</li>
<li>] Consumer adoption is/may be driving adoption into the enterprise</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>] everywhere</li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<h2>[EXAMPLEs - startup SaaSC companies]</h2>
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<li>] Box.</li>
<li>] Dropbox.com</li>
<li>] backblaze -</li>
<li>] Squarespace - website hosting, developer</li>
<li>] Freshbooks -</li>
<li>] Mint -</li>
<li>] <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">office 365</span></li>
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<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li><strong>] </strong><a href="/view/article?id=4158" target="_blank"><strong>Hunting Unicorns</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong>-&nbsp;a new sospep&nbsp;project. I am creating a portfolio of startup companies (you can too). The&nbsp;GOAL is to <strong>discover</strong> the next uber, before it becomes <strong>the next uber</strong>.&nbsp;Think of this as&nbsp;a learning exersize for aspiring angel investors, you can play for fun, profit ... Its free to join and you can win real money. Check out some of the things we've discovered so far ...<ol>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=4200" target="_blank">vc predictions for 2015 - a compilation</a> -&nbsp;&nbsp;over 60+ predictions from 20+ differenent VCs representing over 20 different VC firms.</li>
<li>] observation - HOT&nbsp;SECTORS for 2015 (TOP 3) - ] capital ] new enterprise ] marketplaces</li>
<li>] observation - HOT SECTORS for 2015 (RUNNER UP) - ] security, ] cloud, ] big data</li>
<li>] observation - NOT SECTORS for 2015 - no&nbsp;activity (crickets) in ( ] SocialMedia, ] SaaS-Consumer, )</li>
<li>] note on AH - don't invest in a sector or a trend, they &nbsp;</li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=4161" target="_blank">list startup sectors</a> - includes exampes of startup companies to watch in each sector&nbsp;</li>
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