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Overview
Whether you're a new SaaS business, a SaaS business trying to compete more successfully against the competition, or an on-premise product company looking to transition to a SaaS model, AKF Partners can help.
For any new, existing, or converting SaaS business, we can perform a complete review of your:
- Business Strategy
- Financial Operations
- Product Approach to Market
- Product Architecture
- Engineering Processes
- Technical Operations
Each area is evaluated relative to both your desired outcomes and AKF SaaS best practices, to validate or inform changes to your business, product, and technology strategies.
SaaS Migrations Require More Than Product Changes
The transition you envision can stress the very fabric of your company — especially if you view it as just a change to how you deliver your product. In fact, starting by focusing only on your product will leave you exposed and could doom the transition to failure.
Key questions to answer before starting any SaaS, IaaS or X-as-a-Service transition include:
- What do you want your business gross margins to be?
- What do you want your business operating margins to be?
- To what availability must you design your new solution, and how does that affect your margins?
- What must your user-experienced response times be, and how will that affect margins and locations?
- How much should you leverage IaaS or PaaS solutions, and how will these affect your cost and operating structure?
- What are the geographic regulatory concerns for a product you now provide as a service, and how does this affect your architecture?
- What new technology operations processes are necessary to succeed in a services world?
- How must you change your engineering processes to conform to faster time-to-market delivery models?
- What new architectural principles and patterns must be incorporated to ensure fast time to market and high availability?
- How must you change organizationally to deliver products in a more rapid fashion?
- How must your product lifecycle change to be successful in a SaaS, IaaS or X-as-a-Service world?
- What must happen with professional services, customization and configuration to be successful?
We've helped dozens of companies — from very successful Fortune 500 companies to small but established "mom and pop" shops — make this transition. AKF Partners can help you with both your transition strategy and transition execution.
What's Included
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SaaS business model transition
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Multi-tenant architecture design
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Pricing & packaging strategy
How We Work
01
Discover & Assess
We begin every engagement with a thorough discovery — understanding your goals, constraints, team, and current state. No assumptions, no cookie-cutter frameworks.
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Design & Prioritize
We develop a clear roadmap with prioritized recommendations. You get practical guidance, not a 200-page report that collects dust.
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Execute & Transfer
We stay through execution — leading, coaching, and delivering alongside your team — then transfer knowledge so you own the outcome long after we're gone.