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Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
The Smart Family Fund provides angel philanthropy funding to early-stage nonprofit organizations with the potential for positive, scalable impact that have not yet built the evidence base or… | Shawnta Jackson, MPH | 36 comments
The Smart Family Fund provides angel philanthropy funding to early-stage nonprofit organizations with the potential for positive, scalable impact that have not yet built the evidence base or sustainability model needed for larger growth funding. Eligible applicants must be U.S.-based 501(c)(3) organizations in good standing with the IRS that can clearly explain how they will measure effectiveness, quantify impact, and demonstrate how their approach is distinct from other organizations in the field. Applications are submitted through the “Send Us a Pitch” portal and require organizational information and a one-page elevator pitch aligned with the fund’s mission. Funding amounts are not publicly listed. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eYNhqsVB | 36 comments on LinkedIn
Lessons from building and growing an open source SaaS
Here are some lessons learned from building and growing an open source SaaS startup in the highly competitive web analytics market.

SCA - News and views from across our networks
Over the last few years, SCVO has been engaging with organisations across the voluntary sector to collect evidence on the issues and barriers faced around access to funding. The evidence collected clearly demonstrates the urgent need for Fair Funding. We, along with many of our intermediary network members have contributed to this work, providing case studies relating to Government priorities as well as sector wide themes, illustrating why implementing Fair Funding is an investment in Scotland’s essential voluntary sector for a sustainable future.
SaaS Financial Model: Our Templates for Modeling & Growth
How to build a SaaS financial model you'll actually use: operating model, revenue forecast, hiring plan, scenarios, and forecast vs actuals.

SaaS Isn’t Dead. Sameness Is. - The Phoenix Architecture
Everyone suddenly wants to tell you SaaS is dead. The Klarna-replaced-Salesforce story spread because it fit the mood, whatever the exact boundary between “…
How to Set Up SaaS Expense Categories for Accurate Metrics
Proper expense categorization improves your visibility into your SaaS company’s spending while enabling more accurate metrics and forecasting. After all, as a startup founder, you want to have a solid idea of what your true gross margins are and what it actually costs to acquire a customer!

Habitat's road to release: 07 bridging traditional SaaS apps - building [at] habitat
building bridges to the (organizational) atmosphere
Breaking down the "Perfect" SaaS Landing page (step-by-step)
I'll break down each individual component of a great SaaS Landing page in a step-by-step article/breakdown. This Landing page example is designed to capture leads! You can easily copy this entire structure and use it on your own SaaS Landing pages.

No wait, of course THAT is the single most important SaaS metric
Is it LTV? Retention? NRR? Magic Number? Rule of 40? Or: Do you need to un-ask the question.
The Race to Allocate One Trillion Dollars in Philanthropic Capital
Frontier Lab IPOs are coming, and philanthropy isn’t ready

This CA proposition will send $4 billion to a single nonprofit. Who’s behind it?
Proposition 38 will award $4 billion to one unnamed research center. Under the very specific criteria, only one center seemingly qualifies.

How to Survive the Long, Slow SaaS Ramp of Death
There can be some really exciting days when you’re building a SaaS company, but the large majority are a slog. Just one foot in front of the other, slowly trudging your way up the hill in the muck. The hockey-stick growth you’ve envisioned feels laughably far away. Amazingly, you are growing every month, but it’s just…so…tedious. This, my friends, is the long, slow SaaS ramp of death. It’s perfectly normal and par for the course for the large majority of SaaS companies.

Ten more unintuitive things about impact philanthropy fundraising
some more lessons I’ve learned, for the $free.99

Here's the updated "Funding Models Are Not Binary" slide from my Feature/Product/Business talk #ATmosphereConf. Turns out there are even more great examples already in the Atmosphere!
Here's the updated "Funding Models Are Not Binary" slide from my Feature/Product/Business talk #ATmosphereConf. Turns out there are even more great examples already in the Atmosphere!