ISV Industry Insights

  1. RSPA Trusted Advisor Ep. 56: Opportunities And Challenges For Women In Today’s Retail IT Channel 10/29/2021

    Episode 56 of “The Trusted Advisor” features 2021 RSPA W2W Leaders of the Year Nell Alverson, the Director of Channel Marketing at ScanSource, and Breanna Brown, Global Marketing Manager for APG. Alverson, Brown, and the RSPA’s Jim Roddy discuss opportunities and challenges for women in today’s channel, actions both men and women can take to avoid bias and promote inclusion, and changes the retail IT industry should embrace to accelerate progress.

  2. 3 Tips For Building Your Revenue Recognition With Tony Sondhi 6/30/2021

    For SaaS controllers, it’s overwhelming to understand how to plan for, document, and implement the needed changes of ASC 606 revenue recognition while also keeping up with a growing business. The good news is that compliance with ASC 606 also creates an opportunity to put strategic performance obligations in place across key processes in billing and delivering value to your customers. 

  3. The Bessemer Venture Partners State Of The Cloud For Finance 6/30/2021

    The demand for cloud and the demands of cloud computing continue to surge in the post-pandemic world. In this session, Mary D’Onofrio and Janelle Teng of Bessemer Venture Partners will discuss the 2021 State of the Cloud study, focusing on implications for the finance leaders at fast-growth SaaS firms.

  4. Benchmark Your SaaS Metrics With The COVID-Updated KeyBanc SaaS Survey 6/30/2021

    What are the right benchmarks for your SaaS fundraising? Adam Noily, Managing Director of KeyBanc Capital Market’s SaaS practice, will dive into the data from their most recent SaaS Metrics Survey.

  5. 3 Pro Tips On Financial Reporting 6/30/2021

    Nirvana for leading top SaaS finance teams is creating fast, insightful, and detailed financial reporting and forecasting that helps the executive team and board make timely, data-driven decisions to scale and win market share. 

  6. What Is The New Ideal Tech Stack For Finance? 6/30/2021

    Creating a frictionless customer experience and producing the reporting to guide decisions and investors are the holy grail for the finance teams at fast-growth SaaS companies. But what is the right finance stack to put in to create this environment? 

  7. Alleviate Hiring Headaches With This One Simple Step 5/21/2021

    An IT executive friend of mine recently shared this hiring dilemma on LinkedIn: "So a funny thing happened just now. During an interview, the candidate asked me if I was going to give him an “assignment” to complete. I told him I had not planned on it … and then I saw confusion cover his face. Apparently all his prior interviews had requested him to complete some sort of assignment during the interview process. I’m not sure what I would even “assign” someone for a Customer Success role. How do other people feel about interview assignments? Is this something I should consider adding to my interview process? Where can I find some good resources on this? Thanks in advance."

  8. What Is The Ideal SaaS Finance Technology Stack? 4/27/2021

    Quickly reporting on your SaaS metrics, and forecasting your cash, billings, and revenue, are the holy grail to scaling your SaaS business. But what is the right finance stack to put in to produce the data faster and more consistently?

  9. Tech Together: How AI, Blockchain, Drones And IoT Can Safeguard The Supply Chain 3/1/2021

    An E. coli outbreak of romaine lettuce made national news in late 2019, an incident that lasted more than two months and infected 167 people in 27 states, sending 85 to the hospital. The year before, a similar outbreak caused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to tell Americans to throw away all romaine lettuce. How could it have been prevented? Members of CompTIA’s Industry Advisory Councils think they have an answer.

  10. COVID-19 Communication Guidelines – Addressing Employee and Customer Questions 3/24/2020

    This 55-minute session features RSPA Legal Counsel Bob Goldberg and RSPA Board Chair/North Country Business Products HR Director Chelsey Paulson sharing communication best practices.