With the tech landscape continuously evolving and the fierce competition, scaling is no longer just an option for SaaS businesses. It’s a necessity. The SaaS industry has a staggering 90% failure rate. Without strategic growth, your SaaS business might just be one of those many casualties. But to successfully scale SaaS businesses, you need more than just luck. Here are five best practices you need to follow to ensure your SaaS business’ lasting success.

In today's busy and ever-changing business world, teams must work well together to succeed. Being connected is critical to successful teamwork as we rely more on technology and work from different places. This connection helps teams overcome distance, time differences, and departmental divides, making it possible for them to talk, share ideas, and work together in ways that were not possible before.

Business process analysis (BPA) is a powerful tool for streamlining operations, reducing costs, and improving efficiency. It offers a systematic approach to examining and optimizing the internal processes that drive your organization’s success. In this guide, we’ll explore the intricacies of business process analysis, providing you with the knowledge and tools you need to implement this practice in your organization.

Project tracking is the process of keeping an eye on how a project is progressing to make sure it’s staying on schedule, within budget, and meeting your goals. For agencies and consultancies, this usually means checking things like how well your team is managing their tasks, how long tasks are taking, and whether the project costs are sticking to the plan. Good project tracking helps teams stay on top of work and deliver high-quality, on-time projects that keep clients happy.

When you oversee globally distributed teams, you need a real-time view into when your remote employees are working and which projects they’re tackling. Basic tools like communication apps and project management software don’t offer the visibility you need to understand employee performance or to refine resource allocation. Instead, you need dedicated remote employee software with complete insight into team activity, performance metrics, and employee experience. At Time Doctor, we get it.

Managing a sales pipeline can feel overwhelming without the right insights. Deals are progressing, but without clear data, it’s tough to know what’s working and what’s holding things up. That’s where HubSpot’s sales pipeline reporting comes in. It gives you visibility into every stage of your pipeline, helping you catch issues early and keep your team focused on the most important tasks.

When you rely on HubSpot reports for key insights, keeping them up to date is crucial. But ensuring they reflect the latest data isn’t always as easy as it looks. Are your reports refreshing frequently enough? Are they covering the right date ranges? And how do you spot errors before they mislead your team?

Managing sales data from different platforms can be challenging, but Geckoboard makes it easy to visualize sales metrics from tools like Aircall, HubSpot, Intercom, and Zapier all in one place. With Geckoboard, you can track these sources on the same sales dashboard or, if it works better for your team, create separate dashboards that focus on specific areas. This flexibility allows you to monitor exactly what you need, whether you prefer a unified view or detailed insights across multiple boards.

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Element is delighted to be joining the launch of openDesk at Smart Country Convention in Berlin, 15-17 October. For those that don’t know already, openDesk is an Office & Collaboration Suite for public administration. The development of openDesk is led by the Centre for Digital Sovereignty in Public Administration (ZenDiS), a limited company created by Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI). Element was selected by ZenDiS as the real time communications component within openDesk.