Tom Tunguz

MARCH 19, 2023

This surge could parallel the personal computer’s doubling of the US labor productivity rate from 2005-2015 when computers penetrated most business operations which correlates to Moore’s Law according to a research report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Artificial Intelligence 209

Artificial Intelligence AI Search Government Banking 209

SaaStr

JUNE 23, 2020

UiPath actually was founded in 2005!! Here are a few scenarios with initial growth rates at $10m ARR, with a growth decay factor baked in: The hyper-growth company really can get to $100m ARR fast. UiPath did it. But you know what? They didn’t start there. Mailchimp in 2001.

Scaling 352

Scaling Retention Revenue SaaS 352

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Web1 (roughly 1990-2005) was about open protocols that were decentralized and community-governed. Web2 (roughly 2005-2020) was about siloed, centralized services run by corporations. Most of the value accrued to the edges of the network — users and builders.

Government 145

Government 145

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

So far back, to 2005 and beyond, it’s arguable too far back to matter today. This chart before from data Meritech tracks helps illustrate the bear case here: I like t he Meritech data not only because it’s well presented, but because you can go way back in time. Back to the early days in SaaS public companies. Yet we see trends.

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Cloud Trends Revenue SaaS 228

SaaStr

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Dynatrace was founded way back in 2005 and has been in the “steady growth” camp, now crossing $1B in ARR and a $10.5 Leaders like Crowdstrike and adjacent players from Datadog to Okta and more are higher profile. But it’s what’s in fashion today.

Scale 207

Scale Scaling Engineering Software 207

SaaStr

APRIL 19, 2023

One leader in SMB commerce is Lightspeed Commerce, founded way back in 2005. But “POS” systems and software are everywhere, and are a lot more than just Toast and Square. They are strongest in retail, but also have a presence in restaurants as well.

Payment Solutions 229

Payment Solutions Point of Sale Payments SaaS Payments 229

FastSpring

APRIL 25, 2024

Founded in 2005, FastSpring is a privately owned company headquartered in California with offices in the UK, the Netherlands, and Canada. As a merchant of record, FastSpring provides a fully managed payment solution including checkout, fraud mitigation, comprehensive sales tax and VAT compliance, and more.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 88

SaaStr

MAY 21, 2021

It was founded in 2005 and took 10 years to get to $1m in ARR!! It took 3 years just to get to $1M in ARR and 7+ years to get to the first $10M ARR. But today, it’s at an incredible $700,000,000+ in ARR !! More on that here. UiPath was the most extreme of all. More on that here.

Construction 266

Construction SMB Mobile Cloud 266

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 1, 2021

I remember joining Google in 2005. A few weeks ago, Office Hours at Redpoint welcomed Claire Hughes-Johnson, former COO at Stripe and VP at Google. Claire’s operational experience is one-of-a-kind, and the conversation focused on scaling startups. In the halls, I heard colleagues say great things about how terrific a leader Claire is.

Scale 260

Scale Scaling Payment Services Leadership 260

The Daily Egg

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Heatmaps have been our signature product since 2005. But we’ve grown quite a bit since then, and you may be surprised to learn about the full range of website optimization tools that we offer.

User Experience 233

User Experience 233

Tom Tunguz

MARCH 28, 2021

Founded in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, by Daniel Dines and Marius Tirca, the company now operates more than 60 offices housing nearly 3000 employees. UIPath, leaders in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, filed their S-1 last week , revealing an impressive business.

Payment Services 359

Payment Services Metrics Payment Solutions Payments 359

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Number One Thing That Has Changed In SaaS Since 2005 “The number one thing that has changed over my entire journey with SaaS since 2005 is efficiency,” shares Lemkin. Lemkin and the Monday team share how this manufactured metric doesn’t determine cash flow and what metrics you can use instead.

Metrics 183

Metrics SaaS Sales Hiring Finance 183

IT World

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Web browser functions like those trace their roots back more than a decade, and the feature — first found in a top browser in 2005 — spread quickly as one copied another, made tweaks and minor improvements. Private browsing. Privacy mode. Protect Your Privacy. Online privacy: Best browsers, settings, and tips.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In 2005, eBay spent $2.6 One of the most notorious examples of a post-M&A culture misfit is the 2005 merger of Kansas-based Sprint and Nextel. in 2005), recently acquired TalkIQ, a leader in the artificial intelligence and machine learning, and our shared culture and values have been a key factor to the success of this deal.

Acquisition 161

Acquisition Technical Review Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning 161

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Zach Lawryk is currently the Head of Global Solutions Consulting at Rippling , previously the VP of Solutions Consulting at Slack , Director of Sales Engineering at Box , and really began his career in tech at Salesforce as a Sales Engineer in 2005.

Consulting 91

Consulting AI Benchmarks B2B 91

FastSpring

JANUARY 22, 2024

Founded in 2005, FastSpring is a privately owned company headquartered in California with offices in the UK, Netherlands, and Canada. As a Merchant of Record, FastSpring provides a fully managed payment solution including checkout, fraud mitigation, and 100% automated sales tax and VAT compliance. For more information, please visit [link].

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services 88

SaaStr

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Will Ferrell SNL Oracle Skit 2005 from Alford Media Services on Vimeo. Have reasonable, achievable expectations. Don’t let PR just be a cost center line item in your VPM’s budget. And if it ain’t working … make a change. note: an updated SaaStr Classic post).

Technical Review 345

Technical Review SaaS Business 345

SaaStr

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Docebo was started and funded in 2005 and became a SaaS player in 2012. They take pride in this because they believe anyone can build a great business without burning a lot of cash. Alessio shared that early on in his career, he wished he prioritized profitability more than he did. Instead, it was growth at all costs.

Sales Hiring 193

Sales Hiring Scale SMB Outsourced Development 193

SaaStr

JANUARY 27, 2024

Automattic was started in 2005 to democratize publishing, and WooCommerce was purchased in 2016 to democratize e-commerce. Then they have things like Pocket Cast, one of the best podcasting apps, Day One, a journaling app where you can share journals that are fully encrypted and synchronized, and now text messaging.

Underperforming Technical Team 266

Underperforming Technical Team Social Media Government Subscription 266

SaaStr

DECEMBER 11, 2021

He’s the visionary behind the Box product and platform strategy and has also served on the Board of Directors at Box since April 2005. Aaron Levie is the CEO and Co-founder of Box, a cloud-based content management and collaboration platform. Previously, he was the CEO and co-founder of EchoSign, which was acquired by Adobe in 2011.

Scale 232

Scale Cloud Scaling Interviewing 232

SaaS Metrics

JUNE 20, 2023

The Commission was instituted based on the Gambling Acts of 2005 and is tasked with the job. Both residents and visitors are allowed to play at licensed casinos including Paybymobileslots.com. The activities of these casinos are regulated by the United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC).

Metrics 52

Metrics SaaS 52

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Lemkin’s been a SaaS entrepreneur since 2005, and SaaS didn’t come into fashion until 2019. “Recurring software revenue is now recognized as a great way to generate tons of cash for investors,” says Gerety. But that wasn’t always the case. It took a while. That’s 14 years of waiting for people to get excited!

Sales Hiring 219

Sales Hiring Headcount Finance Technical Review 219

FastSpring

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Founded in 2005, FastSpring is a privately owned company headquartered in California with offices in the UK, Netherlands, and Canada. As a Merchant of Record, FastSpring provides a fully managed payment solution including checkout, fraud mitigation, and 100% automated sales tax and VAT compliance. For more information, please visit [link].

Payment Methods 136

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments Merchant Services 136

SaaStr

APRIL 6, 2021

It got started in 2005 with a $500k seed round. Only burned $24m to get to $100m+ in revenues — but it took a long time as a result. Prior to IPO, Olo had raised $100m, but it still had $76m of cash on hand — so net of revenue, it only burned $24m to get to $100m+ in ARR. And growth was very modest in the early years.

Merchant Services 239

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services 239

FastSpring

APRIL 23, 2024

We’ve been working in this space since 2005, and we’ve seen the growth of the subscription business firsthand. Plus, with our JavaScript library and three different checkout experiences, you can quickly and easily build the best-converting checkout flow for your business.

Payment Services 78

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Solutions 78

Tom Tunguz

APRIL 29, 2018

From 2000-2005, the “typical” IPO-bound startup listed on an exchange 5 years after founding. In that epoch, despite the record volumes of venture dollars, startups went public quickly, in 4-5 years. Today, that timeframe is no longer realistic. In fact, the surfeit of private dollars delay IPOs.

Venture Capital 141

Venture Capital Marketing Software Startup 141

SaaStr

MARCH 27, 2022

When we started EchoSign / Adobe Sign in 2005/2006, the web-based e-signature market was $1m in market size. And other markets, the best founders like Benioff, Jobs, Gates, Zuck, etc. redefined markets. You can do it that way, too. Add 10-100x more value to a market than existing before, and the market size can grow 10-1000x, too.

Scale 360

Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital Startup 360

IT World

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It’s a trend that’s been building since 2005. Mega-commercial real estate broker Cushman & Wakefield admits, “ No one is expecting workers to come into the office to primarily answer emails —that and any other heads-down tasks can be done anywhere.” of its office workers doing their jobs remotely.

Trends 73

Trends Business 73

Adhere Creative

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In 2005 , we saw the rise of inbound marketing. Marketing is evolving once again, and with the rise of big data and integrated technology, it’s changing rapidly.

Marketing 64

Marketing Technology Data 64

IT World

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

That could interest a lot of CIOs: SAP has offered its software on the Power platform since 2005, and ported HANA to the Power architecture in 2015. The move introduces a new hosting option for enterprises running modern ERP systems with large databases on the Power platform. Comparison shopping?

Systems Review 90

Systems Review Cloud Software Review Enterprise 90

FastSpring

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Since our beginnings in 2005, our brand has evolved many times to accommodate our ever-growing capabilities and larger industry changes. These three concepts have been central to our success since 2005. The spring in the FastSpring logo has been an iconic part of our brand since 2005. FastSpring is no different.

Scale 80

Scale Branding Software Review Communication 80

IT World

MARCH 5, 2020

Etsy was founded in 2005, well into the internet era but long before the explosion of public cloud services. The Etsy website and mobile app provide an online shop window to makers of hand-crafted and niche goods. With two million items being sold in 2018, the in-house bare metal infrastructure was starting to creak.

Cloud 75

Cloud Scaling Marketplace as a Service Machine Learning 75

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The UK has had real-time payments since 2005, via the Faster Payments network. To counter this “too big to fail” risk—and to promote the UK as a global tech hub—the UK kicked off a policy initiative to become a global superpower in financial services and technology. A full 8 years earlier than the U.S.)

Merchant Services 121

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services Payment Methods 121

SaaStr

MAY 22, 2019

YC has funded over 1,900 startups since 2005 including Airbnb, coinbase, Dropbox, Stripe, Flexport, instacart and reddit. About Michael… Number six on our list, Y Combinator’s Michael Seibel who was popular across all metrics but saw especially high interest in his speaker profile and pre-registrations months before the event.

Scale 164

Scale Leadership Consulting Metrics 164

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

has had real-time payments since 2005 via the Faster Payments network. In Brazil, for example, Pix became the most popular payment method in the country in just two years—as well as the second-most used instant payments system in the world. Today, U.K. consumers use contactless payments for nearly 90% of in-person transactions.

Payment Services 86

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments Payment Methods 86

SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2023

UiPath was founded back in 2005, and its origin story is similar to many technical engineers-turned-founders. UiPath’s CEO, Daniel Dines, has emphasized the importance of being open to customer feedback and building amazing connections with some of their biggest clients. Dines’ story is humble, embodying his company values early on.

Scale 195

Scale Artificial Intelligence Technical Review Software Review 195

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 28, 2014

I’m using Crunchbase data since 2005 for tech companies in the US. There’s a rule of thumb batted around the valley that the worst times to raise capital are in the dog-days of summer and after Thanksgiving. As it turns out, this aphorism is only a half-truth. Below is a chart of the dollars VCs have invested by month of year.

Technical Review 204

Technical Review Startup Finance Investment 204