SaaStr

JULY 29, 2020

Michelle started the company during an economic downturn in 2009. And so we started to work on this in 2009. So we started Cloudflare in 2009 and today we have about 1400 people around the world. So I’m going to answer your question with that frame of mind because I think back to 2009, and it was really hard to get a job.

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IT World

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Reading back through predictions made in 2009, no one had the foggiest clue that GitHub would change software development forever (and for everyone), or that Microsoft would go from open source pariah to the world’s largest contributor, or a host of other dramatic changes that became the new normal during a decade that was anything but normal.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 30, 2019

One of those was 2008/2009 when 5 funds were started. Monashees Capital is the largest Brazilian VC that makes investments in innovative solutions worldwide, but with a strong focus on Latin America. Founded: 2009. To date, it has supported 1,544 innovative companies in 57 countries. Monashees Capital. Size of fund: N/A.

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SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2023

From PLG innovator at $30m ARR t o a top SLG+PLG leader at $1B in ARR. Android followed after, and that really, late 2009, early 2010, that suddenly changed. I know, because we were working on a game, we started our company in the beginning of 2009, and we completely missed the boat. Jason : It’s invaluable to me.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 19, 2020

I have seen my fair share of storms and or crises from the early days of the dot-com boom and bust to 2008, 2009 crisis and then having a front-row seat at some of these turnarounds that iconic brands like Evernote, and more recently on the board at Gap which is undergoing its own transformation. This Cambrian explosion of innovation.

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Point Nine Land

JANUARY 27, 2023

ChatGPT’s main innovation is the user interface. That might seem strange since (a) there’s nothing innovative about an instant messaging UI per se, and (b) chatbots don’t have a particularly good rep. It led to my investments in Zendesk in 2008 , Clio in 2009 , and later Typeform , Loom , Factorial , and many others.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

It is a logistics and multi-selling platform which innovates how e-commerce can grow in the region. Based in Shenzhen, YoPoint manufactures innovative vending machines and is a provider of equipment for retail terminals. from 500 Startups, World Innovation Lab, and others. Funding to Date : $25.5M Founders : Jack Huang.

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

As a testimony to the quality of their service, Forter was recently again included in Forbes 50 “Most Innovative Fintech Companies In 2019” list. Recently, Recorded Future were honored with the 2018 CRN Tech Innovator Award. Founded: 2009. Founded: 2009. Founded: 2009. Founded: 2009. Founded: 2009.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Join PagerDuty’s CEO, Jennifer Tejada, as she discusses the need for agility and innovation and how automation is aiding adaptability and allowing enterprises to surge ahead. So looking forward, we also need to innovate and automate policies around flexible working, childcare and lead to address some of these challenges.

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How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

More and more companies adopt SaaS, which enhances user experience, drives operational efficiency, and fosters innovation. Aalpha Information Systems was featured on Bloomberg and Business Insider, also receiving the Fintech Innovator Award and Software Suggest Award for best user experience.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Cisco Systems estimated that IoT was “born” between 2008 and 2009, but it’s just in the last couple years we’ve seen an explosion of IoT solutions for both commercial and domestic use. FastSpring’s Hackathon Encourages Collaboration & Innovation. As technology progresses, we are seeing even more pragmatic applications.

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The Angel VC

JULY 17, 2015

Join me as I go back in time and take a look at how SaaS landing pages looked like some years ago. The SaaS Stone Age Fast-backward about 16 years.

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OPEXEngine

MAY 19, 2020

Still others tolerated poor results during the downturn, waiting to see what would happen, and then finally took action—too late because they bought the wrong asset or fell behind in product innovation. And it timed the deal well, as Black & Decker was vulnerable after a 22% drop in revenue and a 41% drop in EBIT in 2009.

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2024

We add human touches to as many things as possible, and then we innovate and listen to our employees, at scale, and the results, I think, speak for themselves. Katie Burke: 2009, I believe. Jason Lemkin: 2009. Katie Burke: So, what we do instead is we out-care and we out-execute. Jason Lemkin: When was this written?

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Over the weekend, I watched Page One, a documentary which chronicles the turmoil occurring within the New York Times in 2009 and 2010 when newspapers were going out of business all over the country. Since 2009, the NY Times has created more than 40 successful blogs. Many wondered if the Times would also file for bankruptcy.

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Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

This innovative software tool is a proven and tested customer engagement booster. With the unique self-service solutions on offer, your customers can get the best features in blazing fast times, with your devs focusing on innovation and quality. So pick accordingly. #1 1 Intercom. Best For: User Journey Planning and Optimization.

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The SaaS Garage

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The capital is mainly being invested in Loyalty Prime’s rapid international expansion, especially in the USA , as well as within product innovation and development. Portfolio companies benefit from the close cooperation with UnternehmerTUM, Europe’s leading innovation centre. link] BayBG Contact: josef.krumbachner@baybg.de.

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Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Network effect products rely less on new product innovation unless it’s the only way to monetize. billion exit, Grubhub made a lot of mistakes. Too much new product development that didn’t pan out and too much trying to regain what we had lost vs. leaning into new areas that were working.

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Teamgate

DECEMBER 20, 2019

in 2009 to about 52.2% With this knowledge, businesses must ensure that they are updated continuously as regards trends and business-related innovations capable of influencing their business activities. According to statistics from Oberlo , there has been a meteoric rise in the proportion of internet traffic coming from mobile devices.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2019

In companies without a design DNA , Jeff recommends creating an “in-house startup,” where a small design team innovates around a challenge and proves its worth by positively impacting customers. There is a much broader set of components to being a successful designer in 2019 than there were in 2009 or 1999 for that matter.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 23, 2013

In 2009, Pinterest and Houzz started providing tools for users to collect, organize, present and share things. As users traverse the internet, they leave Hansel and Gretel breadcrumbs that reveal intent when aggregated. These breadcrumbs are most useful when fresh but become stale quickly.

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SaaStr

MAY 15, 2020

Michelle started the company during an economic downturn in 2009. And so we started to work on this in 2009. So we started CloudFlare in 2009 and today we have about 1400 people around the world. Because I think back to 2009 and it was really hard to get a job. Does that endanger the element of trust?

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OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

Growth is what moves the valuation needle and growth depends on innovation, speed and agility, not annual planning processes. These “asset-light” strategies use win-win partnerships to build scale, add capabilities and accelerate innovation. Success in tech means defining the future right now. That has turned into a big win for Google.

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SaaStr

JUNE 3, 2020

The company went public in 2009 and was acquired by Yahoo in 2012 for $270m, a 50% premium on existing share price. The company went public in 2009, and was acquired by Yahoo in 2012, for $270 million, a 50% premium on the existing share price.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2021

It’s this belief that inspires mental activity and innovation, turns your company into one massive recruiting machine (reducing costs, improving pipelines, and reducing time to fill), attracts customers, and lowers risks of deadline misses. Yes, the founders/CEO should have palpable influence. I could go on… and on.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By 2009, unemployment for ‘08 graduates was at 9% : The door to the real world had slammed shut just as we were about to walk through it. VP of Global Innovation at Outreach. Be innovative.”. The job market vanished overnight. All of us asking in dismay, What happened? Signs of recession we’re seeing now vs. 2008. Mike Murray.

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SaaStr

JULY 26, 2019

Why does Eric believe that the bar for execution in SaaS in 2019 is so much higher than in 2009? It’s a relatively innovative and new model. Eric Christopher: I think about in 2009, a success story that you’d see in the TechCrunch and a big outcome would be that you built a billion-dollar company over eight to ten years.

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How To Buy Saas

MAY 22, 2024

However, the SaaS sector is fiercely competitive right now, demanding innovative products, effective demand-generation strategies, and marketing approaches that transform traffic into leads. Innovative demand generation strategies 2. Refine Labs refinelabs.com 1. Uses advanced marketing technologies 3.

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Buffer Resources

JANUARY 9, 2024

“It is a celebration of resilience — not a marketing moment, carefully crafted social media post, or latest African American-targeted innovation drop.” Releasing exclusively through the McDonald’s App this Monday. ” Rather than a performative marketing campaign, Williams suggests diverting these resources.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 25, 2022

Mark is an award-winning journalist and digital media innovator with a career in broadcast news that spawns over 20 years – from his very first report on a prison riot in Dublin, to his award-winning reporting from war-torn Afghanistan. Within about 24 hours, my first report was of a prison riot out of Phibsborough, North Dublin.

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BetterCloud

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

We’ll explore just how rapidly SaaS became a driver of innovation, the external threats against it, and how the benefits of SaaS helped IT discover a need for a more centralized way to manage all of the products its employees use in this latest installment of SaaSOps 101. You can read the original post here.

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2020

I have seen my fair share of storms and or crises from the early days of the dot-com boom and bust to 2008, 2009 crisis and then having a front row seat at some of these turnarounds at iconic brands like Evernote, and more recently on the board at Gap, which is undergoing its own transformation.

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Crafty CTO

OCTOBER 17, 2023

My father passed away in 2009, but his imprint is still palpable there on the lake—nowhere more strongly than on the bookshelves. In 1937, mail order was as innovative and disruptive as e-commerce in 1999. I was fortunate to be able to spend three weeks at the family lake house in northwestern Michigan in August.

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SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2019

They got going in 2009. Jeff Lawson: That basic seed in building those innovations, less their company be disrupted by somebody else. Sameer Dholakia: They were there to help and be helpful to empowering in those builders of the world that were building the next generation of technologies, innovations, and applications.

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Kellblog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

But in 2009, with the founding of A16Z , came a new era of founder friendliness and along with it a founder invisibility cloak (or should I say invincibility cloak) whereby the presumption that the founder should run the company became nearly absolute. The founder friendliness pendulum : the invisibility cloak loses some power.

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Buffer Resources

JANUARY 9, 2024

“It is a celebration of resilience — not a marketing moment, carefully crafted social media post, or latest African American-targeted innovation drop.” Releasing exclusively through the McDonald’s App this Monday. ” Rather than a performative marketing campaign, Williams suggests diverting these resources.

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Social Media Branding Trends Marketing 52

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

ABOUT IN THE VAULT “In the Vault” is a new audio podcast series by the a16z Fintech team, where we sit down with the most influential figures in financial services to explore key trends impacting the industry and the pressing innovations that will shape our future. Follow this show on our podcast feed so you don't miss an episode.

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