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Instacart

Andreessen Horowitz

We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. The more I got exposed to the details behind the Instacart business, the more it reminded me of OpenTable (where I had been CEO from 2007-2011). It was April 2014, and the company was raising its Series B.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

Founded : 2011. Founded : 2011. Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. Some of its top uses include financial services, e-commerce, marketing, education, and many more. . CEO : Vinicius Roveda Goncalves. Based in: Joinville, Brazil. RD Station.

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What is Comparative Advertising?

Neil Patel

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) permits companies to use this marketing strategy (within limits, which we’ll talk about) for three reasons: Comparisons encourage healthy competition in the marketplace. Comparative advertising encourages product improvement and innovation, and can lead to lower prices in the marketplace. Conclusion.

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Everything You Need To Know About Digital Taxes and the VAT

FastSpring

Struggling to keep up with digital taxes in the global marketplace? For example, countries under the European Union will apply varying amounts of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on all imported digital goods and services, in the name of fairness to EU sellers. Web applications/Software as a Service (SaaS). You’re not alone.

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From marketplace to SaaS business: How Udemy acquired 80% of the Fortune 100

Intercom, Inc.

Seeing a real demand for business courses in their consumer marketplace, the team identified an opening in the market to disrupt corporate training and hypothesized that employers would be more than willing to pay. Prospects were confused over how the marketplace worked and the sales team struggled to explain it.

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Cameo's Second Act

ProfitWell

In her post, The Passion Economy and the Future of Work , Li charts the platforms that have evolved over the last few years to empower creators: She also alludes to two types of products that foster the passion economy: SaaS solutions and Marketplaces. Drake famously performed at a Bar Mitzvah in 2011 for a reported $250k.

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Miro’s Andrey Khusid on the art of distributed teamwork

Intercom, Inc.

Here are five quick takeaways: In 2011, Forbes Magazine called RealtimeBoard (Miro’s previous iteration) “a virtual whiteboard on steroids” We chatted to Andrey about this description to see if the shoe still fits today. Andrey explains why embracing the professional services sector in a unique way has paid dividends.