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How to Use the LinkedIn Marketplace as a Freelancer

Neil Patel

What Is LinkedIn Marketplace? Given this new dependency on freelance laborers, it makes sense that LinkedIn, the most successful professional social networking site, would set its sights on creating a marketplace that allows freelancers to connect with companies searching for contract talent. How Does LinkedIn Marketplace Work?

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5 Interesting Learnings from Cvent at $650,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

but 30% comes from its so-called “Hospitality Cloud” which is really a marketplace for event services. The marketplace side took a bigger hit from the events shutdown during Covid (and also has lower gross margins), but is still a material contributor. #3. Two Related Products Are Key to Growth.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

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. . The Brazilian platform Superlógica is created with small service businesses in mind. Funding to Date : $6.6M

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SaaStr Podcast 436: The State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners

SaaStr

The top quartile companies have increased their growth rates from 65% in 2017 to over 100% in 2019, and we’re able to maintain that growth rate in 2020, despite a lot of the headwinds that COVID presented. Cloud Marketplaces. Fintech and crypto players are changing financial services forever. Product-led Growth.

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

These acquisitions, which focus more on scope than scale, accounted for 90% of tech deals in 2019 , which is a 40% increase from 2015. In 2019, Facebook quickly snapped up a visual search startup called GrokStyle , who developed an app that can automatically detect decor and home furniture from a photo. Micro Acquire. Who Is It For?

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5 Secrets to Moving Upmarket – How the Right Sales Tax Technology Can Support SaaS Growth

SaaStr

Software as a Service is currently taxable in about one-third of US states, and that number is only growing as outdated state sales tax laws slowly catch up with the way we’re doing business today. . Mark was named 2019’s number one Small and Mid-Sized CEO by Comparably. Understand your sales tax responsibilities. Mark earned his B.A.

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Measurement: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 3

CloudGeometry

In this blog series, we explore how these three dimensions figure into key technical recommendations which enable scale in pursuit of SaaS business growth. The intensity of competition in the SaaS marketplace puts a premium on new, stable, and reliable features. The winners offer a better and faster way to solve customer problems.