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From $800k to $274M in 4 Years - The Story of Ariba

Tom Tunguz

In particular, Ariba sold software to run RFPs, manage contracts with suppliers, analyze corporate spending and ensure financial compliance. At the time of its IPO, the company was only investing about 75% of its revenue and sales and marketing. Another unique characteristic about the story of Ariba: the founding team was seven people.

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How to Build Happier Employees – Lessons From HubSpot’s CTO Dharmesh Shah and Chief People Officer Katie Burke

SaaStr

So, for those of you thinking, “Hey, I’m going wait on the ROI of our culture, or I’m going to wait to invest in our employee experience,” wait no longer. At 2000, it’s a fact of life, right? Dharmesh Shah: That’s number one, and number two is that is to get the investment, and this was hard.

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Thanks to Our Customers & Talented Employees, NP Digital Wins Agency of the Year

Neil Patel

Not all success stories go to our website right away, as they go through an editing and approval process with clients, others prefer not to disclose due to strict compliance rules, but if you visit the case study part of our sites, you’ll see new case studies every month. A 2000 percent increase in organic traffic. The results?

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Top Global SaaS Trends You Should Know with Google Cloud and Zenoss (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Because the business world is changing and your customers may demand that you run on certain locations and there are more and more regulations, compliance, GDPR, data residency that everyone in at a certain scale has to be compliant with. What about compliance? Eyal Manor : But there is a lot of investment in that direction.

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A Guide to Choosing the Best SaaS Learning Management System

User Pilot

SaaS learning management systems are easier to set up and deploy, have a flatter learning curve, offer flexibility and scalability, and don’t require an upfront investment in infrastructure. These could be either internal corporate training programs, like compliance training, or courses for external stakeholders, like your customers.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week: May 17, 2019

SaaStr

As for Godard, he founded his first business, BigMachines, in 2000, a business he scaled to $50m in revenue and over 300 people up until it’s acquisition to Oracle 11 years later for $400m. Having been a Founder through the bust of 2000, how did seeing that macro environment impact his operating mentality today?

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Amplitude Pricing: Is It Worth the Price? (+Better Alternatives)

User Pilot

Is the cost of Amplitude pricing worth the investment for you? Enterprise – It starts at $2000+ per month, and you can contact sales to decide on the scale and price. Or are there better alternatives out there? In this article, we’ll dive into Amplitude’s pricing structure, plans, pros, and cons. Amplitude pricing plans.

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