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Bezos' Shareholder Letter in 2000

Tom Tunguz

Jeff Bezos wrote this to start his annual shareholder letter in the year 2000. Throughout those 15 years, Amazon constructed a monolith heavier and more valuable than almost every other business in the world, despite the vacillations on Wall Street. But he might have written it today. Amazon stock reached an all time high of $5.33

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How Zapier supports 3 million users by investing in customer outcomes

Intercom, Inc.

Every employee is empowered to spend up to $2000 on a guest , whether that’s overnighting a forgotten item or sending a complimentary birthday cake and champagne. Support leaders need to enable teammates to drive to the right customer outcomes while also creating avenues for constructive feedback.

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Startup Trends from YCombinator's Demo Day

Tom Tunguz

The important story in Enterprise YC companies is the prominence of vertical SaaS - e.g., construction, real estate and legal software - all industries who have yet to modernize and so present terrific opportunities to build big businesses.

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How to use Engagement Groups to Kick-start your Business on Instagram

Backlinkfy

If you’re like most other businesses, you want to use Instagram in order to: Build a network of loyal customers Increase brand awareness Stay up to date with consumer trends There are a whole host of ways to constructively use Instagram to generate growth for your brand.

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Price Optimization in SaaS: Customer Retention

Baremetrics

This is a situation where correctly estimating customer retention is critical, because the model (correctly) predicts that the more expensive plan yields $2000 lifetime value on average, compared to the less expensive plan that averages $750 lifetime value. Small sample size and randomness could also make an apparent correlation.

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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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The top SaaS companies ruling the East Coast

SaaStock

Founded: 2000. With Eyrus , stakeholders on construction projects have the ability to collect automated data, and improve the delivery, resource management, safety, and efficiency of their projects. Last year, AvidXchange made it into Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 list. Founders: Michael Praeger. Based in: Charlotte, NC. Verge Health.