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The Metric that Matters for Startups in 2016

Tom Tunguz

Starting in 2014, and perhaps even a bit before, startups have been able to raise capital at better terms than at any time since 2000. Imagine regional taxi services, 4 in the US, each with a different app, different labor pools, different terms. More money raised for less dilution. Market fragmentation.

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The SaaS Trust Crisis with Godard Abel (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

The SaaS Trust Crisis is making it harder to market and sell software and services than ever before. And today, I’m very excited to be the co-founder and CEO of G2 where we’re building the world’s leading marketplace for SaaS software. The situation is getting worse. Godard Abel | Co-Founder and CEO @ G2.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Jennifer Tejada, Ben Chestnut, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

I’ve been in software since the ’90s and for over 20 years, nearly that entire time, we’ve been talking about digital transformation, developing strategies, architecting new technologies, and moving beyond digitization to rethinking our businesses, our products, and our services in a way that’s optimized for a digital world.

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Q&A with Maria Pergolino, Anthony Kennada, Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Aaron : Well, also, as someone who went through this, especially like the 2000, 2001 times. Every retail shop was closed by 2000. Our monthly self-service churn went from like 3% to like 9%, right? So on a scale of one to 10, what type of feedback do you want? I mean, half of downtown Palo Alto was boarded up.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Tidelift and Cloudflare

SaaStr

Then, I started a company, which I sold in early 2000. So, our products and services are around how can we help companies utilize open source more effectively, more securely, more responsibly, as well as contribute. ” At what point do you think professional services becomes too heavy weighted on the revenue front?

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5 Key Steps to Evolving Your Offering Into a Platform with Eventbrite and Stripe (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Romain Huet : Of course, besides the brand I mentioned earlier like, Google, Apple and Facebook, and so on, a lot of marketplaces also like Uber and Airbnb they tend to think of themselves as platform because they have the buyers and the sellers connecting to each other. Let’s start with our five key steps. Romain Huet : Right.

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Shopify vs. WooCommerce: the Best Platform for Your Online Shop

Baremetrics

For those looking to use their own website, that choice generally comes down to two competing services: Shopify vs. WooCommerce. Hosting Shopify is a hosted service. The added benefit of this is speed: thanks to Shopify Oxygen*, this hosting service is also very fast. Overall, the two markets are comparable in size and variety.