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PE Loves SaaS Again: Thoma Bravo Buys Olo for $2 Billion

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per share — a whopping 65% premium over Olo’s closing price on April 30th (the last trading day before acquisition rumors started swirling). Quick Stats: Founded: 2005 (20-year-old company) 2024 Revenue: $285M (up 25% YoY from $228M in 2023) Q1 2025 Revenue: $80.7M (up 21% YoY), $323M annualized run rate Profitability: $1.8M

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Approaching Half a Million Customers: How to Win in SMB with BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte

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This gets more challenging when you have stakeholders who aren’t the ones buying the software. I already have a solution.” Then, in 2017, with around $50M in revenue, BILL added payment capabilities. If you screw up one payment, customers are going to be angry. There was no software yet. That’s how you go long.

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

Neil Patel

The solution? Micro startup acquisitions. But before we dive into that, we need to look into what micro startup acquisitions are and why you need to sit up and take notice. Micro Startup Acquisitions: What Are They, and Why Should I Care? Micro Startup Acquisition Trends. No one wants to be late to market.

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How To Grow Your Startup By Asking Better Questions

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Set up a decision tree system where you can process inputs into action almost automatically. People relied on Google Analytics or built their own solutions. Google Analytics didn’t keep track of users over time which meant it was virtually impossible to track multiple visits, purchases, and subscription payments.

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The Marketer’s Guide to Gain Brand Mileage on Google Maps

Neil Patel

While there are local guide Android app platforms released, in this article, I’ll particularly focus on Google Maps marketing paying attention to the mapping app in an iPhone and iPad as well as any Android device. After making a series of company acquisitions, Google started its desktop web mapping service in 2005.

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Subscription Management and What You Should Know

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Many products and services online are beginning to adopt subscription-based systems for their billing processes. Apart from the recurring revenue, subscription billing systems also offer appreciable stability to businesses. Read what you should know about subscription management and why it is important in recent times! 5 Pricing Plans.

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Transcript of Redpoint Office Hours with Stripe’s Chief Corporate Advisor and former COO, Claire Hughes Johnson and Redpoint Managing Director, Tomasz Tunguz

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And then from 2004 to 2014, she was at Google and managed lots of different things, including the self-driving cars project, global sales and operations, and the business teams for checkout in Google Apps. I joined Google in 2005, a little after Claire. She’s got an English degree and an MBA. ” Who doesn’t?

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