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Kellblog Predictions for 2022

Kellblog

It sure does feel like 2005. Flood of venture capital (VC). SaaS provided provided both a market disruption opportunity and a total available market (TAM) expansion in each market segment. Venture capital continues to flow. There are a bunch of new ideas in circulation.

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The Funnel is Dead. Long Live the Flywheel. With Hubspot CEO Brian Halligan (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Brian, if you don’t know who Brian is, conceived of HubSpot in 2005. The original concept for the company was an inbound marketing platform. 500 million, 6 billion market cap and probably most importantly, 52,000 happy, delighted, intrigued customers. Then we both became savvy to this idea of market segmentation.

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The Funnel is Dead. Long Live the Flywheel. With Hubspot CEO Brian Halligan (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Brian, if you don’t know who Brian is, conceived of HubSpot in 2005. The original concept for the company was an inbound marketing platform. 500 million, 6 billion market cap and probably most importantly, 52,000 happy, delighted, intrigued customers. Then we both became savvy to this idea of market segmentation.

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Understanding the SaaS business model

ProfitWell

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. Segment, like Clearbit, is a real up-and-comer and is valued at $1.5 billion —its done it by attending to real practical and ethical needs in the industry.