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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

With an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Rodrigo Baer launched a successful career in consultancy and entrepreneurship, and today is among the top figures in venture capital for early-stage tech companies in Brazil. He co-founded Praesto Convergence in 2005 and served as its Managing Director until 2010.

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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. SaaS, or software as a service, is a delivery model in which a centrally hosted software is licensed to customers via a subscription plan. Recurring payments.

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The Midas List Live (Video + Transcript)

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A discussion about venture capital and the effects Covid-19 has had on in the industry. Join Nicole Quinn, General Partner at Lightspeed Ventures, Ann Miura-Ko, Founding Partner at Floodgate, and Alex Konrad, Senior Editor at Forbes as they talk about what they have seen in the industry lately and how they are moving forward.

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The Birth of Freemium

ProfitWell

Bundled service providers like AOL have phased out and cloud-based subscription services are enjoying their time in the sun. We’ve got words like subscription, ad supported, license, and ASP, that are well understood. Fast forward to the mid-aughts. Dyson's projections prove accurate, and the web is saturated with free content.

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A Look Back: Everything Breaks When You Go Into Hypergrowth Mode, with UiPath’s CMO (Europa Video + Transcript)

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I am a partner at Accel, the Global Venture Capital Fund, and I’m very happy to be here with one of these mythical creatures that people were talking about earlier. 2005: Started as a tech outsourcing company. Transcript: Luciana Lixandru: My name is Luciana Lixandru. UIPath History. 2014: $500k rev. seed round.

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Lessons From Downturns & Turnarounds with Chris O’Neill (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

” When I took the helm at Evernote in 2005, many people had written the company off. It attracted capital from the top venture capitalists on the planet, could do no wrong until in many ways it could do no right. And the leading indicator for this is the flows of venture capital money.

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