Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

And the company that comes highly recommended is Thrive Agency : Thrive Agency has been helping Amazon sellers drive sales via PPC management since its existence in 2005 and have grown into a household name with offices in 25 locations in the US. First, it’s a reminder that the top agencies have a core Amazon marketing service.

Social Media 139

Social Media Marketing Marketplace as a Service Outsourced Development 139

SaaStr

APRIL 25, 2019

With one startup acquired by Yahoo in 2005, another acquired by Google in 2007 and a background as an M&A lawyer, Craig’s perspective on M&A is insightful for any startup founder looking to acquire another company. And as I said, it’s just been fantastic to see the opportunity in the market and so forth.

Acquisition 146

Acquisition Technical Review Systems Review AI 146

Kellblog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It sure does feel like 2005. PitchBook data reveals that while total funding and mega-funding (where the round raises $100M+) are up, deal is count slightly down, meaning average deal sizes are up and consistent with my view that VC today is have or have-not market. There are a bunch of new ideas in circulation.

Blockchain 143

Blockchain Technical Review Venture Capital Sales Hiring 143

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

What 14 startup investors & advisors taught us about chasing (and finding) product-market fit. It’s been a long-held notion in startup circles that lack of product-market fit will doom even the scrappiest of founders to fail. The problem with defining product-market fit. It makes sense intuitively.

Product Marketing 52

Product Marketing Marketing VP of Engineering Scale 52

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

What 14 startup investors & advisors taught us about chasing (and finding) product-market fit. It’s been a long-held notion in startup circles that lack of product-market fit will doom even the scrappiest of founders to fail. The problem with defining product-market fit. It makes sense intuitively.

Product Marketing 52

Product Marketing Marketing VP of Engineering Scale 52

SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

Traditionally we’ve been around since 2005 and traditionally have been a software on-prem business. And so we are absolutely in lockstep every day of the week to make sure something that might slip we are made aware of because marketing campaigns really need to align with what new features are coming out.

Cloud 167

Cloud Scale Trends Machine Learning 167

SaaStr

MARCH 8, 2019

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. Make this much about the business model when you go to market.

Scale 106

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Social Media 106

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Definition and Origin The concept of blue ocean strategy was first introduced in the 2005 book “ Blue Ocean Strategy : How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant” by professors W. What is the Blue Ocean Strategy? Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. ” Register today here for free !

Strategy 90

Strategy Technical Review Business Innovation 90

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Definition and Origin The concept of blue ocean strategy was first introduced in the 2005 book " Blue Ocean Strategy : How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant" by professors W. What is the Blue Ocean Strategy? Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. " Register today here for free !

Strategy 52

Strategy Technical Review Business Innovation 52

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

Erica Schultz: Well I actually started in the world of SaaS back in 2005 so about 14 years ago when I was still at Oracle Corporation and it was right after we’d acquired Siebel Systems and I took on a leadership role for what at the time was known as the CRM on demand team.

Scale 155

Scale Enterprise Scaling Sales Hiring 155

SaaStr

MARCH 6, 2020

And then as I mentioned, in 2005 I took on the software as a service opportunity, which was a very nascent sales team and business for Oracle at the time. So first I’m going to build a product and a company and then once we get big then I’ll build a culture.

Scale 212

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team 212

SaaStr

MARCH 8, 2019

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. Make this much about the business model when you go to market.

Scale 45

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Social Media 45

Kellblog

JUNE 7, 2020

16] Typically this means creating product-line general managers along with specialized overlay sales and sales consultants, product management, product marketing, and consulting teams. Salesforce has done this masterfully. [17]

Scale 105

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Finance 105

SaaStr

AUGUST 6, 2019

Tradeshift has grown to 650+ people with offices in 12 countries from its start as a mere vision in 2005. I think it was Tom Tunguz from Redpoint who said, “Whenever you’re in doubt about product market fit, just double your price, and if the customer is still buying, you have more room to go. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

Payment Solutions 144

Payment Solutions Payments Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 144

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

I joined Google in 2005, a little after Claire. ” But I think that we didn’t always make them explicitly, and that was painful for the org because what will happen is you’ve got a core engine that is your initial product market fit traction. She’s got an English degree and an MBA.

CTO Coach 120

CTO Coach Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 120

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

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. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing.

Business Model 54

Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

SaaStr

JULY 22, 2020

At the time, there may be four or five other firms doing this same strategy of investing somewhere between $500,000 and $2 million into companies that were just getting started we would call it pre product market fit. But we think of it as being sort of CO conspirators with the founders pre-product market fit.

Venture Capital 213

Venture Capital Investment Travel Marketplace as a Service 213

User Pilot

MAY 19, 2021

At 19, Pete Cashmore launched Mashable in 2005 and grew it to two million readers in less than two years, without ads. How Mashable Grew Their Blog To Two Million Readers In 18 Months Using Keyword Research. Source: Mashable.com. Extensive and strategic keyword research is partly responsible for Mashable’s large blog traffic.

B2B 119

B2B Marketing SaaS Social Media 119