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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

The ultimate failure of Siri to dominate the AI personal assistant game might come to be seen as its biggest miss of the decade. Apple survived the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011 under the thoughtful stewardship of Tim Cook, and continued to essentially be the iPhone company, while branching into wearables and services.

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Disrupting the Desk Phone: How and Why We Made a $50M Acquisition with Dialpad (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

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. You then started another voice company, which was acquired by Google in 2007. Jessica Lin: Yeah.

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Evernote vs Onenote? Or High Time to Move to New-Age Playbooks?

SmartKarrot

Today’s super dynamic B2B environment mandates everyone in the leadership to be more innovative to get things done! Microsoft launched OneNote in 2003, and it became a part of its Microsoft Office suite in 2007. That’s where note-taking and task-management apps enter. Currently, OneNote is offered as a bundle with Windows 10 and 11.

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

SaaStr

Earlier this year, we redoubled our focus on our enterprise segment where we have a strong leadership position. We’ve got social and images and timing and AI and ML and all of these things, but MailChimp stayed email only for a long time, didn’t it? And those are the outcomes that we’re looking for.

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Unlearning the Growth vs. Costs Myth

OPEXEngine

It’s a pattern that can be seen across the 2007–09 recession, the recovery that followed, the slow-growth years of 2011–19, and even during the pandemic period of 2020–21. Although TSR growth varies by industry, we see the same link between productivity leadership and high TSR across industries. New ways of working.

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

Sales Hacker

Wooden on Leadership. I’ve followed Jill Konrath since 2007, when I subscribed to her “Selling to Big Companies” blog. Then a mentor’s invitation from the other side of the world powerfully transforms everything as Joshua embarks on the journey of discovering leadership secrets of strategic selling. Steal Like an Artist.

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15 Best B2B SaaS SEO Agencies in the USA

How To Buy Saas

Their strategy encompasses four key elements related to LinkedIn branding: Profile Enhancement Lead Generation Establishing Thought Leadership Setting Appointments Their services also include content development, SEO, and paid advertising to help clients establish themselves in their respective fields.

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