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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

Putting narrative order on the past decade, a 10-year-period that has somehow remained stubbornly nameless, is quite the challenge, but it’s impossible to make sense of the 2010s without understanding the role of software. The Cambridge Analytica scandal showed just how vulnerable these platforms are to being misused by bad actors.

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Top 10 Tools to Get Your App PLG-d

Frontegg

The 80s and 90s were all about physical purchasing and installation of software CDs and floppy disks. This philosophy applies to both low and high touch business models, where the vendor has to eliminate all potential usability problems that may arise. This metric is a strong future revenue indicator. This is not all.

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My First 16: Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta’s Jason Gardner

Andreessen Horowitz

So, I co-founded another payments company called PropertyBridge, which allowed you to pay rent electronically. We sold that at the end of 2007 and I stayed on with MoneyGram International who acquired the company until the end of 2009. And I wanted to do another payments company, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do.

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Taking a $4B Company from Consumer to B2B with Pluralsight (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

So my father sat down with me in our basement, and I remember working in this makeshift workstation that we built together and we learned how to code, because back then there weren’t a lot of applications, there weren’t a lot of games, a lot of software to be used, so we actually had to create it ourselves.

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14 Key Business Lessons SaaS Companies Can Learn from Netflix

SmartKarrot

They have also invested heavily in creating high-quality original content such as House of Cards and Orange is the New Black — all of which are available for streaming instantly through their platform. Use data to drive your free trial process. The world is full of generic software companies that offer related products.

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

Sales Hacker

The New Solution Selling. Integrity Selling for the 21st Century. Predictable Revenue. Leveraging transparency and vulnerability in your presentations and your negotiations leads to faster buyer consensus, larger deals, faster payments, longer commitments and more predictable sales forecasts. The New Solution Selling.

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