Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The scale is extraordinary. At a time when SaaS companies represent the vanguard of disruptive innovation, it’s not surprising that an armada of non-software companies are following suit by attempting to replicate the business model in a bid to attract investment. There are about 3.2

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 30, 2016

In the 13 years that followed, many startups have followed their path to build innovative software that has transformed their respective industries and sectors. By 2007 there were five IPOs and that number crested at nine in 2013 and 2014. The shift has been revolutionary both in software delivery as well as sales.

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Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

Product-Led Growth (PLG) is a consumer-centric scaling, conversion, and retention philosophy that uses the product itself as the primary growth driver. This innovative software tool is a proven and tested customer engagement booster. So pick accordingly. #1 1 Intercom. Best For: User Journey Planning and Optimization. 4 Pendo.io.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2019

In late 2007, a pair of roommates found themselves scraping their wallets to come up with enough cash to cover their exorbitant San Francisco rent. This is episode six of Scale , a brand new podcast series on moving from startup to scale up. It’s not uncommon for innovators to get skunked by the competition.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 19, 2022

Based on interviews with B2B SaaS experts who have built and scaled product-led businesses, we designed a new user journey. Scale: how to keep users happy and capture more value. While this framework is a practical guide, innovation and creativity is the key to growing a product-led business and keeping users engaged.

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OPEXEngine

MAY 19, 2020

Headed into the global financial crisis a decade ago, a group of almost 3,900 companies worldwide that we ran through Bain’s Sustained Value Creators analysis posted double-digit earnings growth, on average, from 2003 to 2007. And 89% more US companies lost profitability in the last downturn vs. stable periods. Identify M&A targets early.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Join PagerDuty’s CEO, Jennifer Tejada, as she discusses the need for agility and innovation and how automation is aiding adaptability and allowing enterprises to surge ahead. And to do this, you’ve got to scale it through your managers. This episode is sponsored by Linode. But management has changed.

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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. You then started another voice company, which was acquired by Google in 2007. But it worked out.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That success has been bolstered by the fact that the UK is among the world’s most innovative financial services regulatory environments. Regulation is generally a blocker to innovation. In 2007, it became one of the first markets in the world to issue contactless (tap-to-pay) cards. (A or the rest of Europe.

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Chargify

MARCH 28, 2018

In 2007, combo meal sales began to drop. From 2007 to 2012, combo meal sales at fast food restaurants declined by 12% , according to a NPD Group study. As they scale they continue to test and release new products, such as the Acquire product that was in public beta at the time (2015). Late 2015.

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 22, 2023

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. To see how SmartKarrot helps B2B companies streamline and scale customer success, Request a Demo.

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Founded: 2007. As a testimony to the quality of their service, Forter was recently again included in Forbes 50 “Most Innovative Fintech Companies In 2019” list. Recently, Recorded Future were honored with the 2018 CRN Tech Innovator Award. Founders: Dwight Merriman, Eliot Horowitz, Kevin Ryan. Based in: New York. Founded: 2013.

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SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2023

From PLG innovator at $30m ARR t o a top SLG+PLG leader at $1B in ARR. It’s about scale and revenue. At a high level, why are things scaling faster than ever from your perspective? Things are scaling faster. David : Zenefits is scaling faster than about anything I’ve ever seen. Slack for Business?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

But it is really incredible and inspiring to see how these companies and these cloud leaders have ushered in this new phase of innovation and growth, even in the hardest moments of society. Even at spectacular scale, they’re still growing at 30%. Law number one, in the cloud economy, scale wins. It is staggering.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Innovating for People. Based on an exhaustive study of thousands of sales reps across multiple industries and geographies, The Challenger Sale argues that classic relationship building is a losing approach, especially when it comes to selling complex, large-scale business-to-business solutions. How to Win Friends and Influence People.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Learn what it takes to create your own category, achieve scale in a niche SaaS vertical and how it requires more than just discovering an unmet need. When we actually did our market research, we found that 80% of physical therapists were still using and documenting on pen and paper back in 2007. Want to see more content like this?

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SaaStr

JULY 28, 2021

We’re continuing to innovate. When you find the right partner, the right investor, what they can do in terms of helping you grow and scale a company is just invaluable. You have to learn things like how do I scale my sales force? background music]. Therese : We were the ones to pioneer this market in the first place.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Plus, from 2007 until 2013, Karen ran all of Box’s business development, partnership, and strategic alliance activities. What were Karen’s biggest takeaways from seeing the hyper-scaling at Box? Plus from 2007 until 2013, Karen ran all of Box’s business development, partnership and strategic alliance activities.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2019

So, with that as my motivation, five years ago I set out on a mission to find the innovation going on around me in B2B sales. How can you tip the scales in your favor by showing the customer what they will lose by not doing business with you? Collins, 2007. Why is that research not included in traditional sales training?

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Founded: 2007. As a testimony to the quality of their service, Forter was recently again included in Forbes 50 “Most Innovative Fintech Companies In 2019” list. Recently, Recorded Future were honored with the 2018 CRN Tech Innovator Award. Founders: Dwight Merriman, Eliot Horowitz, Kevin Ryan. Based in: New York. Founded: 2013.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 3, 2019

To me, companies will always be trying to innovate around how do they serve their customers better and their employees better in order to build their businesses and drive more revenue. Besides focusing on product and how we won, the single biggest learning for me in Marketo was that innovating a product was necessary, but not sufficient.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Why press isn’t something he stressed when scaling and neither should you. Ryan Smith: And so we had to switch and we chose Qualtrics, and it was the best thing we’ve ever done because everything we ever wanted to do, pivot the company or get away from surveys, which in 2007 were like, “Whoa, this is way bigger.”

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 28, 2022

The SaaS platform offers several innovative features, including continuous threat monitoring, network segmentation, continuous vulnerability detection, and security posture assessment. It helps developers handle clusters, nodes, scaling, failure recovery, and data persistence. Founded in: 2007. Redis Labs. Founded in: 2020.

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