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Fintech Sees Renewed Focus in Colombia

Andreessen Horowitz

Seventy-six percent of Colombians use fintech services, according to an Ernst & Young report, the highest fintech adoption rate in Latin America, and from 2008 to 2022, the percentage of Colombian adults who hold a banking product rose from 55% to over 90%. See a16z.com/global-payments for more.

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Finding the Next Wave of Growth: S-Curves and Product Sequencing

Casey Accidental

It looked like this: We eventually re-architected our engagement loops to be based around personalization instead of around friends. Network effect products rely less on new product innovation unless it’s the only way to monetize. The value prop is shifting from payments and ticketing to helping event creators grow their ticket sales.

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Is Strategy Dead in Tech? The Winners Don’t Think So

OPEXEngine

Growth is what moves the valuation needle and growth depends on innovation, speed and agility, not annual planning processes. Since 2008, its revenue has tripled and its stock price has soared 14-fold in response. These “asset-light” strategies use win-win partnerships to build scale, add capabilities and accelerate innovation.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chargebee and Glassdoor — November 1, 2019

SaaStr

Does it have to be in person? Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings. So if we start on the first type of SaaS businesses that sell to SMBs and often one to five person teams, and they likely will always sell to those types of teams. What is the process to do it efficiently?

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The top SaaS companies ruling the East Coast

SaaStock

Founded: 2008. 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. Founded: 2008. Founders: Felix Van De Maele, Pieter De Leenheer, Stijn Christiaens.

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Everything You Need to Know About Freemium Pricing

OpenView Labs

But if freemium is right for you, you’ll need to constantly innovate, iterate and evolve – and then, hopefully, gain the traction you need to stand out in a crowded market full of other free products. How to Increase Your Payment Customers In a Freemium Model. No business model is foolproof, of course. The dark side of freemium.

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What Are The Top 50 SaaS Companies in 2020?

SmartKarrot

Ever since its inception in the 1960s, SaaS has evolved from a mere time-sharing system to innovative and efficient applications that can be accessed on multiple computers. The ‘haven for programmers’ – GitHub has been providing its services through a SaaS model since 2008. With this, it is expected to grow by 5% annually.