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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

When Apple started using the catchphrase “There’s an app for that” in 2009 to convey the breadth and variety of apps available in its App Store, we could barely begin to picture just how true that would become – well over half the time spent online in the US is spent on smartphone apps. . And then there’s messaging.

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Top 10 Tools to Get Your App PLG-d

Frontegg

This philosophy applies to both low and high touch business models, where the vendor has to eliminate all potential usability problems that may arise. Founded : 2011 Known customers: Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, AWS, Unity, Udemy, Shopify Price starts at: $38/month per user. #2 Best For: Product Adoption. 6 ChargeBee.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Domo and Gorgias — April 24, 2020

SaaStr

As for John, prior to Domo he served as vice president for strategy and business operations for Adobe’s Digital Experience business, driving more than $3 billion in annual revenue. Then, we took the company public and did a secondary, and eventually, sold it in 2009, to Adobe for $1.8 billion in annual revenue.

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After Selling For $580M, Here’s What I Learned About SaaS During My Time At Buildium

Outseta

In this post I’m going to share the most important lessons about growing a SaaS business that I learned at Buildium—collectively, these things had an awful lot to do with the company being valued so highly. My role at Buildium In late 2009 the economy had tanked and I had a newly minted MBA but no real job experience.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chris O’Neill and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

I have seen my fair share of storms and or crises from the early days of the dot-com boom and bust to 2008, 2009 crisis and then having a front row seat at some of these turnarounds at iconic brands like Evernote, and more recently on the board at Gap, which is undergoing its own transformation. So we spent a lot of time there.

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