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Bezos' Shareholder Letter in 2000

Tom Tunguz

Throughout those 15 years, Amazon constructed a monolith heavier and more valuable than almost every other business in the world, despite the vacillations on Wall Street. All this took patience: Amazon’s share price exceeded the dot-com high Oct 23, 2009, a decade later. Amazon stood fast to their principles throughout.

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The Optimal Seed Round Construction to Maximize Series A Success

Tom Tunguz

So I’ve tried to answer the complex question using Crunchbase data from 2009 to today. The imprimatur of a VC’s investment in a company might help convince potential customers and recruits. But some might argue their money brings potential signaling risk. About 1 ⁄ 3 of these startups raised exclusively from “angels.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. Long-time readers of this (11-year old!!)

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Top 8 SaaS Development Companies in 2024

How To Buy Saas

Among 200+ projects in Aalpha’s portfolio are such SaaS platforms as Moneywelth for financial management, AgileHRO for HR operations, Lydia for the construction industry, Sparks for business coaching, and Instaclinix for medical professionals.

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Beyond the Downturn: Recession Strategies to Take the Lead

OPEXEngine

In 2009, Samsung doubled-down on R&D investment, while competitors aggressively cut costs in that area, with a fourfold increase in patents filed in the US and construction of four types of R&D centers, each with a defined product focus and investment horizon.

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How To Make Your Niche Small Business Stand Out

Backlinkfy

This startup formed in 2009 and operates Greenfit Homes, a construction business, and JobFLEX , an app development company. Create a concrete plan early on with creative content to effectively stand out to your target market. About the author Kim Phillipi is President and owner of Building Science Academy, LLC.

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PODCAST 37: What Are the Key Foundational Elements of Challenger Sales W/ Brent Adamson

Sales Hacker

Brent Adamson: If you go back to 2008/2009, things were not so great if you were selling. Walk us through that construct. Even if you were selling, nobody was buying. How was it though, that in that economy, there were consistently people who were crushing their number? That made no sense to us when we first saw.

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