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20+ Top Social Media Sites and Platforms to Grow Your Brand in 2024

Buffer Resources

Launched by the Chinese technology company Sina Corporation in 2009, Sina Weibo, or simply Weibo, is, a microblogging platform that compares to Twitter and Instagram. Sina Weibo 598 million MAU “ Weibo ” (微博) means “micro-blog” in Chinese.

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Pricing Strategies to Combat Stagflation

FastSpring

Pricing positioning based on regional purchasing power (2 minutes): Note: Check out our Recession-Proof Pricing Report for a collection of data from the 2009 recession and the global inflation surge in 2021 to look for trends. No matter what your business model, we meet you where you are. About FastSpring.

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There are over 100 SaaS unicorns. How long did it take them to get to $100 million in ARR?

The Angel VC

In most cases, this doesn’t make a huge difference (if all revenue is subscription based, GAAP revenue trails ARR) but note that for companies with a larger percentage of setup fees, revenue from professional services or other non-recurring revenue sources, the difference is bigger. In that case, I used 2013 for the “founded” year.

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Benchmarking WorkDay's S-1 - How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up

Tom Tunguz

In 2009 and 2010, the company recognized more revenue from services than subscription. Over time, subscription revenue will continue to increase compared to services revenue. In contrast, WorkDay typically signs 3-5 subscription year agreements, so the subscription revenue is a substantial annuity of long duration.

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How the NYTimes avoided disruption

Tom Tunguz

Over the weekend, I watched Page One, a documentary which chronicles the turmoil occurring within the New York Times in 2009 and 2010 when newspapers were going out of business all over the country. 10% of revenues originate from digital subscriptions, evidence the paper is mastering a new art form - making money on the web.

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What's table stakes in SaaS, anno 2015

The Angel VC

The point that I made was that most of the tactics which smart SaaS entrepreneurs developed around 2007-2009 – inbound marketing, conversion optimization, lifecycle marketing, etc. – While a Tweetstorm is a nice way of gently breaking the 140 character limit, I thought it would make sense to follow-up with a blog post.

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Clouded Judgement 9.30.22

Clouded Judgement

In older MS CIO surveys, budget expectations went negative only in 2009 and 2020. Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA.

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