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The Future of AI, Open Source, and Enterprise SaaS: Where It’s All Going with Databricks’ CEO, Ali Ghodsi (Podcast #505 and Video)

SaaStr

Open Source is one of the most successful enablers of global innovation in history, and Linux has grown into the most important software platform in the world, dominating every market it enters. In 2010, COSS was valued at $10B, and 90% of that value was attributed to a single company: Red Hat. Key takeaways.

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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

To give some perspective, there were about 300 million smartphones sold in 2010. What was perhaps less predictable was the ensuing prevalence of the subscription-based business model. The other transformation is in how businesses are increasingly reliant on long-term, subscription-based relationships with their customers.

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11 Disruptive Innovation Examples (And Why Uber and Tesla Don’t Make the Cut)

OpenView Labs

If you spend much time in the startup and tech ecosystem, you’ve probably heard the term “disruptive innovation” more times than you can count. But not all companies that are commonly known as disrupters actually fit the traditional definition of disruptive innovation. Innovations are mischaracterized as disruptive. 3D Printing.

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We?re About To See a Lot More SaaS Debt

SaaStr

Carlota Perez argues in her book Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital that in the early days of a “golden age”, financial capital is necessary to fuel new technology innovation. . Salesforce’s IPO is also seen as a test of a new business model that could shake up the software industry. Why Let Banks In?

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Kinzen’s CEO Mark Little on the fight against disinformation

Intercom, Inc.

Mark is an award-winning journalist and digital media innovator with a career in broadcast news that spawns over 20 years – from his very first report on a prison riot in Dublin, to his award-winning reporting from war-torn Afghanistan. Within about 24 hours, my first report was of a prison riot out of Phibsborough, North Dublin.

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How Innovative SaaS Companies Leverage Pricing And Packaging To Beat The Competition

Chargify

Innovative SaaS companies are recognizing a shift in customer demand and offering their products and features “à la carte,” and are tailoring specific offers to target sets of customers rather than offering all customers the same generic packages. Elegant, intuitive and branded.”. Jeff Matson, Community Evangelist, Gravity Forms.

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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. This innovative software tool is a proven and tested customer engagement booster. Once the value proposition goes through, the chance of upselling skyrockets. 1 Intercom.