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Selling into Startups 101: What You Need to Know to Find a Unicorn

Sales Hacker

In order to execute on this mission, founders can bootstrap their company, raise outside money ( venture capital is the most popular), or use a combination of both to help build their business. Security/Compliance: Early-stage startups are likely not going to be SOC certified. Founded in 2010. Raised seed in 2010.

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Why Execution Matters

Kellblog

Maybe, to pick a trivial example, Europeans don’t want to buy your compliance software because it’s weak on supporting European regulations [4]. 6] I am not speaking of MarkLogic in its contemporary form (about which I know fairly little), but as it was in the 2004-2010 period when I ran it. The Idea/Execution Quadrant.

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From Slooooow Growth to Hypergrowth with Collibra and Insight Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Felix will share insights on how he founded Collibra in Belgium, successfully relocated the company headquarters to New York City, and raised $233 million total in venture capital to become a unicorn company. It was initially compliance focus. Look, this is not just about compliance, it’s about every vertical.

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SaaS “Industry-Centric” Business Models

OPEXEngine

These factors resonated well with the investment theses of venture capital firms. Avalara provides tax compliance solutions for direct and indirect taxes. In 2010, athenahealth results showed a ~10,500 Average ARR and a revenue mix weighted toward subscription at 97%. This is a typical result for an SMM SaaS business.

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8 Tough Lessons from Closing 12,000 Customers at WebPT (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

We hit a million dollar run rate by 2010. Some compliance factors had added fuel to our fire in terms of more people wanting to adopt. We saw this opportunity to grow faster, but we needed capital. In 2010, we decided to go out in Phoenix to do an angel round of funding. We launched the company in 2008.

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