The Angel VC

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Continuing my little 2010 portfolio review ( here's part 1 ), the next stop after San Francisco ( Zendesk ), Vancouver ( Clio ) and Berlin ( Momox ) is Edinburgh, home of FreeAgent Central. And there's more to come. Konnichi wa , myGengo.

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How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

More and more companies adopt SaaS, which enhances user experience, drives operational efficiency, and fosters innovation. Aalpha Information Systems was featured on Bloomberg and Business Insider, also receiving the Fintech Innovator Award and Software Suggest Award for best user experience.

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Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 4, 2020

When Stripe was launched in 2010, dealing with payments online wasn’t a straightforward matter. As I outlined in the beginning, handling payments wasn’t easy in 2010, even for developers. And is Stripe a good choice as your billing and payment provider? Can they preserve their dominance? Let’s see why.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 30, 2019

Jim previously served as President and CEO of Netezza where he drove the nearly $2B acquisition of Netezza by IBM in 2010. Jim also led Endeca’s early rise from tiny startup to the leading provider of innovative information access and delivery software solutions.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 26, 2024

And at a company like Sideways 6 — whose product is an idea management software to help organizations engage people and foster innovation — that emphasis on collaboration gets even louder. But the the, I suppose the proper answer would be that this was probably back in 2010. But how does it drive product innovation and value?

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 14, 2014

It may also be because the pace of innovation has increased and fending off competitors means persistently building more products. Looking at the gross dollars invested in engineering, the 2014 cohort spends much more than the 2010, 2006 and 2002 cohorts, setting aside one outlier year in the 2006 cohort. 1998 34 11.

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The Angel VC

JULY 17, 2015

Join me as I go back in time and take a look at how SaaS landing pages looked like some years ago. The SaaS Stone Age Fast-backward about 16 years.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In this era of ever-increasing digital disruption and innovation, category design can be the ultimate business strategy for brands wishing to stand out from the crowd. It’s called Play Bigger, How Rebels and Innovators Create New Categories and Dominate Markets. It tackles this idea of responsible innovation.

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Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 15, 2014

The startup founded in 2010 that takes 7 years to reach the $1B mark hasn’t yet been granted enough time to achieve it. Enterprises pursue technology innovations and adopt them at earlier phases of product development, to gain a competitive advantage. In addition, open source software is a big driver of infrastructure innovation.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Criticism encourages brands to up their game and innovate, which benefits all consumers. Back in 2010 , the iPhone 4 received widespread criticism over bar drops and reception issues. Comparative advertising encourages product improvement and innovation, and can lead to lower prices in the marketplace.

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Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

This innovative software tool is a proven and tested customer engagement booster. With the unique self-service solutions on offer, your customers can get the best features in blazing fast times, with your devs focusing on innovation and quality. So pick accordingly. #1 1 Intercom. Best For: User Journey Planning and Optimization.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As such, e-commerce store owners need to find innovative ways to stand out from the crowd. Founded in 2010 in Redwood, California, Shopkick is an app that offers users rewards for their online and in-store activities. The e-commerce landscape is becoming more competitive by the day.

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Merchant Services Marketplace as a Service Social Media Systems Review 145

Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Generation Alpha covers those born between 2010 and 2024. They’re entering a genuinely advanced world where automation and innovation rule. Let’s take a look at the climate shaping this upcoming generation and what we can expect from them in the future. What Birth Years Are Considered Generation Alpha?

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Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

For those who are not yet familiar, Stripe is essentially an one-stop financial solution for eCommerce businesses that was founded in 2010. Using innovative tools and software, these platforms allow companies to thrive as they provide the technology necessary to easily process and receive payments. What is Stripe?

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Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 4, 2020

When Stripe was launched in 2010, dealing with payments online wasn’t a straightforward matter. As I outlined in the beginning, handling payments wasn’t easy in 2010, even for developers. And is Stripe a good choice as your billing and payment provider? Can they preserve their dominance? Let’s see why.

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Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 52

Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

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. Many wondered if the Times would also file for bankruptcy. Today, the NYTimes remains at the forefront of journalism and will for many years.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Laravel is all about providing a great experience for those looking to innovate and develop apps quickly. Created in 2010, Slim targets developers building smaller or more simple web services. Do you want to build a scalable, sophisticated app with advanced features? Then consider Laravel. Slim could be the answer.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The first and only engagement and intelligence platform built by revenue innovators for revenue innovators. We’ve been around since 2010, founded by Henry Schuck, who’s still our CEO. First, we’re going to hear from our sponsors. This episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast is brought to you by Outreach.

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OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

From 2010 through 2020, tech start-ups made up a majority of venture funding across all deals by independent venture capital (VC) firms and corporate venture capitalists, according to Bain analysis using our Startup Investment Cruncher database (see Figure 1). Technology is reshaping the economy, and it starts with venture capital.

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OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

From 2010 through 2020, tech start-ups made up a majority of venture funding across all deals by independent venture capital (VC) firms and corporate venture capitalists, according to Bain analysis using our Startup Investment Cruncher database (see Figure 1). Technology is reshaping the economy, and it starts with venture capital.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 27, 2018

As the VP Sales tenure decreases , down from 27 months in 2010 to 19 months as recently as 2017, more sales leaders will look beyond high-level sales strategies, and will seek to understand the deeper inner workings of their sales orgs. Trend #8: Sales Leadership Going Deep. Be on planes and show up in person. What did I miss?

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OpenView Labs

MAY 1, 2019

Similarly, Sean Ellis , who coined the term “Growth Hacker” in 2010, suggests that “Growth is not just a concern of sales and marketing, but of product, engineering and support too. It is this organization-wide commitment to growth that ultimately sets companies apart.”. Hiring for Growth.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Following the advice you got about video optimization back in 2010 won’t get you very far today. For businesses, video content offers an innovative way to attract customers. Video SEO is one of those things that constantly evolves, making it tricky to understand. It’s all about generating views and activity that increase conversions.

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Social Media Engineering Engagement Travel 89

BetterCloud

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Though we are still in the early phases of innovation, there are proven methods for achieving a higher degree of maturity for managing sprawling applications in the cloud. The model has been promoted by Forrester as “Zero Trust” since as early as 2010 and has also been adopted by Google as “BeyondCorp.”.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Join PagerDuty’s CEO, Jennifer Tejada, as she discusses the need for agility and innovation and how automation is aiding adaptability and allowing enterprises to surge ahead. So looking forward, we also need to innovate and automate policies around flexible working, childcare and lead to address some of these challenges.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 19, 2022

While this framework is a practical guide, innovation and creativity is the key to growing a product-led business and keeping users engaged. Imagine what you’d search for in 2010 to find Slack. As with anything, frameworks aren’t universal. How could they have scaled keyword advertising?

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OPEXEngine

MAY 19, 2020

Still others tolerated poor results during the downturn, waiting to see what would happen, and then finally took action—too late because they bought the wrong asset or fell behind in product innovation. Since 2010, the combined company has produced healthy revenue growth. How winning companies behave differently.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 11, 2019

Since 2010, he’s helped the company grow to more than 40,000 customers and helped scale the support team to more than 500 employees to assist those users. Michael: I’m really excited about the pace of innovation in terms of automation: our ability to bring self-service to customers. It’s been around for a long time.

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SaaStr

JUNE 4, 2019

So, I’ve had success at running surveys and getting customer feedback in various places including at LinkedIn where when I was there in 2010, we started something called global recruiting trends and to this day they still run that type of research although the format as you would expect has shifted over the years.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2021

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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ProfitWell

MAY 18, 2020

The beauty subscription box startup Birchbox launched in September 2010 as the unemployment rate peaked at 10 percent. It's an innovative new pasta dispersal method apparently years in the making. It might feel like tough luck but successful founders argue now might actually be a good time to launch. In an article by Inc.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That success has been bolstered by the fact that the UK is among the world’s most innovative financial services regulatory environments. Regulation is generally a blocker to innovation. The new and old regulatory innovations are accelerating fintech’s success. or the rest of Europe.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 10, 2020

Today’s most disruptive companies are finding ways to innovate on how they market, sell, and provide service to their buyers, and Yamini has a proven track record of doing just that. Prior to Zuora, Tom was Vice President and GM at Convio, playing a key role in the company’s 2010 IPO.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In 2010, he joined DGF Investimentos, one of the top VC firms in Brazil. In 2010, he became one of the Co-Founders of Warehouse Investimentos, a prominent Brazilian VC company. In 2010, he founded Influitive, which helps B2B companies employ brand advocates for faster growth and development. His focus there was deal-sourcing.

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Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 25, 2022

Founded in 2010, Culture Amp is an employee experience management platform. EarlyBirds is a platform that provides an open, innovative ecosystem. With a vision to speed up capacity, culture, and innovation, the innovation platform assists businesses in all stages (startups as well as scale-ups). Culture Amp. EarlyBirds.

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SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

Ceyuan Ventures selects entrepreneurs who show promise in crafting leading technologies, backed by powerful teams and innovation. It finances innovative tech companies across the globe, supporting them also via the Group’s resources and knowhow. Founded: 2010. Founded: 2010. Vietnam Innovative Startup Accelerator.

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Chargify

MARCH 28, 2018

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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