SaaStr

APRIL 1, 2023

Rewind The Clock — How Did We Get Here Most small businesses in pre-2010 didn’t have computers in their store or restaurant. Throw in the rise of social media and mobile web payment systems like Stripe and Braintree, and something revolutionary was at our doorstep. Most didn’t even have internet. Can you believe that?

Scale 245

Scale SMB Merchant Services Payment Methods 245

IT World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Ever since Apple introduced its mobile device management (MDM) protocol for managing devices in 2010, the iPhone has been the de facto standard in smartphones for businesses across every industry.

Enterprise 137

Enterprise compliance Mobile Management 137

SaaStr

MARCH 4, 2019

And realistically, in the early days, it lacked some of the core sync technology of Dropbox for Dropbox’s core early consumer use cases (especially pre-mobile). They leaned in hard in the enterprise, beginning in 2010. So they went upmarket. And it worked. They learned to sell to IT, back when that was hard in SaaS.

Mobile 30

Mobile Content Marketing Cloud Technology 30

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

The areas of interest are IT, mobile, consumer products and services, healthcare, cleantech, and financial services, among others. SaaS Investments: NQ Mobile, and others. Founded: 2010. Founded: 2010. SAIF Partners is one of the top private equity firms that provides growth capital financing for Asia businesses.

SaaS Payments 190

SaaS Payments Venture Capital Payment Services Telecommunications 190

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

When Eren Bali founded Udemy in 2010, he had a vision for what the marketplace would be: a place where anyone could teach and learn anything. You could take a course on how to play guitar, paint with watercolors, create a website, or build your own mobile app – all in one place. Turning a sales objection into a unique differentiator.

Marketplace as a Service 243

Marketplace as a Service Scale Sales Recruiting Business 243

Frontegg

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

authentication framework for better interoperability, identity management, and support for mobile apps in development. In 2010, the IETF OAuth Working Group released the initial draft of the OAuth 2.0 In 2014, the OpenID Foundation developed a new version named OpenID Connect (OIDC). OpenID Connect strengthens the OAuth 2.0

Mobile 144

Mobile PayPal Identity management Cloud 144

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Gen Z—those born between 1995 and 2010—now makes up 35 percent of the population and represent $143 billion dollars in spending power.

Marketing 127

Marketing Branding Mobile 127

Neil Patel

MARCH 24, 2021

Back in 2010, we wrote a thorough beginner’s guide to Google Webmaster Tools. Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP). Accelerated Mobile Pages is an open-source initiative designed to provide fast-loading mobile websites that work with slow connection speeds. Mobile Usability. It is a powerful, but complex, tool.

Mobile 132

Mobile Software Review Web Development Web Developers 132

Neil Patel

JUNE 30, 2021

How your site loads, what it looks like, and how users interact with it contribute to your rankings, along with other factors like HTTPS, safe browsing, mobile friendliness, and the presence of interstitials. The search giant finds over half ( 52 percent ) of users will be less likely to engage with a brand after a bad mobile experience.

User Experience 141

User Experience Systems Review Mobile Branding 141

Tom Tunguz

MAY 5, 2014

I created a basket of most of the venture-backed consumer IPOs since 2010 and added bellwethers Facebook and Google. Social has been powered by Facebook’s growth driven by their phenomenal mobile ad success, which is offsetting Twitter’s decline. In that time period, the average public consumer company has fallen 25%.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Marketing Enterprise Mobile 100

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. Consumers trust mobile commerce. We haven’t yet allowed enough years for the companies founded in 2011 that require five years to reach a billion dollar value to mature, which depresses the average value.

Startup 100

Startup B2C Scale B2B 100

Neil Patel

JULY 30, 2021

However, Google made the tool available to the public in 2010, which made it simpler for all website owners to access and use. As browsing habits changed and it became more common for people to access the web through mobile devices or apps, Google realized the tool just wasn’t flexible enough to stay competitive. Put simply, Goo.gl

Social Media 140

Social Media Scale Mobile Branding 140

Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 11, 2024

Over the last decade, we’ve seen record growth in player demand driven by several tailwinds, including: the rise of mobile and emerging markets, new business models like free-to-play and subscriptions, transmedia storytelling, and much more. This is a ~20x increase from a $10M average budget for a single platform game in 2010.

Outsourcing Services 93

Outsourcing Services Investment Outsourced Development Marketplace as a Service 93

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Statista says 52 percent of global internet traffic is mobile. A third of all mobile searches on Google are local. Microsoft says the same thing — 53 percent of mobile searches on Bing have local intent. . Then we see data showing that local searches are growing 50 percent faster than mobile search. and local SEO.

Technical Review 136

Technical Review Sales Hiring Software Review Mobile 136

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 28, 2016

In the case of a paid mobile game, it’s simple. Chris Dixon wrote about wedge business models in 2010. So that chain reaction is a series of chained probabilities. When thinking about a potential market opportunity, articulating the list of business model chained probabilities can be useful.

Business Model 100

Business Model Startup Business Scale 100

IT World

JULY 13, 2023

As the number of platforms used in business has proliferated beyond the PC, mobile device management (or enterprise mobility management or unified endpoint management , if you prefer) has become a core competency for IT departments.

Mobile 70

Mobile Enterprise Management Marketing 70

SaaStr

JANUARY 14, 2020

And from about 2007 till 2010 we bootstrapped and built the first version of the Pluralsight you see today. That was in 2010, and we committed the company to go big with this cloud-based SaaS business model that would allow us to reach individuals anywhere in the world.

B2B 173

B2B B2C Scale New CTO 173

Buffer Resources

JULY 3, 2023

Both tools offer unlimited post scheduling, review management, analytics and reporting, engagement features, iOS and Android mobile apps, and paid promotion analytics. Despite costing an eye-watering $220 more a month than Buffer, Sprout Social ultimately provides a very similar feature set. How many users?

Social Media 114

Social Media Technical Review Management AI 114

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

So you can read articles in your leisure time, even on its mobile app. On Pocket’s iOS and Android mobile apps, you can even listen to your saved articles using Text-To-Speech (TTS). Google included site speed as one of the 200 signals in its search ranking algorithm back in 2010. To get started, you need to install the plugin.

Social Media 145

Social Media Software Review Mobile Engineering 145

FastSpring

APRIL 24, 2025

Since 2010, she’s been leading teams, building websites, web applications for nonprofits, K through 12, higher education, government, businesses of all sizes. Through work at Equalize Digital, Amber is striving to create a world where all people have equal access to information and tools on the internet.

Business 108

Business Software Review Underperforming Technical Team AI Search 108

Neil Patel

JANUARY 13, 2021

When Instagram launched in 2010 with its visually-focused platform, it disrupted the social media scene. Keep in mind that this is Instagram, so images and content should be formatted for mobile. So big was its success that it sparked a whole movement in photo styling. How to Find Instagram Guides.

Travel 141

Travel Social Media Branding Mobile 141

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Users could shop for anything they wanted right from their mobile devices. Founded in 2010 in Redwood, California, Shopkick is an app that offers users rewards for their online and in-store activities. Not finding what you’re looking for at one mall and having to visit another is an inconvenience we’ve probably all experienced.

Merchant Services 145

Merchant Services Marketplace as a Service Social Media Systems Review 145

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Mobile video games. He even offers fonts that are optimized for mobile applications — which is critical for businesses. But fonts are just the first step; you also need to make sure your site loads quickly on mobile. It’s a UK-based website that allows your company to work with creative designers from other countries.

Branding 145

Branding Scale Mobile Systems Review 145

Buffer Resources

JULY 10, 2023

Our world-class support, innovative features, and mobile-friendly tools make managing your social media presence seamless. With over 7 million users since 2010, Buffer is the most popular tool on the market. At Buffer, we’ve been in the social media game for a while.

Social Media 104

Social Media Artificial Intelligence Marketing AI 104

Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Generation Alpha covers those born between 2010 and 2024. For starters, Generation Alpha will be the most technologically advanced generation to date, growing up with mobile devices, AI, social media, advanced healthcare, and robotics as parts of their everyday lives. What Birth Years Are Considered Generation Alpha?

Social Media 136

Social Media Marketing Healthcare AI Search 136

Stax

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

TL;DR Founded by American Express in 2010, Small Business Saturday encourages consumers to shop at local small businesses. It was established by American Express in 2010 and gained official recognition from the US Senate the following year. Source: Smore Don’t forget to ensure mobile responsiveness for a seamless user experience.

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Stax 88

Unbounce

DECEMBER 12, 2019

And if you want to achieve blazing speeds on mobile devices, you’ll also want to investigate using Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) as well. Unbounce.com circa 2010. To help, Unbounce’s Garrett Hughes put together a shortlist of page speed fixes (plus a downloadable checklist). More Reading About Page Speed. .”

Machine Learning 126

Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Marketing AI Search 126

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Card Control Mobile application that allows cardholders to decide when and where their cards can or cannot be used based on a series of preference settings. Peer-to-peer payment Online technology that allows customers to transfer funds from their bank account or credit card to another individuals account via the Internet or a mobile phone.

Payment Services 100

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 100

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

App downloads (if they have a mobile app). Founded in 2010. Raised seed in 2010. Founded in 2010. Sort by last funding date, amount, and series to come up with a list of startups that are preparing for hyper-growth. Additional growth signals to look out for: Recent leadership hires. Website traffic increases. Sumo Logic.

Outsourcing Services 101

Outsourcing Services Scale Startup Outsourced Development 101

Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

Established in 2010, Buffer hardly needs an introduction. Baremetrics was limiting in the sense that they could only analyze their revenue from Stripe, while the team was already using mobile and custom invoicing to bill and collect payments. What is Buffer. That’s why they decided to adopt Looker for their internal analytics needs.

Payment Solutions 113

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payments Social Media 113

Neil Patel

MAY 19, 2020

AMP pages load faster on mobile devices than non-AMP pages. In regions with poor Internet infrastructure, like Brazil, you’ll see a 10 to 15% lift in mobile SEO traffic by having AMP pages. Speed is part of Google’s algorithm, so optimize it for both web and mobile. Whenever I write a blog post, I go through this step.

Social Media 145

Social Media Branding Mobile Content Marketing 145

Unbounce

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We learned from the 2010 sci-fi classic Inception that it’s nearly impossible to plant an idea in someone’s head (even for professional dream architects). This is bad news when you’re on the hook to deliver a high-performing landing page for a new product or service.

Advertising 126

Advertising Social Media Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 126

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Tim has spent his entire professional career focusing on productivity, from Sybase to TLA-Tencor to Facebook where, over his six-year tenure (2010 – 2016), the amount of revenue per employee doubled to $1.8 Tim: I was hired in 2010, when Facebook was what I like to call a “teenage company”. million apiece.

Artificial Intelligence 169

Artificial Intelligence Scale CTO Hire Technology 169

FastSpring

JUNE 19, 2019

But the report also found some surprising trends as well: the Internet is changing our workforce, influencing a growing gig economy, and more people around the globe are ditching their bank cards and using their mobile devices to pay instead. At FastSpring, there were 9 key trends in the report that caught our eye. The biggest culprit?

Payment Methods 104

Payment Methods Trends Payments Payment Services 104

IT World

JUNE 3, 2022

Declarative management is the most significant change to Apple's MDM (mobile device management) architecture since it debuted in 2010. Declarative management. One of the biggest changes dates back to last year’s conference.

Enterprise 54

Enterprise compliance Mobile Management 54

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 10, 2018

When I think about growth and Dropbox, Drew Houston’s classic talk from the 2010 Startup Lessons Learned Conference immediately comes to mind. Eventually, we got to a point, especially now that we’ve gone to mobile, where we don’t have contact importers that work as effectively as the ones before. This is so cool.

Acquisition 224

Acquisition Marketplace as a Service Retention Startup 224

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

This means our software is hosted on the cloud and used over an internet connection via a web browser or mobile app. A look at our pricing history Our ASP also reflects the changes we’ve made to our pricing model over the years. Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc.

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 98