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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

It was in August 2011 that Marc Andreessen coined the famous phrase “ Software is eating the world ” in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Apple survived the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011 under the thoughtful stewardship of Tim Cook, and continued to essentially be the iPhone company, while branching into wearables and services.

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The Latest in VC Funding + Scaling SaaS: An AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Pod 581)

SaaStr

If you didn’t catch it the other day … and you can read about it on SaaStr …Microsoft and Google Cloud both had extremely strong quarters, Microsoft Azure grew 40% last quarter , and a record number of nine-figure and billion-dollar deals. Microsoft Azure’s at incredible scale and it still grew 40% last quarter.

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12 Cybersecurity Companies In Hyper-Growth to Add to Your CRM

Sales Hacker

Investment in cybersecurity companies has increased more than thirteenfold since 2011, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was a record year for cybersecurity with over $7.8 Orca Security provides security and compliance for Amazon Web Services , Azure , and Google Cloud Platform. billion invested in the industry globally.