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Andreessen Horowitz

We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. a16z has long had an investment theory that we should invest behind strengths of a business model and opportunity, not lack of weakness. It truly has been a team effort.

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SaaStr Classic: Jyoti Bansal of Harness.io and AppDynamics; Dev Ittycheria of MongoDB (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I still remember the very first time I met Dev back in 2011 and I was this engineer turn first-time founder, CEO running the business. And we were like less than 10 million ARR and business was doing very well. You can have the great product and a great team, but the market of small or very niche.

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The 5 Best Email Marketing Companies of 2020

Neil Patel

These companies will help you to strategize, collect relevant email addresses, create, and manage email marketing campaigns that drive business growth. Our team at Neil Patel Digital vetted hundreds of email marketing companies based on their brand reputation, client portfolio, ratings, and their areas of expertise. Bad content!

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State of the Cloud 2019: Europa Edition with Alex Ferrara, Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. One example I’ll give, one of the best companies out there on this metric was Shopify, which is a company that in around 2011 had about 12 million of ARR.

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The Best SaaS Blog Posts and Resources Library

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The SaaS Business Model & Metrics: Understand the Key Drivers for Success by David Skok, Matrix Partners SaaS Metrics — 201 A slightly deeper dive into SaaS industry metrics. We trust leaders to make decisions on what tools they need to get the most out of their teams. Keep an eye out as we will be making regular updates.

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Unlocking the Power of the Blue Ocean Strategy: A Comprehensive Guide for SaaS Businesses [2023]

User Pilot

The focus is on developing new demand and reconstructing market landscapes to make rivals obsolete. It pushes businesses to question long-standing industry and strategic assumptions. Develop creative “what-if” scenarios to design potential blue ocean offerings. By 2011, it achieved revenues of $850 million with only 20 shows.

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Unlocking the Power of the Blue Ocean Strategy: A Comprehensive Guide for SaaS Businesses [2023]

User Pilot

The focus is on developing new demand and reconstructing market landscapes to make rivals obsolete. It pushes businesses to question long-standing industry and strategic assumptions. Develop creative “what-if” scenarios to design potential blue ocean offerings. By 2011, it achieved revenues of $850 million with only 20 shows.