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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

Putting narrative order on the past decade, a 10-year-period that has somehow remained stubbornly nameless, is quite the challenge, but it’s impossible to make sense of the 2010s without understanding the role of software. In China, WeChat, which launched in 2011, sends about 45 billion messages every day. Big tech takes over.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Amplitude at $150,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

Amplitude is a quiet Cloud leader that you might not have heard of — unless you are building software. There, Amplitude has become part of the core product stack for many SaaS and software leaders for product analytics. This is super impressive and what we’re seeing from so many Cloud leaders. This is rare.

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The Secrets Behind Creating Scalable Products with Box’s CEO, Aaron Levie

SaaStr

Aaron Levie, CEO and Co-founder of Box, discusses the approaches he used for scaling his company in terms of hybrid work, adjusting to a dynamic economy during the pandemic, and the importance of the Cloud and digital technology for every business. Box has always lived in the Cloud, anti-on-prem. Key takeaways.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Twilio at $3.4B in ARR

SaaStr

The best in SaaS and Cloud really do scale just about forever. Say what you will about when SaaS and Cloud companies choose to go profitable, Twilio will be there at $4B in ARR. #8. Still, 60% is the ideal target for being considered a “software” company. #9. A hero company in Cloud and SaaS for us all to look up!

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We?re About To See a Lot More SaaS Debt

SaaStr

“Salesforce’s IPO is also seen as a test of a new business model that could shake up the software industry. The company is the poster child for subscription-based software, a model that’s gaining popularity among corporate buyers. Things started changing in 2011. Don’t VC’s Want This Dealflow? Why Let Banks In?

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2011: More of the same. only worse

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

What's new for 2011? What I expect is that we'll see many of the same things we've been seeing for awhile in software-as-a-service (SaaS) marketing. More confusion Customers will confront more confusion about SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, cloud computing, private clouds, public clouds, hybrid clouds, etc.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

Trailblazing through their home continent, venturing successfully onto the world stage or changing from on-premise software to SaaS, these companies could have a postal code in any SaaS hotspot in the world. ContaAzul was acquired by the collaborative software platform Wabbi Software S.A. Founded : 2011. Founded : 2011.