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Instacart

Andreessen Horowitz

Investing in Instacart was perhaps the hardest decision I had to make as a venture capitalist. We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. Focusing on the former was key to our investment decision. Instacart is a case study of this.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

Founded : 2011. Founded : 2011. Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. from Astella Investimentos, Spectra Investments and others. Some of its top uses include financial services, e-commerce, marketing, education, and many more. . RD Station.

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Companies With Usage-Based Pricing Grow 38% Faster

OpenView Labs

Today we know of HubSpot —the maker of marketing, sales, and service software products—as a preeminent public company with a market cap above $17B. So in 2011, they introduced usage-based pricing. They invest in a frictionless customer onboarding experience and high quality support so that new users get hooked on the platform.

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From marketplace to SaaS business: How Udemy acquired 80% of the Fortune 100

Intercom, Inc.

. “The shift from serving just consumers to serving consumers and companies is a massive one” For Udemy, investing in a B2B arm seemed too obvious, and too good, an opportunity to ignore. 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.

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Miro’s Andrey Khusid on the art of distributed teamwork

Intercom, Inc.

Here are five quick takeaways: In 2011, Forbes Magazine called RealtimeBoard (Miro’s previous iteration) “a virtual whiteboard on steroids” We chatted to Andrey about this description to see if the shoe still fits today. Andrey explains why embracing the professional services sector in a unique way has paid dividends.

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How to Build a Growth-Focused SEO Strategy for Every Stage of the Funnel

Baremetrics

Take it from Forbes, a reputable publication, who learned the hard way when they themselves were penalized in 2011 for selling links.What exactly works today? It's part of the Google Ads service. You can view the Core Web Vitals in Google Search Console (if you verify your rights to the site) and other SEO services.

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

Meet Our Speakers… Patrick Arippol, Managing Director of Early Stage Investments, DGF Investimentos. He is leading DGF Investimentos’ specialized early-stage investment group – DGF Inova. He dropped out of Stanford Graduate School of Business and then co-founded LeaseExchange, an online marketplace for equipment leasing.