Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 27, 2018

In 2011 we launched the Intercom Messenger in the same 12 months that iMessage, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Whatsapp, and others launched too. We were the first to put a messenger inside a web or mobile app for use by marketing and support teams, and later, the first to put one on a website to help sales teams too.

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The Angel VC

MARCH 21, 2012

TEV had two purposes: Building companies and investing in other Internet startups. In 2009 TEV raised a ~ €6M fund, which was managed by Pawel and invested in 24 companies. 16 out of these 24 companies were co-investments with myself, some led by Pawel, some by me, some by both of us together.

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Mobile Startup Investment SaaS 108

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 15, 2014

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. Consumers trust mobile commerce. Why is this happening? I think there are at least four causes. First and most importantly, sample bias.

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Founded in 2007, MobileIron is a leader in the Mobile Device Management sector. MDM provides enterprises software to manage the mobile phones and tablets of their employees. Which of these products is the most attractive for Mobile Iron to sell? meaning one dollar invested in sales and marketing returns $1.30

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In 2011, Japanese YouTuber Ami Yamato created a 3D avatar to share her feelings about moving back to London after spending several years in Tokyo. Mobile phone: If you plan to record videos or edit on the go, you’ll want a smartphone with a high-quality camera and recording capabilities. The History of VTubers.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Imagine having the opportunity to sell into a company like Lyft in 2011. Back then, in 2011, Lyft was a small Series-A startup called Zimride with under 50 employees. Venture capitalists invest in startups because they believe in the founder(s) and their vision. That means a majority of their investments are write-offs.

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Outsourcing Services Scale Startup Outsourced Development 77

OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 2, 2020

When Francesca joined MongoDB in 2011, the company was going through what she describes as an incredibly hectic and exciting phase of hyper growth. I think there was a month in 2011 or 2012 where we did more events than there were days in the month,” Francesca recalled. Building a developer community from scratch.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Navid is the Founder of Pinpoint Mobile, formerly the Founder of TriFame online talent discovery site, and an early member at Wildfire Interactive, which was acquired by Google in August 2012 for over $400M. . 500 list of Fastest Growing Companies for 2011, and Mark was ranked #19 in Forbes’ Top 30 Social Sellers in the World.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Bill Magnuson, Co-founder and CEO of Braze, remembers his company’s founding in 2011 in an office with bare concrete floors—an austerity that he opines as “probably an ingredient for category creation.” From its earliest days, Braze embraced a duel set of convictions: New businesses would be mobile first. Stick to your convictions.

Mobile 251

Mobile Technology Investment Innovation 251

OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

Creative software is still Adobe’s core, but the company is now a leader in market analytics and web development technology, and it is currently investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Winning requires using scarce resources to out-invest the competition where it matters most. But that can be shortsighted.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Strategy Payment Services Scale 52

SaaStr

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Bill Magnuson, Co-founder and CEO of Braze, remembers his company’s founding in 2011 in an office with bare concrete floors—an austerity that he opines as “probably an ingredient for category creation.” From its earliest days, Braze embraced a duel set of convictions: New businesses would be mobile first. Stick to your convictions.

Mobile 218

Mobile Technology Investment Innovation 218

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Decision Step 1 - Track Core Web Vitals Step 2 - Optimize images Step 3 - Optimize the site's mobile usability Step 4 - Analyze the behavior of website visitors 4. 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?

Strategy 113

Strategy Technical Review Software Review Sales Hiring 113

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It was around that time about 12 years ago that Jeff Bezos launched AWS, and some of you may remember that, when he did this, Wall Street analysts were looking at him and saying, “Why would you take what’s already a very unprofitable business and drive it further into the red by investing in this AWS initiative?”

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BetterCloud

APRIL 5, 2018

BetterCloud was founded in 2011 with a focus on delivering IT a tool to help manage and secure Google Apps (now G Suite). Instead of trying to bolt connectors onto a product that wasn’t built for multi-application support, we chose to make a massive investment and build a new platform that could support any application with an API.

Mobile 40

Mobile Advertising Scale SaaS 40

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

According to Mike Laven, CEO of Currencycloud, the one thing necessary for any company to succeed in China – or in any of the Asian countries – is to get local investment. It has more than 100 investments since its founding in 2001. SAIF is also one of the biggest funds, investing in Hong Kong, China and India.

SaaS Payments 190

SaaS Payments Venture Capital Telecommunications Payment Services 190

GetUplift

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Gusto was a small startup in 2011 competing against payroll tech giants such as QuickBooks and Square. Investment . This is where the customer takes an action and starts investing back into your product. Every element of gamification addresses the 4th step of the ‘Hooked’ model – getting them invested in your product.

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Retention Strategy Sales Social Media 89

SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Founded: 2011. signed a multi-year equity investment deal with TELUS Ventures. Founded: 2011. Founded: 2011. The GoCanvas mobile platform helps companies replace paperwork and outdated processes, along with automating new ones. Founders: Aman Narang, Jonathan Grimm, Steve Fredette. Based in: Boston, MA.

SaaS Payments 271

SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 271

SaaStr

APRIL 25, 2019

We are an enterprise-focused VC fund in New York, and we invest in enterprise startups throughout the country and it’s both a privilege and a blast to be here with one of our WorkBench portfolio companies, DialPad with Craig Walker, founder and CEO, and Dan O’Connell, chief strategy officer and former CEO of Talk IQ.

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Acquisition Technical Review Systems Review AI 146

SmartKarrot

MAY 26, 2020

In the year 2011, a resounding statement, ‘software is eating the world’ was predicted by Marc Andreessen. Companies are now free to invest in opportunities, hire new talent, and inculcate new marketing schemes. As the inclusion of micropayments is on the go, people are becoming more mobile. Hailing a cab is now a lot safer.

SaaS Payments 10

SaaS Payments Payment Services Transportation Payment Solutions 10

SaaStr

JULY 11, 2019

In 2011, Tiago Paiva won a Twilio hackathon by embracing the overlooked call center industry. You’ll see what a unicorn looked like before they got their first investment. I was lucky enough to … One of my first larger investments was in Talkdesk. You were founded in 2011. Much like mobile took a while.

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Sales Hiring SMB Scale Cloud 266

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

“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. 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.

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SaaStr

JUNE 25, 2019

I’ve been with the company since 2011. A little more about me, as I’ve said, I’ve been with Eventbrite since 2011. I started right at the end of 2011, and I started in the role of VP of engineering. This was what Eventbrite was in 2011 when I started. That’s my walk up music.

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Engineering Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Scale 146

SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Founded: 2011. signed a multi-year equity investment deal with TELUS Ventures. Founded: 2011. Founded: 2011. The GoCanvas mobile platform helps companies replace paperwork and outdated processes, along with automating new ones. Founders: Aman Narang, Jonathan Grimm, Steve Fredette. Based in: Boston, MA.

SaaS Payments 100

SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 100

BetterCloud

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This new solution provides a new holistic management and security platform that goes beyond on-premises, desktop and mobile apps to provide targeted support for SaaS applications. ??Beginning Today it’s clear organizations are massively investing in SaaS. But What About SaaS?

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Cloud Identity management Mobile Construction 59

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

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. Its focus is on businesses in Big Data, mobile, and SaaS. In 2010, he joined DGF Investimentos, one of the top VC firms in Brazil.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

Backlinkfy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

That year also saw the launch of Google Analytics, which is still widely used today to help people measure traffic and campaign ROI (returns on investment). Content marketing has emerged as an integral part of any successful SEO strategy since Google rolled out its Panda update in 2011. Prioritizing Mobile. Content Is King.

AI Search 53

AI Search Mobile Blockchain Engineering 53

Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

5 Reasons I Hate the Rule of 40 by Mikael Johnsson, SaaS Nordic While not necessarily completely useless, I would strongly argue that R40 is a metric applicable to the world of PE and public markets investing and is not a good metric for assessing the quality of venture-stage companies. Because this drives investment decisions.

Scale 52

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

The data revolution in partnerships Sarah Wang: That’s incredibly exciting and definitely part of our investment thesis in investing in Crossbeam. Then by 2011 or 2012, some of the tech components of the Great Recession had started wearing off and the market started waking up. Sarah Wang: Absolutely.

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Scale Technical Review AI Sales Hiring 106

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 9, 2021

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 billion invested in the industry globally. Cybersecurity is a hot topic these days – and for good reason. Transmit Security.

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Cybersecurity Sales Hiring Scale compliance 101

SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Naomi Pilosof Ionita | Investing Partner @ Menlo Ventures. I began my career in new product development and starting in 2011 got really excited about the high growth phase of a company. This is a mobile solution for SMB’s to send an invoice and get paid. Want to see more content like this? Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020.

Payments 101

Payments Pricing Compensation SaaS Payments 101

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 18, 2022

India has seen exponential growth in SaaS investments in the last decade. The services provided by Zoho include Zoho CRM, inventory management, mobile application development, project time tracking, collaborative client portal, and more. Instead of marketing, Zoho invests in R&D and customer service.

SaaS Payments 11

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 11

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 19, 2019

To establish Slack as a true platform , Ceci’s team took a threefold approach by establishing the Slack Fund to invest in developers, creating a launch strategy and story, and driving adoption by making life as easy for developers as possible. I ran programs, I did product, and we grew a little mobile ecosystem into about a thousand apps.

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How To Buy Saas

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Headquarters: Pennsylvania, USA Founded: 2011 Email Address: sayhi@huemor.rocks Website: www.huemor.rocks Contact: +1 (631) 393-6116 Address: 3706 Butler St, Suite 202, Pittsburgh, PA Specialization: Web Design Clients: HITT, Harmony Bay, Artera, VRC 6 Kalungi Kalungi provides a comprehensive marketing solution for B2B SaaS companies.

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B2B Scale SaaS AI Search 52

OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As the identity platform for application builders, we provide thousands of global customers across many industries with an all-in-one identity solution for web, mobile, IoT and internal applications. I co-authored a couple of books about modern identity management, which we published in 2009 and 2011.

Development 40

Development Technical Review Software Review Sales Hiring 40

SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2019

At Twilio, we had a set of nine things for our original values and we set those out in 2011 and then a few years later when we realized that there was a bunch of things you missing about what we expected from a leadership standpoint, actually. That makes it even more important for you to invest in your app outs.

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Neil Patel

AUGUST 18, 2021

Through investment coaching, Todd R. When it comes to reading ebooks, there are many mobile devices you can use, but Amazon Kindle is the most popular one in the US. Before Panda struck in February 2011, PLR products were popular, and many marketers and bloggers used them to generate content for their sites.

Scale 145

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I was working on a startup that was an early mobile payment platform. Both of us and our third co-founder, Jason Purcell, were at a company called Endeca, which was a search engine for e-commerce, exited to Oracle for over a billion dollars in 2011. We had a great idea, we had a lot of experience, and we were ready to do it.

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SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 268