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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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Why we're abuzz that Brightback is joining Chargebee!

BrightBack

Factor in the huge uptick in global demand for online subscriptions services that arose through the pandemic, and we see that succeeding at retention has never been more important, and becomes a key differentiator for those who do it.

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Subscription Rockstars: How HubSpot Went From Zero to $500+ Million in Annual Revenue

Chargify

Welcome to the Subscription Rockstars series! And, of course, we will pay special attention to how their subscription billing models and pricing strategies contributed to their growth. So, they chose to focus on growing fast and achieving industry leadership in their space. Image source).

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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. Short on time? That’s where we come in and become helpful for those teams. Andrey: Absolutely.

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The 5 Best Email Marketing Companies of 2020

Neil Patel

Fix My Churn specializes in these two areas: Fix My Churn collaborates with tech companies with a monthly subscription business model. Thought Leadership. Thought-leadership is how the top email marketing brands keep such needed pace with the industry. 4 Action Rocket – best for custom HTML & CSS enterprise email.

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Selling into Startups 101: What You Need to Know to Find a Unicorn

Sales Hacker

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. If you sell an HR platform with a subscription that starts at 50 seats, you should scratch any seed-stage startups off your list. Founded in 2011.

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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. So let me start with the basics on like, what do you look for when you have to hire someone in a sales leadership role, what do you look for? And you have a tremendous track record of doing that.