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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. Rise of mobile. In China, WeChat, which launched in 2011, sends about 45 billion messages every day.

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From Uncertainty to +$400M: How Braze Found Opportunity in Headwinds with Braze’s Co-Founder & CEO Bill Magnuson (Podcast 671 + Video)

SaaStr

Braze was founded in 2011 when the most exciting mobile apps were a compass, a flashlight, and a game where you could feed fish. Blaze was founded in 2011. From 2011 to 2015, the only part of the mobile market that was making money was mobile gaming, but tricking children into buying fish food wasn’t a sustainable business.

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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. Speaking from my own experience, there's ever more stuff coming at me through my email, phone, mobile device, web browser and TV screen. Not much, really. only more of it.

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UiPath, Braze, Rippling, Loom, Zapier, Networking, VCS & More. Your Guide to SaaStr Europa, 6-7 June

SaaStr

UiPath has had an incredible history, taking 10 years to get to that first $1m in ARR … and then turning into one of the fastest growing software companies to $1 Billion in ARR ever ! When Braze was founded back in 2011, a lot of things were different. Mobile marketing as we know it today was still in its infancy.

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Best Business Process Management Software

Neil Patel

It’s actually quite simple: business process management (BPM) software. BPM software helps organizations of all sizes streamline operations and minimize waste. If optimizing your business processes sounds like a good idea, this post will tell you everything you need to know about how to find the perfect BPM software for you.

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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.

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Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

Stax

Google was the first, in 2011, to enable contactless payments via their mobile app. Here’s how it works: NFC-enabled devices: The customer’s payment card (credit, debit, or mobile wallet app) and the merchant’s payment terminal must be equipped with NFC technology.