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Join FastSpring at Austin Startup Week 2023!

FastSpring

Are you a startup founder, employee or enthusiast? If so, join FastSpring at the Austin Startup Week November 6-10th! Started in 2011, Austin Startup Week is a celebration and showcase of everything entrepreneurial in Austin. Don’t miss out on the biggest party in Austin since 2011- Startup Crawl!

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Finding the Next Wave of Growth: S-Curves and Product Sequencing

Casey Accidental

Eventually, the company needed to layer in new advertiser focused loops to monetize, but I’ll skip that detail for now. The company requires either new growth loops or new products to acquire, retain, or monetize better. The entirety of Pinterest for the first few years I was there was tuning these loops in one way or another.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

ContaAzul is a business management platform for small businesses created in Brazil. Its focus is on helping companies handle financial routine and streamlining processes related to accounting, banks, stock, and electronic invoicing, among others. Founded : 2011. Founded : 2011. Based in: Joinville, Brazil.

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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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Venture Debt for SaaS Startups

Tom Tunguz

Most startups raise seed rounds using convertible notes. Startups that have substantial working capital requirements often employ lines of credit/revolvers. Last, many startups take out term loans. Venture debt can supply additional capital for a startup to grow at a lower cost of capital than equity.

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Why we're abuzz that Brightback is joining Chargebee!

BrightBack

But in practice, being best-in-class at digital retention is a key challenge for most startups and enterprises, as it requires significant engineering to connect 3 to 5 systems of record (e.g. In an ideal world, it should be easier and more affordable to retain existing customers than acquire new ones.

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SaaS Growth Trends in 2023

Chart Mogul

After analyzing data from over 2,100 SaaS startups to publish the SaaS Benchmarks Report 2023 Sid is full of insights on the topic at hand. Christoph Janz, Managing Partner at Point Nine SaaS products are often first on the chopping block when companies affected by shrinking revenue look to slow their burn rate.

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