Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The original Buffer Marketing team started posting to the blog as far back as 2013, a very different time for content on the Internet.  The Buffer blog is one of our most valuable assets for our Marketing team, bringing in hundreds of thousands of pageviews each month.

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Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Kim, B-c, Shim, E & Reinschmidt, KF 2013, ‘Probability Distribution of the Project Payback Period Using the Equivalent Cash Flow Decomposition’, The Engineering economist , vol. . ‘Introducing Learning by Doing into the Break-Even Analysis Model’, 2020, Journal of accounting and finance , vol. 2012.760696.

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Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

PicJumbo PicJumbo  was created in 2013 with a host of images that regular stock photo sites had rejected due to “lack of quality.”    The images can be used as long as you attribute #WOCinTech Chat or wocintechchat.com. ”  Fast forward a decade, and the site offers more than 2.5

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Neil Patel

JULY 22, 2025

Trendjacking really gained traction during the heyday of Twitter (now X), when brands like Oreo seized viral moments (the “You can still dunk in the dark” tweet during the 2013 Super Bowl blackout) and earned massive engagement for real-time creativity. What is an example of trendjacking?

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Buffer Resources

DECEMBER 10, 2024

January 2025 🗓️ Monthly themes and events National Mentoring Month National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month Paris Fashion Week (January 20–25) Dry January What began as a UK public health campaign in 2013 has since become a worldwide movement.

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USIO

JULY 18, 2025

Since 2013, Social Security and VA benefits have been overwhelmingly electronic. We’re not just seeing the trend—we’re advising agencies, partners, and payment teams on how to adapt to it. What’s Already Changed: Social Security and VA Payments Many Americans may not realize this transition began years ago.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 3, 2025

Like that’s, that’s the playbook where, know, while the team was probably 150 people large, give or take, you know, when I moved on to gaming in 2013, after four years. Gimme this and then I can do this as well. It didn’t get there on day one or day, you know, first, second year or third year.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2025

Ray Smith: Well, I’m not sure if it’s being consumed already, but you know, back when I was slinging my wares, selling software back in 2013, 2014 in San Francisco, the belief was it was all around being kind of short sighted on your numbers. Why agentic AI makes customer relationships and long-term value even more critical?

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SaaStr

MARCH 10, 2023

That’s when SaaS revenue multiples fell back to 6x, the lowest rate since 2013. I did a deeper dive on SaaS multiples, and what that means for founders and SaaS execs, below at SaaStr APAC: The post The Three Valuation Lows in SaaS: 2013, 2016, and 2022 appeared first on SaaStr. But we’ll see.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

And a related SaaStr great deep dive with Parker Conrad, founder CEO of Rippling, here: The post The SaaS Era of 2013-2022 is Over. For often the same deal and deal size. Step up — or step aside. Welcome to The World of Hyperfunctional SaaS. appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

MAY 26, 2023

The post Leadership Learnings: 5 Things I Wish I Could Have Told My 2013 Self With Advisor and Former CTO of Heap Dan Robinson (Pod 663 + Video) appeared first on SaaStr. Experienced leaders bring pattern recognition, problem-solving playbooks, and credibility to your company.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Compare that to the benchmarks in 2013! In 2013, the average revenue per employee of these companies totaled $200k. Company RPE 2013, $k RPE 2023, $k CAGR CRM 325 375 1.4% Both these companies also focus on enterprise accounts - in contrast to Bill.com at the bottom, which targets small businesses. VEEV 200 880 15.9%

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SaaStr

MARCH 16, 2021

since 2013. SaaS and Cloud are up +1000% since 2013. We’ve used various bits of the BVP Nasdaq Index and metrics since they launched a few years ago to highlight trends in SaaS and Cloud. This week even after a pullback, public SaaS and Cloud companies are up an eve 1000% (!) But does it even matter?

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Tom Tunguz

MARCH 27, 2022

Early businesses tend to create more instruments to hire, grow, and incentivize. tokens resemble equity in most ways, but possess one additional function: they can be used to pay for service. Trailing 2 Year Inflation Rate. Founded Year.

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The Daily Egg

JUNE 15, 2022

The reliance on business messaging apps really took off when Slack joined the market in 2013 and introduced a highly efficient means. The post Microsoft Teams Vs. Slack appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2023

Wildly Profitable — And Profitable Since 2013. The Trade Desk was founded in 2009 and began to take off in 2012. By 2013, it was profitable and never looked back. Top-tier growth + top tier profits beats Insane Growth in today’s world. As perhaps it always should have. #2. Today, it’s insanely profitable.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 2, 2023

So I’ve been investing since 2013, and have done fairly well. Some of my top investments at seed stage include Pipedrive, Salesloft, Front, Talkdesk, Algolia, Gorgias, Greenhouse and more: But 2022 was a quiet time. My first year with no brand new investments, only follow-ons. So we’re behind.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In the latest SaaStr Workshop Wednesday (sign up for FREE here ), Jessica Bartos of Salesforce Ventures did a great deep dive on the state of SaaS and venture in 2013. The full session is below and it’s a great watch. One metric stood out to me I hadn’t seen presented before: just how many private SaaS companies (i.e.,

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Marketo IPO’s in 2013 at $700m market cap. 2013: first investment. And yes, no one could have predicted the run we’ve seen in Cloud in the past few years. But take a look at these examples: Marketo (and Hubspot): Founded 2006. Vista buys Marketo for $1.8B A little more than 2 years later, it was resold for $4.75B to Adobe.

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SaaStr

MAY 2, 2020

At our first SaaStr event in 2013, some folks ask why we had a Mad Men-inspired theme. Well, you see this guy at the first SaaStr event, from 2013. And yet … I’d give it back and up in a heartbeat. You only get so many chances in life. In SaaS, revenue compounds. He’s thinking. He’s thinking on this question.

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SaaStr

APRIL 29, 2021

Shopify’s first quarter revenue: Q1 2021: $989 million Q1 2020: $470 million Q1 2019: $321 million Q1 2018: $214 million Q1 2017: $127 million Q1 2016: $73 million Q1 2015: $37 million Q1 2014: $19 million Q1 2013: $9 million. In fact, that’s what it was just back in 2013. — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) April 28, 2021.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

In 2013, the surge in June/July & December stand out. The answer is yes. The US software Series A market has become much less seasonal since that post in 2014. I’ve plotted the data above & smoothed it to clarify the patterns. Set that aside.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 4, 2023

During the 2013-2014, median acquisition prices increased by 50% in less than a year, from $36m to $54m. This change in the exit market parallels a surge in acquihires in 2014 when corporate development departments began to acquire seed-stage companies for talent rather than waiting for Series A businesses.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 28, 2024

Year Share Good Year 2012 18.4% - 2013 25.9% - 2014 65.5% In 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021, these big mergers drove the figures into the tens of billions. It’s no surprise that in those years, the biggest acquisitions accounted for more than 53% of dollars on average. X 2015 20.1% - 2016 43.0% X 2019 23.4% - 2020 61.1% X 2021 43.8%

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SaaStr

APRIL 3, 2020

In 2013, everyone that could come to the Bay Area to run a SaaS company, did. Atlassian, Adyen, Shopify and so many other leaders weren’t founded in the U.S., let alone the Bay Area. MongoDB, Datadog, and others have given New York a stronger and strong place in SaaS and Cloud. By 2018, it felt like about 50%.

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Tom Tunguz

MARCH 9, 2022

In 2013 and 2015, the discipline’s merits dominated the conversation. A decade ago, Gainsight championed the creation of the customer success category. People curious and passionate about customer success convened at the Pulse conference to debate customer success.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The IPO in 2013 wasn’t an exit – it was just another milestone in building an enduring company. He led the company through its successful IPO in 2013, which was one of the most successful public offerings for an enterprise software company at that time. This focus turned customers into evangelists.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

They started making that CRM bet way back in 2013 or so, maybe earlier. CRM is probably bigger than Marketing now (HubSpot doesn’t break it out anymore). If not, it will be soon. And HubSpot is still growing its new customer count > 20% at $2.5B

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SaaStr

MAY 22, 2024

Steady 14% Growth Since 2013 Has Grown Business From $1.3m And its stock price is up +35% the last year, and +192% the past 5 years: 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. About $1m Quotas for 5,000 Sales Reps Gartner is split into two divisions, and interestingly, both have quotas of about $1m per rep. #2.

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SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2024

So when I started writing venture checks in 2013, I didn’t know what I was doing, but I had a strong start: First was Pipedrive co-leading seed, then acquired for $1.5B cash Second was Algolia leading U.S. Billion cash Fifth was Logikcull, acquired for $300m cash So it was a good start.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Back when I started investing, in 2013, VCs worked on getting acquihires for their struggling startups. Dear SaaStr: How Do Investors Feel About “Acquihires”? A lot of energy was put in to find a “soft landing” for struggling investments running out of money, even if the returns might be nickels on the dollars.

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SaaStr

JULY 4, 2021

One of the earliest posts I did on SaaStr was back in 2013 when I made my first venture investment, co-leading the seed round in Pipedrive. From 2013: I was asked on Quora why I recently invested in Pipedrive. But could be worth $10B by year 15 #itcompounds pic.twitter.com/qElNH78hl8. Most I quickly learned from.

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SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2022

#1 source of traffic to [link] : 2022: SEO 2021: SEO 2020: SEO 2019: SEO 2018: SEO 2017: SEO 2016: SEO 2015: SEO 2014: SEO 2013: SEO 2012: SEO. Even Year 1 pic.twitter.com/5FtzBG2v1O. — Jason BeKind Lemkin #???????????? jasonlk) March 15, 2022. So we’re coming up on Year 10 for SaaStr!

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SaaStr

JULY 7, 2021

Where it Went: IPO’d in 2013, hit $250m ARR by 2016, a cquired for $1.8b Where it Went: Acquired by Oracle in 2013 for $400m. in 2011 GAAP revenue. Where it Went: $233m+ in growth financing (at implicit valuation of $1B+) in 2021. #78 78 Marketo. in 2011 GAAP revenue. by Vista PE , and then Adobe for $4B+. #99 99 SugarSync.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Kyle’s foray into B2B tech sales started in 2013 when he joined Looker as the 6th employee. Not every conversation has to be a calendared meeting! #4. What’s your top “undiscovered gem” — an app you love but others may not have heard of? has been my best new tool.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

He personally emailed every customer who canceled their Zoom subscription to understand their issues. This dedication to user experience helped shape Zoom into a more user-friendly platform than its competitors.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 29, 2023

Zenefits was the hottest/fastest growing startup from 2013-2016. Either way, I’d pass on Been There, Done That. 1/ Want the best startup VP Sales candidates in the world? Here’s how to get the list of them. First, some context. We were valued at 4.5B

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