Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 20, 2014

First, venture capitalists invested nearly $1B of capital in the IoT in 2013, more than 3% of all VC investments by dollars. The IoT momentum generated in 2013 will only continue to grow, as the number of connected device startups and products compounds, each looking to satisfy an unmet consumer want or enterprise need.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Innovation Startup Investment 100

Buffer Resources

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This podcast features conversations with thinkers and innovators shaping the social media landscape.   From growing a six-figure content business to making impactful mindset shifts for 2024, Katie's podcast is an essential resource for creators seeking to innovate and succeed in the digital space.

Social Media 96

Social Media Entertainment Entrepreneurship Interviewing 96

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 26, 2020

When I was raising our seed round in 2011, and all the way into 2013, actually, when I was raising our Series A, I was told you cannot build a hundred million dollar software business selling to SMB. “The art is to weave the creativity and innovation in with the process” “I do get pretty tired of the minutiae of process.

Leadership 211

Leadership Scale SMB Innovation 211

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

This innovative software tool is a proven and tested customer engagement booster. Founded: 2013 Known customers: Lyft, Clearbit, Amplitude, AdRoll, Segment Price starts at: $249/month. #3 Founded: 2013 Known customers: Marketo, RedHat, Cisco, Okta, Infor, Citrix, BMC Price starts at: Not Provided Publically. #5 1 Intercom.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Network effect products rely less on new product innovation unless it’s the only way to monetize. billion exit, Grubhub made a lot of mistakes. Too much new product development that didn’t pan out and too much trying to regain what we had lost vs. leaning into new areas that were working.

Payments 62

Payments Scale Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team 62

Tom Tunguz

JULY 28, 2015

The chart above shows that Bitcoin investment started in earnest in 2013. Some point to the innovation of the blockchain and the impact this distributed, secure transactional technology will bring to contracts. But it will take some time for the innovation to be brought to market in a way that people understand and value.

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Investment Blockchain Innovation Startup 100

Buffer Resources

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

I truly enjoy working alongside the Buffer team, and I am also an avid user of the product for my personal social media accounts and have been since 2013. It's not just about doing things the way they've always been done; it's about using the depth of understanding to innovate and guide the brand forward. 

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Compensation Social Media Leadership Branding 85

Tom Tunguz

JUNE 30, 2016

In the 13 years that followed, many startups have followed their path to build innovative software that has transformed their respective industries and sectors. By 2007 there were five IPOs and that number crested at nine in 2013 and 2014. The shift has been revolutionary both in software delivery as well as sales.

Marketing 101

Marketing SaaS Software Delivery Scale 101

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

It also foreshadows a wave of innovation of new and wonderful soon-to-be-released products. Importantly, investors have raised nearly twice as much capital in 2014 as in 2013 and their coffers are well stocked to finance new and fast-growing companies. 2015 will be an exciting year for Startupland.

Startup 100

Startup Finance Innovation Technology 100

The Angel VC

JULY 17, 2015

Join me as I go back in time and take a look at how SaaS landing pages looked like some years ago. The SaaS Stone Age Fast-backward about 16 years. Today you can buy a SaaS landing page template for $18.

SaaS 188

SaaS Software Review B2B Trends 188

The SaaS Garage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Founded in 2013, riskmethods ’ software as a service (SaaS) solution harnesses cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI), big data and machine learning to protect its customers’ supply chain networks.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Software Machine Learning Management 52

SaaSHolic

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Successful SaaS innovators have mastered the art of solving today’s problems with tomorrow’s technology. In 2013, Slack had just launched its platform, and in 2020, it sold for $27 billion. And they’re always a few steps ahead of their competitors. The result? That’s good marketing in action.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review SaaS Business Market Research 52

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

The average seed stage startup has a 20% chance of raising a Series A according to Crunchbase data for IT startups who raised seed and Series A rounds between 2006 and 2013. Finance was quietly booming , but since Bitcoin broke 1000:1 USD:BTC exchange rate, financial innovations are hard to miss.

Transportation 100

Transportation Startup Finance Innovation 100

SaaStock

JANUARY 30, 2019

Monashees Capital is the largest Brazilian VC that makes investments in innovative solutions worldwide, but with a strong focus on Latin America. Founded: 2013. Currently, it manages the São Paulo Innovation Fund (FIP), focusing on funding agriculture, IT, health tech and FinTech companies in the state. Monashees Capital.

Venture Capital 155

Venture Capital SaaS Healthcare Finance 155

OpenView Labs

MAY 24, 2021

They’re truly committed to building innovative products that sell themselves. Veeva sees similar dynamics among its Vault customers, with 2013/2014 cohorts growing subscription revenue by 26.8x Atlassian has an R&D:S&M ratio of 2.9:1. They might even be under-spending on GTM…). products each, up from 1.90

Scale 98

Scale Headcount Sales Hiring Benchmarks 98

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I wrote my first posts back in 2013 and I was just 2 years into the workforce. I think we’ll see the first 1 or 2 big exits (price tags of a billion, or close to it) in the modern sales-stack era (companies started after 2013). More money also means more innovation. See what and how they write. Still unsure? Don’t worry.

Sales Hiring 58

Sales Hiring Trends Sales Consulting 58

Teamgate

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Also, in 2013, Microsoft’s major overhaul of dynamics CRM involved distributing smartphone applications for iOS, Windows, and Android. With this knowledge, businesses must ensure that they are updated continuously as regards trends and business-related innovations capable of influencing their business activities.

Mobile 95

Mobile Strategy Technical Review Artificial Intelligence 95

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Founded in 2013, it is considered an especially great platform for startups, and unlike its parent company; it accepts payments outside of the credit, debit, and PayPal transactions. Using innovative tools and software, these platforms allow companies to thrive as they provide the technology necessary to easily process and receive payments.

Merchant Services 59

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 59

ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

In 2013 there were over 100 million households with a traditional cable or satellite TV subscription. Disney is a household name that has kept on innovating and keeping up with the times over the last century. We’ll keep our eye out on this one to see which tactic its team actually has in place. The end of TV as we know it?

Branding 52

Branding Advertising Entertainment Subscription 52

CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The joy of innovating, the joy of selling, the joy of subscribing, and the joy of customer success. His love for technological innovation coupled with creativity has made him the most sought-after business outcomes and Customer Success expert globally. Puneet is one of the prominent advocates in the Customer Success space. Rick Adams.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success VP of Engineering Scale Consulting 52

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A: I joined the company in 2013. We’ll continue to maintain a work environment that’s open and friendly while at the same time still encouraging innovation. Checkout the full episode of Middle Market Executive featuring Chris here: Pressed for time? Don’t worry, we’ve included a few highlights from his conversation below.

Payment Methods 65

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Hiring Payment Services 65

OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 15, 2019

From targeted online advertising to more precise recommendation engines, consumer markets are bursting with innovation around machine learning and advanced analytics. Any product that requires some expertise to use is a candidate for analytics innovation.

B2B 40

B2B Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Innovation 40

OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In my experience, the most viable and successful ideas sit at the intersection of two types of innovation. On one side, there’s product-based innovation, which might be about a technological advancement or a new way to apply an existing technology. Fast forward to 2013, and a lot had changed.

Innovation 41

Innovation Outsourced Development AWS Technology 41

Neil Patel

MARCH 15, 2021

These platforms rely on marketing revenues though, so they’re constantly innovating and finding new ways for advertisers to engage their users. In 2013, a series of YouTube videos found huge success by taking video footage of normal events and overlaying them with “bad lip reading.” Here are a few ads that nailed millennial marketing.

Advertising 122

Advertising Social Media Travel Trends 122

The SaaS Garage

APRIL 27, 2017

Das Unternehmen, das sich 2013 aus einem universitären Forschungsprojekt der TU München entwickelte, kümmert sich um Expertiseanalyse, -management und -visualisierung. Cobrainer hat eine erstklassige und innovative Software zum strategischen Human Capital Management entwickelt“, sagt Roman Huber von Bayern Kapital.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Startup Innovation Business Model 40

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The innovation and ability to push a startup idea into production mean the team has skills and knowledge that is invaluable to an established company. Since opening its doors in 2013, Empire Flippers has sold over $93,000,000 worth of websites and online businesses with an impressive 88% selling success rate. Empire Flippers.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

yoursales

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Calendly has been around since 2013. Electronic signature tools have been around for years, and it didn’t seem to be innovating much. The process you go through to set up and as a result of meetings arranged is somewhat under-appreciated. Smart scheduling tools have been around for years. Market leader (!!!)

Outsourcing Services 96

Outsourcing Services Sales Systems Review Sales Outsourcing 96

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

We know subscription is the business model of the future (or more accurately, the now), and VentureBeat reports McKinsey & Company estimating 1 5% of online shoppers signing up for one or more product subscriptions within the past several years—pegging the growth rate of the recurring revenue market from 2013 to 2018 at over 100% a year.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Sales Recruiting Airlines Subscription 40

OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

Growth is what moves the valuation needle and growth depends on innovation, speed and agility, not annual planning processes. These “asset-light” strategies use win-win partnerships to build scale, add capabilities and accelerate innovation. Success in tech means defining the future right now. It also involves adopting a new mindset.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Strategy Payment Services Scale 52

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

APRIL 10, 2018

First up, while HubSpot’s Dublin office opened in 2013, we have been selling into EMEA since the company was founded back in 2006. This means in many markets there are few innovators left - instead we’re selling to early adopters and the early majority, who in many cases are more conservative and require greater persuasion.

Scale 112

Scale Sales Sales Enablement Software Review 112

SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

However, back in 2013, in my previous career as a strategy consultant, I was doing a lot of work with telecoms companies in South Africa. By 2013, mobile penetration probably exceeded the 50% mark, and people who were up until then offline were now coming online with mobile as a primary means of accessing the Internet.

Scale 162

Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 162

The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

APRIL 11, 2019

Beacons have been on the periphery of the marketing radar since 2013 when Apple first introduced its Bluetooth iBeacon device. IKEA IKEA the Swiss largest furniture retailer introduced an innovative first approach to the market with their ready-to-assemble furniture.

Technology 40

Technology Engagement Branding Marketing 40

SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

As a testimony to the quality of their service, Forter was recently again included in Forbes 50 “Most Innovative Fintech Companies In 2019” list. Founded: 2013. Recently, Recorded Future were honored with the 2018 CRN Tech Innovator Award. Founded: 2013. Founded: 2013. Founded: 2013. Based in: New York.

SaaS Payments 271

SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 271

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

Ceyuan Ventures selects entrepreneurs who show promise in crafting leading technologies, backed by powerful teams and innovation. Founded: 2013. It finances innovative tech companies across the globe, supporting them also via the Group’s resources and knowhow. Founded: 2013. Founded: 2013. Founded: 2004.

SaaS Payments 190

SaaS Payments Venture Capital Telecommunications Payment Services 190

SmartKarrot

JUNE 22, 2022

Back in 2013, it was quite rare to hear terms like billion-dollar valuation, unicorn valuation, or unicorn startup. For a B2B SaaS startup to become a unicorn, it needs to have certain qualities, including the ability to be innovative, agile, and consumer-focused. Startups, especially SaaS startups, aim at achieving unicorn status.

B2B 11

B2B Startup Technical Review SaaS 11

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 25, 2022

The company, set up in 2013, has garnered global recognition. EarlyBirds is a platform that provides an open, innovative ecosystem. With a vision to speed up capacity, culture, and innovation, the innovation platform assists businesses in all stages (startups as well as scale-ups). Headquarters: Sydney, Australia.

SaaS Payments 10

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 10

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals 2013-2018. An engaging speaker and innovative seminar leader, Joanne is changing the business of sales. Lauren Bailey – Founder and President, Factor 8 | Founder, #GirlsClub. Lauren Bailey was voted “Top 25 Most Influential Leaders in Inside Sales”?

Sales Recruiting 111

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale Sales Hiring 111