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Three Mega IPOs That Took A Long, Long Time To Get Big: Squarespace, Procore and UiPath

SaaStr

Procore was founded way back in 2002 to automate construction project management. But took a full decade for mobile to get mature enough to make construction software really work, because it had to work in the field. But then, growth became insane, rocketing from $1M in 2015 to $600M in 2021! More on that here.

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Plenty of Decacorns Were Late Bloomers

SaaStr

Just a few examples: UiPath took 10 years to get to its first $1m in ARR in 2015. Procore is a $16B+ leader in construction software, but took a full decade to take off. And yet … and yet, that doesn’t necessarily mean they started so fast. Then, it accelerated like a rocket. 2002-2012 were slow.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. Founded : 2015. Founded : 2015. Ipsum is the creator of ProPlanner, an online platform for managing engineering and construction projects. Founded : 2015. Funding to Date : $26.2M CEO : Tiago Dalvi.

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The most exciting Latin American SaaS Startups

SaaStock

Elevator pitch : Construct develops a field communication platform for construction projects. Its platform enables engineers, architects, and project managers to communicate and collaborate in the construction supply chain network. Founded : 2015. Founded : 2015. Founded : 2015. Founders : Frederico Lacerda.

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The AI Agency - A Novel GTM for Machine Learning SaaS Startups

Tom Tunguz

In 2015, I wrote about the trade-off facing vertical SaaS companies. Procore targets construction with their software and Veeva targets pharmaceuticals with their CRM. Vertical SaaS companies focus their efforts on a particular group of customers. This concentration limits the market size, but improves product market fit.

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The evolution of Ember at Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

This is a slide from a talk that I gave in 2015. I gave a talk in 2015 in our old offices when we were still running Ember 1. One is optimized for constructing the DOM, on initial render, and one is optimized for updating the DOM when the data model that backs the template changes. There are no new features in major releases.

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Subscribing to the future with Zuora’s Carl Gold

Intercom, Inc.

in neuroscience and a background as a quantitative analyst on post-crash Wall Street, Carl has been identifying the major trends in the subscription economy and predicting what’s to come ever since he joined the company in 2015. With a Ph.D. In other words, decidedly not Netflix.

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