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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. To give some perspective, there were about 300 million smartphones sold in 2010.

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

The problem with selling your startup is the long exit time. Who wants to wait almost a decade to buy a startup when the face of tech is evolving at such a rapid pace? The solution? Micro startup acquisitions. Micro Startup Acquisitions: What Are They, and Why Should I Care? What does this mean for startups?

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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 : 2015. Founded : 2011.

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The Chat GPT Growth Story: How AI is Changing the Way We Work with OpenAI’s Head of Sales, Aliisa Rosenthal

SaaStr

How Did We Get Here — OpenAI OpenAI started as a research lab in 2015. The goal was to build safe AGI — AGI being autonomous systems that can perform work as well or better than humans. They were stuck in experimental groups and innovation labs and weren’t sure where to go beyond generative copy apps. They’re on a rocket ship.

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2021 Financial & Operating Benchmarks: How to Become One of the ‘Haves’ of SaaS

OpenView Labs

For publicly traded companies that are growing 50% or faster, median valuation multiples have increased by an incredible 649% between 2015 and August 201. The new data reveals a similar picture for private SaaS startups. . For many of today’s leading SaaS companies, software has become a revenue stream rather than the revenue stream.

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The Quirky M&A Environment for SaaS Companies in 2016

Tom Tunguz

First, 15 of the 22 US software acquisitions worth more than $0.5B The largest private software acquisition is Transfirst, a payment software business founded in 1995. The second largest, Jasper, is an internet of things software company founded in 2004, which Cisco acquired for $1.2B. have been public companies.

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Everything You Need to Know About Freemium Pricing

OpenView Labs

It should get you started on thinking about freemium mechanics in your own software. How to Increase Your Payment Customers In a Freemium Model. 7 Tips for Successfully Introducing Freemium Business Software. Some of the top software companies in business today use freemium models to engage customers.

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