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How going the extra mile to understand customers propelled Squire into a $750m SaaS company 

ChurnZero

A double-booking problem emerges Named for a character role in the Netflix series, Game of Thrones , Squire set out to be a reservation system for barbershops: “Open Table for barbers”, as some have put it. The barbers still wanted cash payments too. Dave had found his niche and Squire was born. But it didn’t go well.

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

Neil Patel

The solution? Hike Labs was founded in 2014, and by 2015, Pinterest had swooped in and acquired the San Francisco-based mobile publishing startup. While it’s a trend across sectors, it’s picking up steam in tech where companies are looking to deliver more complete solutions to consumers. Micro startup acquisitions.

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Who are Asia’s SaaS VCs?

SaaStock

The VC Fresco Capital is based in three key locations: Palo Alto, Hong Kong and Tokyo. It provides funding internationally to remarkable companies with strong human capital. Fresco Capital focuses on businesses developing new solutions in the enterprise, education, infrastructure, healthcare, consumer goods and entertainment.

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Understanding the SaaS business model

ProfitWell

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. SaaS, or software as a service, is a delivery model in which a centrally hosted software is licensed to customers via a subscription plan. Recurring payments.

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38 Bright Asian SaaS Stars

SaaStock

Their solutions span a wide range of verticals: from E-commerce, HR and Health to collaboration, infrastructure and AI. Notey Labs create digital solutions to help companies handle international online space. Tienpay offers digital banking software that handles wallet, digital exchange, and digital assets. Founded : 2015.

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Seed Investing Today: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t with Aileen Lee and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

We’ve been doing these SaaStr events since 2015, the SaaStr Annual. Obviously, the majority of the people who they were managing the shifts and the payments for who were working in February, they were not working in March or in April. There’s no technology, they need money to actually build software.

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Flow’s Daniel Scrivner on the brave new world of asynchronous productivity tools

Intercom, Inc.

So what’s the solution? As the CEO of Flow , a flexible project management app for teams, Daniel is working to create a productivity tool that defies conventional metrics, meaning that it simply allows you to get your most important work done without monopolizing the time you spend in the software itself. billion in 2015.