Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Some of these drops rival one of the worst ever software earnings reaction of Tableau in 2016! On Thursday the software index (WCLD) was up ~3%! So what’s holding up software stocks valuations?? Follow along to stay up to date!

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Software Review Cloud Software Azure 167

SaaStr

AUGUST 28, 2021

So we reached out to a few of our returning sponsors who absolutely crushed it at the 2015-2020 Annuals to learn what worked for them. Spend some time reviewing the agenda and the list of speakers. The game is changed in enterprise software. Give their advice a shot and watch your pipeline grow! Distinguishing is in.

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Social Media Software Review Engagement Enterprise 278

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

Instead, due to a decade-long exodus from Wall Street, the strategic CFO has burst onto the tech scene. When Dropbox decided to move off AWS to their own private data centers, they realized that it was a very capital-intensive feat –– there was twice the infrastructure spend due to mirroring from AWS to their own data center.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Recurring software revenue is now recognized as a great way to generate tons of cash for investors,” says Gerety. Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box, came to SaaStr’s first big community event in 2015, one week after Box’s IPO. “Do He had never found a successful software company that wasn’t necessary. It took a while.

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Sales Hiring Headcount Finance Technical Review 268

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It was kind of fun seeing something succeed like this, especially after 15+ years building software! He was building various software companies and I did some design work for him. There’s just so much creativity that happens in the early phases of anything, whether that’s software or physical products or art or music.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Hike Labs was founded in 2014, and by 2015, Pinterest had swooped in and acquired the San Francisco-based mobile publishing startup. These acquisitions, which focus more on scope than scale, accounted for 90% of tech deals in 2019 , which is a 40% increase from 2015. Your exit strategy timeline is A LOT shorter. Who Is It For?

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

If I’m about to do business with your company and your software is going to access my customers’ data, it’s my responsibility to ensure you have the proper controls in place to protect it. If you sell software today, there’s a 99.9% Start early. How does that feel? Liam: The whole area is a new space.

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Scale Software Review compliance Technical Review 212

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 1, 2017

AppDynamics technology helps engineers determine how software applications behave as users interact with them. They sell their APM software as a perpetual software license in addition to a subscription (SaaS). Second, license revenue jumped in 2015 to 41% of revenue and has fallen every year since. of revenue).

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Neil Patel

APRIL 9, 2021

Google My Business (GMB), is a listing of your business’ operating information, reviews, posts, and so much more. Then, you’ll be required to verify your account by submitting a code that is mailed to your business address. Ask for Reviews (and Respond to Them). Reviews are the lifeblood of local search.

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Software Review Business Sales Mobile 145

Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

As the popular saying goes ‘‘If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it,’’(Bolsinger 2015). Example: Enterprise customers may have a higher NPV due to larger contract values and longer retention periods. 0 = – $100,000 + Σ (Cash Inflow_t / (1 + IRR)^t) Using financial software or a calculator: IRR ≈ 34.9% 2024.102992.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Customer Success Payments 52

FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

In fact, it’s telling that the number of publicly-traded PLG-led companies nearly quadrupled between 2015 and 2020. We talked about one of the biggest trends playing out in the software industry: the convergence of B2B and B2C. Software of all kinds is purchased by people — and that’s true whether you’re selling to B2B or B2C.

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SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

We’ve been doing these SaaStr events since 2015, the SaaStr Annual. It sounds minor or technical, but if you want to due diligence on a human being, I get to do it a few 100 times a year. Aileen Lee: And so, they’re just way easier due diligence, I think. Sorry, I’ll come back to this.

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Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 182

IT World

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

That could interest a lot of CIOs: SAP has offered its software on the Power platform since 2005, and ported HANA to the Power architecture in 2015. See " The best ERP systems:10 enterprise resource planning systems compared ," with evaluations and user reviews. Comparison shopping? Comparison shopping?

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Systems Review Cloud Software Review Enterprise 90

Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

They will undoubtedly have several writers exclusively focused on new reviews and round-ups on the day.    A great way to do this is to send out invites or special discount codes to certain segments of your audience. This could take a lot of different forms, like photos of your brand and product or positive user reviews.

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Social Media Marketing Software Review Branding 134

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

Rachel Hepworth: In 2014 and 2015, Slack had this incredible growth, but it was growth off a small base, based on very early adopters. In 2015, Andrew joined Uber to lead their rider growth product teams. Our goal, like any product and engineering team, is to ship great software that customers love, value use, etc.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Rebecca has a background in astrophysics and computer science and spent many of her formative years looking at gamma-ray bursts and supernovas, but eventually, eager to get into software and product design, she moved to San Francisco. People are looking for people who can code.” What was that like? Rebecca: I mean, I loved it.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Tip: When selecting a payment processor, it’s essential to consider how you will do integrations with your existing business software, such as accounting software, and e-commerce platforms. This change has been taking place due to the considerable security improvements that the chip technology provides.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

Baremetrics

AUGUST 20, 2019

Note: These are written with SaaS and software products in mind, although many of the principles apply to other types of products as well. Intercom exemplified this with their CRM and messaging tool for the next-generation of SaaS and software companies. Productize : Turn custom software into something turnkey and managed.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Apple Pay caught up in 2014; in 2015, the wearables market made everyone aware of the tap’s potential. In 2015, many merchants switched to NFC-enabled terminals; by 2019, most banks were issuing contactless cards. A unique, one-time code is generated for that specific transaction if approved.

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Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 88

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Splash is an event marketing software for your live, virtual, and hybrid events. They hosted their first conference in 2015, and now they claim the world’s largest community of SaaS executives, founders, and entrepreneurs. And that will be all provided through software. Today I’m talking to Jason Lemkin.

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Technical Review Software Review compliance Cloud 119

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Searches including the phrase “best place to buy” with the applicable product or service keyword grew by 70% between 2015 and 2018. Google determines your business location and presents your listings in its results based on the presence and accuracy of NAP – Name, Address, and Phone number (with local area code). But, guess what?

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Payment Methods Branding Payments Merchant Services 126

Unbounce

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Four of the answers to our survey question touched on this problem: Developers are not experienced with coding for AMP (12% of respondents). Tracking, for instance, has improved dramatically since AMP launched in 2015. No developer capacity to implement it (32% of respondents). Too time-consuming to implement it (12% of respondents).

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Marketing Technical Review Software Review Mobile 111

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

What is new in today’s B2B software world is that products sold against an OpEx (SaaS) model experience an exponential growth due to a variety of factors; An increase in Online Spend – B2B customers are increasing their online spend. CASE IN POINT: In 2015 Randy had grown sales from $800k to $4M in ARR.

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Scale Growth Hacking Scaling Sales Hiring 99

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Make sure your software stands out in the chaotic digital landscape with these five digital marketing strategies. Sharing customer success stories allows your business to genuinely showcase the positive experience your customers had with your software. Tip #5: Review the data. Tip #1: Don’t shy away from research.

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Frontegg

JUNE 24, 2021

One-Time Codes and Passwords – While very similar in nature to the aforementioned magic links, One-Time Codes (OTCs) and One-Time Passwords (OTPs) work a little differently. Here, end-users get a unique code to their smartphones (SMS) or via email, which they have to input in order to log in. SecureAuth.

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Identity management Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Scale 103

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The first being due diligence. Using customer success software like ChurnZero, you can automate the tracking and calculation of customer health scores based on multiple weighted factors and custom criteria, and even integrate scores with other features such as alerts, plays, and journeys. Mergers and acquisitions.

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Customer Success Metrics Engagement Software Review 98

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

It is also SEO friendly and provides clean, optimized code for fast loading times. Neve is a light, modern WordPress theme that will serve your content marketing needs because it has clean and validated code. SSMAG was created in 2015. No coding experience is required to effect this change in a highly responsive design.

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Content Marketing Marketing Mobile Software Review 142

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 23, 2020

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. billion in 2015.

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Technical Review Payment Methods Payment Solutions Development Team Review 199

Kellblog

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

They have 93 reviews and 4.1 stars across 14 reviews on G2. Jirav was founded in 2015, based in San Francisco, has raised $12.3M stars on G2 across 20 reviews. stars on G2 across 13 reviews. stars on G2 across five reviews. stars on G2. They have 4.8 Jirav has 5.0 The product gets 4.9 They have 5.0

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Finance Forecasting Software Review Systems Review 92

Upscope

JANUARY 23, 2021

You can go slightly crazy figuring out how to onboard and train employees and customers on software because it requires swimming through lots of abbreviations like DAP, LMS, Internal KB, as well as help centre, customer knowledge base, and corporate Wiki. What training and onboarding problems does software create? What do they do?

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Software Review Onboarding Software Systems Review 52

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Our team at Neil Patel Digital has reviewed the five best Facebook ad agencies to help you master advertising on the platform. Besides an end-to-end Facebook ad service, you can avail of the following services: Social media marketing Listings management Website design and development Online review management SEO Display marketing.

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Outsourcing Services Social Media Scale Outsourced Development 99

User Pilot

MAY 19, 2021

Schedule a call and see how you can create personalized experiences just like the one above (no coding required). One of his ventures back in 2015 was a business conference called Hustle Con directed towards other entrepreneurs and explaining best practices. Now – how does your solution differ from the competitors?

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B2B Marketing SaaS Social Media 119

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

Do you know of software, which belongs on this list? Below you'll be able to review which CRMs fit your existing technology environment. Clickback WEB - B2B lead generation software for accelerated sales or marketing growth. Leadforensics - software for turbo-charged lead generation. Other Tools. Testing at the moment.

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Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 113

Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Investments in things like accounting software, my LLC paperwork, and some initial office supplies my first year in business added up to only $1,629.43 (and that included health insurance).   Accounting software: I’d also be lost without QuickBooks. All I really needed was a computer and a reliable Internet connection.

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Scale Scaling Payment Solutions Payment Services 131

Stax

AUGUST 20, 2024

It works by sending a one-time code that must be entered during checkout to complete the purchase. This could be a one-time password, a PIN code, or even facial recognition or other biometric verification. In 2015, Version 2 of 3D Secure was released as an improvement on the above system. There are several other benefits, too.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 88

Stax

MARCH 14, 2024

EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) chip card use has continued to expand in use since its tumultuous rollout in 2015. Whether signature or PIN authorized, EMV chip cards are the new global standard for debit and credit cards due to the increased security of EMV technology over the classic magstripe.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 88

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

Has there been any similar moments for you in terms of seeing sudden growth due to changes you’ve made in the products or maybe your business model? This was back in about 2015. So, you didn’t have to integrate a JavaScript snippet to get your customers into Intercom anymore. We are useful when you really need the canvas.

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