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The State of the Cloud 2021, How to Build a Cloud Unicorn with Bessemer Venture Partners (Podcast #484 and Video)

SaaStr

Bessemer Venture Partners Byron Deeter, Mary D’Onofrio, and Elliott Robinson share a state of the cloud economy, tactical lessons and case studies for early-stage founders, private market analysis, alongside key predictions and trends driving innovation in SaaS around the globe. Enter your email below for the latest SaaStr updates.

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Modern Infrastructure Companies in the Cloud: Lessons Learned Building a $2 Billion Database Company from Scratch with Neo4j’s CEO Emil Eifrem

SaaStr

With each passing year, more and more of our online existence becomes tethered to the cloud. But how does the cloud take shape, and what can companies do to position themselves at the heart of its growing infrastructure? Infrastructure: Reloaded for the Cloud. Pro Tips for Modern Cloud Infrastructure.

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5 Interesting Learnings from UiPath at $600,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

UiPath is one of the most amazing not-really-an-overnight success stories in Cloud, SaaS and software. It was founded way back in 2005 as an outsourcing company, then developed Windows software to automate scripts and more, and turned this into a powerhouse for automating complex functions integrating Cloud and on-prem. seed round.

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The State of SaaS: Stalled Growth is Starting to Rebound with Altimeter Capital Partner Jamin Ball

SaaStr

PST, Jamin Ball, Partner at Altimeter Capital and author of Clouded Judgement , took us through the current state of SaaS and what we should expect in 2024. In practice, you take the valuation of a business and divide it by some metrics to get a multiple. Most commonly, the metric for software is forward revenue — Next 12 Months (NTM).

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500,000+ Tuned into Our Digital Events in 2020. Here Were The Top 10 Sessions.

SaaStr

The Cloud picked itself up, and accelerated 6+ years into the future. Next up, we brought together some of the top VCs in Cloud to share with us how investing has changed in 2020, from Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures to David Sacks of Craft Ventures and many more. Learn about where they see the Cloud going in 2021 and beyond. #4:

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Dropbox S-1 Analysis - The King of Freemium

Tom Tunguz

from 2015 to 2017, a compound annual growth rate of 35%. This decrease is driven by user policy changes that affect users who have been inactive for a year or more, and a shift to operating their own data centers instead of using cloud providers. The benefits of freemium at scale appear in the free cash flow from operations metrics.

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Howdy from Texas: A Recap of Altitude 2017

BetterCloud

Last month we hosted Altitude 2017, our annual customer summit, at Brazos Hall in Austin, Texas. To give you an idea how the two days went down, here are the top nine takeaways from Altitude 2017: 1. As a CIO at a venture capital firm, Uy is always thinking about how to help his firm’s startups find more cloud-first IT talent.