OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 27, 2020

When founders of developer-focused startups look to hire experienced marketers, they quickly come to realize that B2B marketers are in large supply and marketers with experience selling to developers are few and far between. Just look at Stripe, the country’s most valuable private tech startup. Put down the B2B marketing playbook. “A

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

He dropped out of Stanford Graduate School of Business and then co-founded LeaseExchange, an online marketplace for equipment leasing. In 2016, André joined Superlógica Tecnologias, a management system designed to service small businesses with a recurring revenue model. Aaron Ross is a name many would be familiar with.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Source 16 Startup Metrics by Jeff Jordan, Anu Hariharan, Frank Chen, and Preethi Kasireddy, a16z We have the privilege of meeting with thousands of entrepreneurs every year, and in the course of those discussions are presented with all kinds of numbers, measures, and metrics that illustrate the promise and health of a particular company.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Check out this 2018 Europa session with Guillaume Princen, Head of France and Southern Europe @ Stripe, where he talks about the metrics you need to be focused on in your startup. It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 10, 2018

Andrew’s been an angel investor and advisor for a slew of name-brand startups; however, he’s most widely known for his invaluable essays on growth. I’ve known Marc and Ben for a long time, and they originally seed-funded a startup of mine many years ago. I saw both sides of the marketplace, which was a lot of fun.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

Along the way, we’ve interviewed trailblazers, business leaders, makers and doers to share their experience and insights on all things startup strategy, product management, design, marketing, customer experience, and much, much more. We spent most of 2017 building it out. Chasing free customer acquisition.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

But ultimately, who we are today and who we have been over the last several years is really a company that’s been able to aggregate unique data sets across the travel industry, and now we’re moving into adjacent marketplaces as well. Sam Jacobs: Is it a subscription service? So what do we do, right?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

During her career, she has worked for a unicorn, a tiny startup, a venture capital and a public company. A startup environment is ever changing. She started as employee number eight, and has been at Mongo for almost 9 years, helping through an IPO in 2017. Matt Cameron – Managing Partner at SaaSy Sales Management.

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Chargify

MARCH 28, 2018

While the convenience of combo meals abounds in all fast food restaurants today, in 1958 the opportunity to purchase a main dish, side, and drink for a set price (and less than if all the items were purchased individually) was a novel idea, and one that helped them stand out in a very competitive marketplace. TV is a great example.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2020

So there already exists an app store or the Instabase Marketplace where these first-party apps, you can go online now, download an app for automatically processing bank statements or driving licenses or passports. And it was essentially providing consulting services for people in my local town and surrounding area.

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SaaStr

JULY 26, 2019

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Eric made his way into the world of startups and SaaS. In 2008 Leah founded TaskRabbit, the leading on-demand service marketplace in the world. She spent nearly a decade involved with the company as CEO and Executive Chairwoman before she sold the company to IKEA in October of 2017.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The platform integrates with 100+ shipping services and ensures discounts for many of them. was created by a team with 25+ years of experience in location-based tech, spanning various services and real-time asset tracking systems. Fadada is a SaaS-based provider of electronic signature services. Founded : 2017.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Brazil’s SaaS landscape is bustling, thanks to the number of innovative startups that entered the horizon in recent years. Amber also offers AmbarConaz, an online marketplace connecting supply chain and construction sites. Creditas is an online marketplace for asset-backed consumer loans. Founded in: 2017. Founded: 2012.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

SaaS – Software-as-a-Service – is an umbrella term referring to a range of technologies and tools that facilitate the processing, storage, and management of big data using remote servers. The US market has high demand and supply of SaaS service providers. Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS offers cloud services to businesses.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

Fast forward to today, and Eventbrite is the world’s largest self-service event ticketing and registration platform – processing more than 3 million tickets each week. Going back a bit, Brian was a co-founder at SkillSlate, a local services marketplaces similar to Thumbtack. We raised a $1.5-million

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

com as its head marketing guy in late 2017, having known that he wanted to be a CMO since the age of 10. We’re basically the world’s biggest business marketplace. We help buyers of software and services find the best vendors or the best sellers of the products they need. Ryan joined G2.com Prior to G2.com,

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OpenView Labs

JUNE 4, 2019

If you spend much time in the startup and tech ecosystem, you’ve probably heard the term “disruptive innovation” more times than you can count. Our culture is fascinated with underdogs and overnight successes— companies, products, or services that seem to rise out of nowhere and completely change their respective industries.

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