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How to Reinvent a Category that’s Already Been Won with Braze Co-Founder Mark Ghermezian (Pod 550 + Video)

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When I was learning about the software development kit (SDK) concept, I realized that I could integrate CRM software into a mobile app. Inspired by Foursquare, a location technology platform that people were using to check into venues and restaurants, I wanted to build software that would allow people to check into apps.

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

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Grab a ticket before the end of the day on March 8th to avail of Early bird prices. In 2018, she moved to Hong Kong to head product at Lalamove and now is the Product Manager at Gravity Supply Chain. In 2018, she founded Work In Progress, a hub that connects professionals and fosters a coaching culture. Carman Chan. Maxine Ryan.

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Is Quickbooks Desktop Being Phased Out?

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However, it’s worth noting that Intuit has been steadily discontinuing versions of Desktop as far back as 2018 (QuickBooks Desktop 2020 was discontinued on May 31st, 2023). QuickBooks Desktop Alternatives Zoho Books Zoho Books is a cloud-based accounting software solution that’s part of the wider Zoho business ecosystem.

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5 Interesting Learnings from GitLab at $250,000,000 in ARR

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And the engine really never stopped running, evolving into a dominant DevOps Platform for software development. We’re getting used to seeing these super-high NRR numbers from the top developer-focused leaders, in many cases because utility pricing often encourages it (see also Datadog, Twilio, etc). Then 20 by 2018.

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Kellblog 2021 Predictions

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I certainly didn’t have “global pandemic” on my 2020 bingo card and, even if I somehow did, I would never have coupled that with “booming stock market” and median SaaS price/revenue multiples in the 15x range. I was used to remote work for individual creative positions such as writer or software developer. This time it does.

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The 10 Best Adwords Companies of 2020

Neil Patel

They’ve received several honors and awards, including #1 Pay Per Click Company in the USA 2018 and 2019. In addition to paid advertising, KlientBoost offers custom reporting, comprehensive call tracking, display/retargeting ads, and competitor intelligence — services that are rare at these low price points.

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State of the Cloud 2019: Europa Edition with Alex Ferrara, Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

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Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. 2018 saw about $44 billion of value added to the public markets, companies like Dropbox, companies like DocuSign, and that has continued now into 2019. A lot of things can happen.

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