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5 Interesting Learnings from Canva at Almost $2 Billion in ARR

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Canva: – Almost $2B ARR – Growing 40%+ – Profitable And … 4,000 employees That's about $500k in revenue per employee That's where software really makes money — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin  ?? 4,000 Employees, So About $500,000 in Revenue Per Employee That’s very efficient.

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The Week In Cloud: April 7, 2019

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These options can be particularly appealing to SaaS companies with their recurring revenues: For now, hybrid cloud is what a lot of the biggest enterprises still want: Wow, Apple Music passes Spotify in the U.S: You see, the company is spending $750 million a year on cloud services, more specifically to AWS.

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The Week in Cloud: March 17, 2019

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It’s not always easy, but recurring revenue … recurs. The post The Week in Cloud: March 17, 2019 appeared first on SaaStr. The Week in Cloud: A look at the stories in Cloud, SaaS, and business software that we found particularly useful and interesting. Big or small. __. A huge donation, driven by the Cloud: [link].

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SaaS Multiples Are At a 3+ Year Low. Where It Goes From Here.

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Ultimately — revenue multiples. Revenue multiples are how much VCs, investors, and ultimately, an IPO and public markets will value each dollar of revenue. Revenue multiples don’t affect customers, or even revenue itself. pic.twitter.com/JNnzizB82v. — Byron Deeter (@bdeeter) May 5, 2022.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Outreach and OverView — December 20, 2019

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292: Manny Medina is the Founder & CEO @ Outreach, the market leading sales engagement platform that turns your team into a revenue driving machine. This interview originally aired as Episode 229 on April 29, 2019. This podcast is an excerpt from Ashley’s session at SaaStr Europa 2019. Loving our podcast content?

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5 Interesting Learnings from Fastly. As It Gets Ready to IPO.

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GAAP revenue in Q1 ’19) because it’s in a space filled with strong competitors. We all know this from AWS and Twilio on down, but Fastly is a visceral reminder. It’s an almost 100% enterprise play — they have 227 customers spending over $100k a year, comprising 84% of their revenues. The lesson?

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

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Bessemer Venture Partners’ Alex Ferrara takes a look at trends and predictions for the cloud industry in 2019. Retail was mentioned twice, that’s it, and AWS was mentioned 78 times, so it’s probably not surprising that they’re doing this. Want to see more content like this? Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020.

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