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5 Interesting Learnings from Cvent at $650,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

70% of Cvent’s revenue comes from its events software. but 30% comes from its so-called “Hospitality Cloud” which is really a marketplace for event services. The marketplace side took a bigger hit from the events shutdown during Covid (and also has lower gross margins), but is still a material contributor. #3.

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

Aaron Ross, Co-CEO, Predictable Revenue. He dropped out of Stanford Graduate School of Business and then co-founded LeaseExchange, an online marketplace for equipment leasing. Today he is the man behind Predictable Revenue, the “Outbound Success Company.” Talk: Scaling & Exiting: Dreams, Designs & Dramas.

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Instacart

Andreessen Horowitz

We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. Over time, Instacart planned to build out an advertising revenue stream with CPG companies, offering them effective performance marketing with a primed, high-intent audience. billion from 2019 to 2020.

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[Webinar]: Live Demo of FastSpring’s Full-Service Ecommerce Platform

FastSpring

Successfully selling software and digital products in today’s global marketplace is harder than ever. In fact, according to a 2019 study by Baymard Institute , 80% of companies are at risk of falling behind their competition due to high checkout abandonment and a failure to comply with global regulations.

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FastSpring’s Year in Review: 8 Highlights from 2019

FastSpring

Once again, 2019 was a great year for FastSpring, and I’m excited to share some of the major highlights below: 1. For the first time in 2019, subscription-based transactions exceeded one-time purchases on the FastSpring platform. The post FastSpring’s Year in Review: 8 Highlights from 2019 appeared first on FastSpring.

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

SaaStr

292: Manny Medina is the Founder & CEO @ Outreach, the market leading sales engagement platform that turns your team into a revenue driving machine. Befofe that Manny was a Senior Product Manager @ Amazon where he engineered the compensation system for Amazon Associates and Web-Services which accounts for 15% of Amazon’s traffic.

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10 Most Important Sales Trends That Will Define 2019 (And Predictions)

Sales Hacker

Time for Sales Hacker’s Annual Top 10 Sales Trends and Predictions for the Future of Sales in 2019. Our predictions are made up of the trends we’re seeing in the marketplace and sales ecosystem. Without further delay, here are our predictions of the biggest sales trends in 2019. It’s that time of the year again!

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