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From marketplace to SaaS business: How Udemy acquired 80% of the Fortune 100

Intercom, Inc.

Seeing a real demand for business courses in their consumer marketplace, the team identified an opening in the market to disrupt corporate training and hypothesized that employers would be more than willing to pay. In 2019 research firm IDC found them to deliver 869% ROI (??) along with time savings and higher productivity.

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Unlocking Growth in the Internet Economy: a Perspective from Stripe Head of Invoicing, Suzanne Xie (Video)

SaaStr

These days, as the business lead for invoicing at Stripe, Xie has earned her own stripes in navigating the unique challenges of building and thriving in the SaaS marketplace. Market trends: why is it easier than ever to build an online business? You get a service, you get a service, you get a service—everything is a service now.”.

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How to Use the LinkedIn Marketplace as a Freelancer

Neil Patel

This trend shows no signs of stopping. What Is LinkedIn Marketplace? Given this new dependency on freelance laborers, it makes sense that LinkedIn, the most successful professional social networking site, would set its sights on creating a marketplace that allows freelancers to connect with companies searching for contract talent.

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SaaStr Podcast 436: The State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners

SaaStr

Here are the latest trends and predictions from the BVP team of Byron Deeter, Elliott Robinson, and Mary D’Onofrio. A lot of elements within Cloud have accelerated in a way that will reflect across long-term tech trends. Cloud Marketplaces. Fintech and crypto players are changing financial services forever.

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

From Facebook to Microsoft, there is a massive trend to seek out tiny teams of five or less, buy them, and use the technology and talent to gain a competitive edge. Micro Startup Acquisition Trends. These acquisitions, which focus more on scope than scale, accounted for 90% of tech deals in 2019 , which is a 40% increase from 2015.

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The SaaS Trust Crisis with Godard Abel (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

It’s 2020 and SaaS buyers are more skeptical and suspicious, more disbelieving, more unconvinced than they were in 2019. The SaaS Trust Crisis is making it harder to market and sell software and services than ever before. This was a 30 year mega trend into the future. The situation is getting worse. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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4 Sales Recruiting Trends to Be Ready for in 2020

OpenView Labs

Though 2019 has been “slow” relative to years prior, headlines and financial experts everywhere are predicting U.S. An increase in competitiveness in the marketplace means candidates have more choices than ever. They want a product/service that’s doing something powerful. Marketing and candidate experience will be table stakes.