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How SaaStr Fund-Backed RevenueCat Went from a $1.5M Round at $7M Valuation in 2018 to $500M+ Today

SaaStr

They were two developers who had lived through the nightmare of subscription infrastructure while working at Elevate. The Problem Was Real: Apple and Google’s app stores weren’t giving developers the data they needed. ” required weeks of developer time to answer. Managing Them Will Remain a Headache.

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SaaStr on 20VC This Week: Why 40% Cloud Adoption Marks the End of Easy Growth. And Why the AI Budget War is Just Getting Started

SaaStr

This isn’t just a statistic—it’s a fundamental shift that explains why your growth metrics don’t look like they did in 2019. When a development team switches to an AI-powered coding assistant, they’re not just adding a new tool—they’re often reducing their dependency on multiple legacy SaaS platforms.

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A Look Back: How $13 Billion Ramp Began To Scale with Co-Founder and CTO Karim Atiyah

SaaStr

“Even with a bad hand, if the potential reward is great enough, taking a risk can make mathematical sense.” As second-time founders, Atiyah and his team raised an outsized seed round for Ramp, giving them the capital to tackle a space that most startups couldn’t touch. But this challenge also presents opportunity.

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From Platforms to Protocols: Making Sense of Decentralized Social Media (and What it Means for the Future)

Buffer Resources

But with all the bad comes so much good : the ability to share your life and work with billions of users all over the world, an outlet for creative expression, the possibility of monetizing your passion, and, perhaps, the most important of all: the ability to share and connect with family and friends.   Content, poof. Audience, bye-bye.

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Biggest Data Breaches of 2024: Emerging Threats, Impact, and Proactive Prevention Strategies

Scytale

The breach was attributed to vulnerabilities in the platform, specifically weak API security. HIPAA violations ) and legal settlements, such as Capital Ones $190 million payout following a 2019 breach. Invest in Employee Training: Educate your team on spotting phishing attempts and following information security best practices.

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Everything Now is Just So Much Faster in The AI Age. Have You Adjusted?

SaaStr

“I just get so much more done today with the AI on the team instead of the humans on the team.” — leading CMO to me, last week. Zoom was still the same video conferencing tool it was in 2019. Same APIs, same databases, same development cycles. Fast as Frack. That’s the new speed of business in the AI era.

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2019 Sales Enablement Statistics

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

2019 is shaping up to be another fine year for those working in and around sales enablement. We’re seeing larger numbers of people work in the industry, more companies investing in sales enablement teams and numerous tools being developed to solve sales enablement challenges. That’s why I’ve written this post.