Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As it happens, 2020 has only reinforced this, by highlighting again and again the importance of strong customer relationships as the structural foundation on which solid businesses are built. The post What we learned from Scale in 2020 appeared first on Inside Intercom. What’s coming in 2021?

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SaaStr

MAY 19, 2025

When I talk to founders who launched in 2020 or 2021, I hear the same anxiety: “Are we already legacy?” The re-founded startups of 2025 will be the early adopters who cross the chasm and bring these technologies to the mainstream. VCs especially are obsessed with AI-native startups. The market has fundamentally shifted.

AI Search 172

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 18, 2022

Public market investors are rotating out of high growth technology companies as the Fed’s policies of quantitative easing, asset purchases, and low rates abate. For the next 3 years, Series Ds increased in size until the late 2019/early 2020 correction of 41%. Only the 2016 reduction of 57% surpasses it.

Marketing 362

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 7, 2020

There are certainly more questions being asked of technology than in the past. The sentiment in the valley continues to be positive and until investor confidence changes, I don't foresee the trendlines deviating materially. There is broad anti-tech sentiment in politics and in popular culture.

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IT World

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Amid the coronavirus, 2020 was unpredictable in more ways than anyone would have expected. Further reading: Biggest technology acquisitions of 2020 ]. Further reading: Biggest technology acquisitions of 2020 ]. Global tech M&A deals last year totalled $634 billion, a 91.8% billion acquisition of Slack.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 18, 2020

What was the most significant or overlooked trend in enterprise technology in 2020? Data becomes … The post The Enterprise in 2020 — what 24 company builders had to say appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz. Data and AI.

Enterprise 145

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SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2025

To build a successful AI company in 2024 and beyond, you need: More substantial tech depth Proprietary technology advantages A clear path to production use cases Navigating the “False Indication of Interest” AI founders face a unique challenge: the “false indication of interest” phenomenon.

Technical Review 172

Technical Review Artificial Intelligence AI Marketplace as a Service 172

FastSpring

MAY 21, 2020

We’re proud to have earned this recognition from the American Business Awards® with the Bronze Stevie Award award for ‘Support Team of the Year’ in 2020. FastSpring Earns Bronze Stevie® Award for ‘Support Team of the Year’ at the 2020 American Business Awards®. Keep reading to learn more about our latest award win.

Technology 148

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

It’s hard to imagine but SaaStr Annual 2020 is just around the corner. We’ll be back at the San Jose Convention Center, March 10-12th, 2020. Tricks to Building a High Retention Sales Culture with Unity Technologies VP of Sales, Americas, and EMEA Laura Palmer. The post SaaStr Annual 2020 is Coming.

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SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2020

— Garry Tan (@garrytan) April 22, 2020. full folks managing speakers, questions, technology, etc. We grew from 1 day, 1 track in 2015 to 7+ stages across 3+ days for SaaStr Annual 2020 in March! We're feeling fear but also clarity and gratitude ?? Secure your mask. Thanks to @saastr @jasonlk for having me today!

Scale 358

Scale Startup Scaling Technology 358

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Are you one of those people whose eyes glaze over every time they read about crafting the perfect marketing campaign or embracing technologies? Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World” is a documentary detailing how we became so dependent on technology. iHuman” is a technology documentary covering the impact of AI.

Social Media 138

Social Media Technical Review Technology Blockchain 138

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

They have a strong technology stack. It goes without saying, but if a company is promising to help you leverage data (technology), they will likely have the technology to do so. The quality of that initial analysis, however, will depend on the quality of the technology that your agency partner has built.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 2, 2020

It’s the question that will help companies stand out as we put 2020 behind us. A Sales Engagement platform is a technology platform that brings sales (and often customer success) activities under a single roof, allowing sales professionals to efficiently and effectively focus on selling. will remain important pieces of the puzzle.

Scale 138

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The truth is, most companies are already falling behind with the ramifications of 2020 and need to move quickly. Skill sets required are shifting as the world becomes more automated and reliant on technology. Additionally, business aspects are now much more involved in technology decisions.

Technical Review 311

Technical Review Data Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 311

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 26, 2020

In addition, the high sales efficiency should reassure skeptics that this technology investment has paid go-to-market dividends, as well as superior gross margins. Also, I’m trying a new format for these analyses that you might call a baseball card analysis, rather than a series of charts. Let me know which you prefer. SmartSheet.

Payment Solutions 363

Payment Solutions Payments Outsourced Development Payment Services 363

SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2020

Our State of Deals 2020 Report with PandaDoc , which was set to launch at SaaStr in March, digs into exclusive data about what buyers expect from sellers. We all know how dramatically the world has shifted since then, but the core principles we uncovered about what buyers want, and how sellers can best help them , ring truer now than ever.

Software Review 282

Software Review Technical Review SaaS Market Research 282

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This is often seen in ad tech or any type of optimization technology. Enables natural expansion : MongoDB and Ethereum, two database companies with nearly identical revenue trajectories through 2020, both employ usage-based models that have supported their explosive growth.

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SaaS Payments Pricing Strategy Scale 283

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

He was instrumental in developing the WebEx videoconferencing technology and eventually became Vice President of Engineering. This rejection, combined with his vision for better technology, led him to make a life-changing decision. Who is Eric Yuan | CEO of Zoom Eric Yuan joined WebEx as one of the first several software engineers.

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2021

PayPal has continued to skyrocket, and then, of course, Zoom replacing ServiceNow in the top five from 2020, as Zoom meetings, Zoom backgrounds, and for all of us, even a little Zoom fatigue is becoming a necessary and important element of our every day. Then if we look at the top five public cloud companies.

Cloud 268

Cloud Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions 268

Unbounce

DECEMBER 12, 2019

For each, we’ll talk about how you can best apply these lessons in 2020 and beyond. What Marketers Can Do in 2020. Some marketers have resisted making big improvements to loading times in the hopes that technology will save them (“5G is coming any day now! Let’s make speeding up a habit in 2020.

Machine Learning 126

Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Marketing AI Search 126

SaaStr

MARCH 11, 2022

What do you remember about your experience in the workplace prior to 2020? Most of the iconic brands in technology are building hybrid workplaces. In June 2020, 80 percent of Facebook’s employees wanted to work remotely. Is it the moments of collaborative synergy and collective achievements? The dynamics are ever-evolving. .

Data 294

Data Leadership Development Technology 294

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

On December 8, join @Talend #CMO @LaurenV for a roundtable session at @saastr Scale 2020 "The Five Hardest #Marketing Decisions to Make and How to Get Them Right with Talend." — Rolf Heimes (@rolfester) November 13, 2020. Jessica Alexander, Senior Director Cloud Technology & OEM Partnerships, Crowdstrike.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Authority, Relevancy, Technology) of Local SEO. One of the things that makes Searchbloom so effective at technical SEO is the fact that they’re focused on optimizing their client’s technology stack. Because of this, optimizing your websites technology or ‘tech stack’ is crucial for Local SEO success.”

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2021

2020: $607m rev. Technology partners and SIs are key to growth. Revenue grew nicely at first from $1m to $3.5m from 2015 to 2016 … and then exploded: UIPath History. 2005: Started as a tech outsourcing company. 2014: $500k rev. seed round. 2015: $1m rev. 2016: $3.5m 2017: $30m rev. 2018: $155m rev. 2019: $336m rev.

Outsourcing Services 362

Outsourcing Services Outsourced Development Payment Features Cloud 362

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 28, 2021

2021 marked the second year of COVID and like other crises, the pandemic accelerated change, especially in technology pushing many technologies like SaaS, video conferencing, crypto/web3 deeper into the Perez deployment cycle. 2020 becomes the decade of data. These stacks will begin a convergence.

Scale 275

Scale Blockchain Banking Artificial Intelligence 275

SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2020

Carlota Perez argues in her book Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital that in the early days of a “golden age”, financial capital is necessary to fuel new technology innovation. . Once that technology is better understood, production capital moves in to drive mainstream adoption of the technology. .

Venture Capital 283

Venture Capital Technical Review SaaS Scale 283

Tom Tunguz

APRIL 21, 2021

Hedge funds have entered the market in 2020, participating in upwards of 60% of all transactions to create an index of mid-and-late stage venture capital. Technology companies are fueling much of the growth in key economies, but access to those businesses is limited. The most recent innovation: the venture capital index fund.

Venture Capital 278

Venture Capital Innovation Startup Acquisition 278

SaaStr

MARCH 8, 2020

In fact, tactically at least, there are a lot of advantages to being #2: #2 Can Win With Better Technology / Better App. note: a 2020 update of a class 2013 post. Or at a bare minimum, build something at least as big or bigger than they’ve built. It’s really hard to enter an established space with a 30% better product.

Innovation 315

Innovation Market Segmentation Pricing Branding 315

Neil Patel

AUGUST 13, 2020

Cubicle Ninjas uses a strategic combination of design and technology to develop innovative, inspiring, and one-of-a-kind branding design paired with the mobile apps and websites brands need to stand out in our online world. The post The 6 Best Digital Marketing Companies of 2020 appeared first on Neil Patel. Because it does !

Social Media 145

Social Media Marketing Advertising Content Marketing 145

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The 8 Best Content Marketing Companies of 2020. The Content Bureau focuses its attention on the technology, venture capital, and financial sectors, working almost exclusively with global corporations who rely on them year-round. The post The 8 Best Content Marketing Companies of 2020 appeared first on Neil Patel.

Content Marketing 135

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Worldwide, the use of voice-enabled technology for shopping is growing rapidly. The post The 5 Best Amazon Marketing Companies of 2020 appeared first on Neil Patel. They have numerous Amazon-specific case studies to show their for their work: #4 Voice SEO – Best for Amazon Echo and Voice Search Optimization.

Social Media 141

Social Media Marketing Marketplace as a Service Outsourced Development 141

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Having the right technology in place is often the difference between success and failure, and this is even more true for startups and SMB, where you have a small team and limited resources. You can access the full 2020 Startup Sales Stack Report here. Get started on equipping your sales team for success today. Thank you, and enjoy!

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Scale Trends Startup 131

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

So they took the same technology and repackaged it as an API. Basically, a different expression/use case of the technology but the one that was right for the market. He suggests that the revenue isn’t going to be what was projected at the beginning of 2020, and the goals for Q3 must be redefined and reestablished. And then boom!”

Scale 306

Scale Sales Hiring Technical Advisors Scaling 306

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Sales Hacker Success Summit: Level Up for 2020. If you plan to sell in 2020 and beyond — and that should be all of us — then you’ll want to see this. Top Sales Hacks That Will Give You An Edge in 2020. The post Sales Hacker Success Summit: Level Up Your Sales Game for 2020 appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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