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The Sheer Momentum You Need For an Enduring IPO in SaaS: 63% Average Growth

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Klaviyo (IPO: September 2023) Pre-IPO Year Growth Rate: 63% Revenue Growth : $289M (2021) → $473M (2022) IPO Valuation : $9.2 billion Business : Email and SMS marketing automation for e-commerce The company reported $473 million in revenue for 2022, a 63% increase from the previous year.

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How 1,000+ B2B Startups Are — And Aren’t — Growing. The Real Data.

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The survey reveals we’re returning to “pre-pandemic levels”, we’re normalizing after the artificial highs of 2021-2022. The takeaway: Stop chasing the unsustainable growth rates of 2021-2022. But here’s what most people are missing: This isn’t necessarily bad news.

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5 Interesting Learnings From Figma at $900,000,000+ ARR. The B2B IPO of The Year?

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Benchmark Analysis: Salesforce: ~85% F2000 penetration (20+ years) Microsoft 365: ~95% F2000 penetration (decades) Figma: 78% F2000 penetration (8 years at scale) Adoption Velocity : Figma achieved in 8 years what takes most enterprise SaaS 15-20 years. Each new product should make the previous products stickier, not compete for budget.

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ChartMogul 2024: Year in Review

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After the ZIRP-fueled 12-year tech bull run and the sobering crash of 2022, our industry has evolved and 2025 is shaping up to be the continuation of this new chapter for SaaS. The legacy of 2022-2023 is an industry that is now leaner and more efficient. Check out the 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , and 2016 posts.

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A PM's Guide to Building a Culture of Product Innovation

Speaker: Bob Webber, VP Product Flow Optimization, Construx

Attend this webinar to benchmark your organization’s innovation potential and learn what it takes to create a culture of innovation. 10 questions to benchmark your organization's level of innovation and identify areas for improvement. July 27, 2022 at 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm BST.

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Global AI Race: Top 7 Countries Leading Full-Stack AI in 2025

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Chinese LLMs have rapidly matched Western peers on key benchmarks. User sentiment in France has warmed – optimism about AI jumped +10% since 2022. One survey noted Canadian optimism about AI is relatively low (around 40%), but rising (+8% since 2022), indicating growing acceptance. For example, media-tech company Arte.tv

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The Top 10 SaaStr Learnings from Mary Meeker’s Latest Report on AI

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Max: Outperforms both DeepSeek and ChatGPT on key benchmarks Baidu Ernie 4.5: from Nov 2022 to Dec 2024 NVIDIA GPUs: 105,000x less energy per token (2014 vs. 2024) What cost dollars now costs pennies; what cost pennies now costs fractions of cents The Developer Revolution: This cost collapse democratized AI development.

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