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State of the Cloud 2023 with Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Podcast)

SaaStr

SVB collapsed, market multiples are down, yet the IPO window is re-opening, and we have a platform shift to AI that’s exciting everybody. Announcements of several blockbuster acquisitions, most notably from Adobe acquiring Figma, which was the highest valuation multiple offered in an acquisition for any software company at scale.

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Thanks to Carta, Make, Outreach, SAP, and Worldline for Sponsoring SaaStr Europa 2023!

SaaStr

At SaaStr, our partners are an integral part of our events. In June 2023, we’re heading back to London for SaaStr Europa and we wanted to give a special shout-out to some of the companies that will be there with us! Carta is a platform that helps people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow.

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The Benefits of Digital Disbursements

USIO

With a large scale company needing checks to be processed and done, the expense of materials is very high. A business organization needs envelopes, stamps, check paper, printer, and ink for printing the checks. a month to process at least 5,000 checks. Usio over the year of 2023 has disbursed approximately 870,260 cards.

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5 Lessons Learned When Scaling Product-Led Growth and Sales Motions Beyond $100M with Cloudinary VP of Developer Experience Sanjay Sarathy

SaaStr

The pie chart above is from 2023 and is part of a regular NPS survey where they ask customers what they do and don’t like about Cloudinary. As Cloudinary grew its revenues and Enterprise customer base, they were met with very specific requirements. That was a hard lesson for the Cloudinary team: investing vs. scaling.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Shopify at $6.8 Billion in Revenues

SaaStr

That’s not just pretty epic growth at almost $7 Billion in revenue, it’s one heck of a comeback. ▶️ Radically more efficient, $600m+ adj operating income run-rate ▶️ 29% of biz from enterprise (Plus) — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin  (@jasonlk) October 10, 2023 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. A tough transition.

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Thanks to Onboard, Paddle, Qwilr, and Upzelo for Sponsoring SaaStr Europa 2023!

SaaStr

At SaaStr, our partners are an integral part of our events. In June 2023, we’re heading back to London for SaaStr Europa and we wanted to give a special shout-out to some of the companies that will be there with us! Paddle offers SaaS companies a completely different approach to their payments infrastructure.

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5 Interesting Learnings From Bill at $1.2 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

(@jasonlk) October 26, 2023 Pick your jaw off the floor while we dive in with 5+ Interesting Learnings: #1. Both Bill and Shopifty have morphed over the years from almost pure SaaS companies to payments platforms built on top of a SaaS core. The rest of the growth is from its Divvy platform, which is bought in 2021 for $2.5