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SaaS in Africa: 10 Things We Learned From Scaling to 1M Users (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Between now and 2050, half of the world’s population growth will occur in Africa. Between now and 2050, another 2.4 What does this mean for startups and tech companies? Now, unfortunately there are a lot of constraints in Africa, major constraints when you’re talking about setting up and scaling a startup.

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What the evolution of cities can teach us about building platforms

Intercom, Inc.

Well over half of the world’s populations currently live in cities and this percentage is expected to rise to over 66% by 2050. We know that the world is urbanising at a faster rate than ever before. The number of cities continues to increase.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Jennifer Tejada, Ben Chestnut, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

As a startup, we covered a lot of processes together really quickly out of necessity and we haven’t really had time or the wherewithal to go back to them and harden them for scaling. So while it may be hard, cross some things off the list. Today, you still have doom fear.

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