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From marketplace to SaaS business: How Udemy acquired 80% of the Fortune 100

Intercom, Inc.

. “The shift from serving just consumers to serving consumers and companies is a massive one” For Udemy, investing in a B2B arm seemed too obvious, and too good, an opportunity to ignore. When Eren Bali founded Udemy in 2010, he had a vision for what the marketplace would be: a place where anyone could teach and learn anything.

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SaaStr Podcast 436: The State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners

SaaStr

Here are the latest trends and predictions from the BVP team of Byron Deeter, Elliott Robinson, and Mary D’Onofrio. A lot of elements within Cloud have accelerated in a way that will reflect across long-term tech trends. Cloud Marketplaces. Fintech and crypto players are changing financial services forever.

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A Vendor’s Guide to B2B Ecommerce

FastSpring

While we’ve been shopping for items like clothes or shoes online for years, another trend is now emerging—business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce. It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online.

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The State of Cloud Marketplaces: A Look into the Data, Trends, and Findings for Software Sellers

OpenView Labs

Just like over the last decade, and even more pointedly in the last two years where we’ve seen most purchases in our consumer lives go online; B2B transactions are undergoing that same transformation. . So, it’s no wonder that it has been a massive year in the Cloud Marketplace business.

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G2’s CMO Amanda Malko on the latest trends in software buying

Intercom, Inc.

The process of purchasing software is increasingly complex – the choices for products and services are endless, and customers have a harder time parsing which companies to trust and which product will better cater to their needs. But once they’re happy with a service, they can help build trust with new customers as well.

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21 of The Top Product Announcements You Missed at SaaStr Annual

SaaStr

Sendoso previewed the 2020 direct mail and gifting trends from their upcoming “State of Sending” report, scheduled for release on March 31. Blissfully unveiled their SaaS Trends 2020 report, hitting on a few highlights in the virtual presentation. The full report is available at blissfully.com/saas-trends/2020-annual-report/.

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25% of B2B SaaS Sales Are Headed to Cloud Marketplaces

OpenView Labs

Now—a happy consequence—cloud marketplaces are on a similar trajectory of growth and have opened up a powerful go-to-market channel for sellers that you probably haven’t heard of yet. Not to mention 73% of B2B buyers prefer the convenience of digital buying through ecommerce, web direct or marketplaces (more on that later). .