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Who Will Win the GTM AI Race — Startups vs. Incumbents? With Stage 2 Capital Co-founder and Managing Director Mark Roberge

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For the first time in twenty years, we have a blank canvas, complete artistic freedom to reimagine everything in B2B software. There is a close parallel between how the internet disrupted society and software and how AI will, too. We’re on the brink of one of the biggest technological advancements of our lifetime — AI.

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How to Scale a Platform and Ecosystem to $10B with Atlassian CRO Cameron Deatsch (Pod 611 + Video)

SaaStr

They demonstrate spectacular growth and expansion while revolutionizing and disrupting industries with new business models. How Atlassian does business . The Atlassian business model is unique. Patience will be the most redoubtable resource in your entrepreneurship journey. Scale-ups are exciting.

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Unlocking Growth in the Internet Economy: a Perspective from Stripe Head of Invoicing, Suzanne Xie (Video)

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Despite all these growing pains, it’s still never been a better time for online businesses. The internet economy is expected to double from 2019 to 2023—and that’s after the cost of software tools to run your business has collapsed, from $4M in 2011 to a paltry $4000 today. Rise of subscription-based business models.

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The Unspoken Hard Bits of Bootstrapping

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The challenges that I’ve faced as a bootstrapped founder simply aren’t the ones that are commonly talked about By Geoff Roberts · 17 min read The internet is littered with horror stories detailing the many challenges of entrepreneurship. When these items are in harmony, entrepreneurship becomes vastly easier.

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Micro SaaS and Micro-dropshipping Synergy: An Introduction to Collaborative Possibilities

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In the ever-changing world of modern business, micro SaaS and micro-dropshipping have emerged as two shining stars in small-scale entrepreneurship. These small, flexible business models show what it means to be an entrepreneur. They use technology and creativity to carve out a niche in the vast e-commerce world.

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Meaningful Recognition: How to Show Your Employees That You Care

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How burnout led to Kevin’s entrepreneurship [5:00]. How burnout led to Kevin’s entrepreneurship [5:00]. ” We abruptly quit our jobs — probably a little too soon because we actually didn’t have a business model. He was the CFO and CMO at a time of Xactly, the incentive comp software when they went public.

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Cognota’s Ryan Austin on Creating an Entire Category (LearnOps)

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We’re enterprise software for a new category called LearnOps. Cognota didn’t necessarily start as a software business. Ryan Austin 03:52 Yeah, we actually, there was a fortune 10 customer who read an article online about, you know, the idea of the software that we were starting to focus on, whoever wrote the article.