Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 27, 2018

It is the largest software acquisition in history, and the third largest technology acquisition (Dell/EMC at $67B and JDS/SDL for $41B were both larger hardware mergers). Revenue contribution across these categories is 64%, 23% and 13%. The New Infrastructure is the fastest growing, doubling year over year.

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Acquisition Application Development Software Engineering Pricing 201

SaaStr

AUGUST 3, 2019

And we closed Dell, Comcast, BT, GE, and other leading customers. To tell me $2m ARR in Year 1 wasn’t just ambitious, but borderline insane for a new product in a new market in a new category in 2006 in SaaS. Things we rough. But, I screwed up. Going from no product to $200k in ARR in SaaS in 2006 was pretty awesome, actually.

Business 131

Business SaaS Marketing 131

SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

And if you also look at the platform as a service category, that’s also an additional $50 billion of spend, and that’s typically with those same vendors. And what’s also interesting about that is these are the two fastest growing IT spend categories in CIO’s portfolios with 24% year over year growth.

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Scale Marketplace as a Service Cloud SaaS Payments 191

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Spending Categories. It’s common for business credit cards to offer better rewards in certain spending categories. Let’s say a card offers you 5% cash back in the travel category (flights, hotels, Uber, etc.). Others will have higher percentages on specific categories, like 3% on gas, 2% on travel, 1% on everything else.

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Payment Methods Airlines Business Travel 145

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

And our ProfitWell crew ranked in the small category group. We’re seeing two new friends here: WordPress and Dell. The survey measures employee opinions about their company’s direction, execution, connection, management, work, pay and benefits, and engagement. Two newbies to the sub space, welcome.

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Entertainment Subscription Payment Features Interviewing 43

Baremetrics

AUGUST 23, 2021

Dell Computers eBay Inc. These two categories contain the majority of the data that the company requires. The following companies are just a few of the many examples (note that many, even if they didn’t start out that way, are earning sizable portions of their revenue now with a SaaS subscription model): Apple Inc. Cisco Systems Inc.

Business 96

Business Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 96

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Coca Cola, Dell, Microsoft, and ProfitWell have in common? They fall under the category of debt financing. What’s one thing Apple, Clorox Co., They all began as bootstrapped ventures. And in ProfitWell’s case, we remain bootstrapped. Bootstrapping is a common way to get your startup off the ground and running. Business loans.

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Payment Methods Banking Payment Services Scale 54