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Doubling Down: Satya Patel, Partner at Homebrew

SaaStr

We made the investment because Pika makes it possible for anyone to become a professional quality video creator and use that powerful format to communicate, educate and entertain. #2. It’s not the biggest one but we’re very proud of our investment in BuildingConnected, a SaaS plus marketplace company that sold to Autodesk.

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PODCAST 131: Data, Set, Match: How to Build a Two-Sided Marketplace to Drive Revenue with Ryan Walsh

Sales Hacker

Why it’s hard to build a two-sided marketplace [13:38]. And the ones that aren’t are generally, kind of related industries, IT services and those sorts of things. And the other thing I learned is it’s very, very hard to build a two-sided marketplace, Sam. Show Introduction [00:10].

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38 Bright Asian SaaS Stars

SaaStock

The platform integrates with 100+ shipping services and ensures discounts for many of them. The platform enables the two sides to better communicate via social media and messaging. was created by a team with 25+ years of experience in location-based tech, spanning various services and real-time asset tracking systems.

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How an Estonia-based SaaS Grew to €10M ARR by Expanding Across 3 Continents?

FastSpring

They also noticed a lack of transparency and efficiency in the services that were being provided at the time and decided to fix that problem. In their case, it meant targeting logistics companies whose messaging and notifications strategy were a great fit for Messente’s service. Expand with your customers.

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

With an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Rodrigo Baer launched a successful career in consultancy and entrepreneurship, and today is among the top figures in venture capital for early-stage tech companies in Brazil. Aaron Ross is a name many would be familiar with. He has given his memorable presentations around the world.

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GV’s Kate Aronowitz and Vanessa Cho on leading through design

Intercom, Inc.

Both are design partners at GV (launched as Google Ventures in 2009 as the venture capital arm of Alphabet, Inc.), Google Apps covers anything for communication and collaboration – it could be Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Live – both for personal and for enterprise. They had to make their own.

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The Best SaaS Blog Posts and Resources Library

Chart Mogul

5 Reasons I Hate the Rule of 40 by Mikael Johnsson, SaaS Nordic While not necessarily completely useless, I would strongly argue that R40 is a metric applicable to the world of PE and public markets investing and is not a good metric for assessing the quality of venture-stage companies. These are not laws. How Much Should You Pay Yourself?

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