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5 Interesting Learnings from Samsara at $500,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

Multiple Products and Applications are Key to Growth at Scale. Growing beyond its initial market for fleets of vehicles in Transportation has been key to growth. Most of us will never grow quite like that, even if we do build a unicorn. But we can still learn a lot from Samsara. 5 Interesting Leanings: #1. And a few more: #6.

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

SaaStr

Join Anish Shivdasani, CEO of Giraffe, as he provides unique African experiences learned from scaling to 1M users. Now, unfortunately there are a lot of constraints in Africa, major constraints when you’re talking about setting up and scaling a startup. They never had access to Internet, and public transport is very expensive.

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The Biggest Challenges of Scaling Your B2B SaaS Firm in Europe

OpenView Labs

Europe is a major target for B2B SaaS firms seeking to scale their businesses internationally. It’s clear to see that finding new logos in Europe has given many scaling SaaS firms a big headache during the last year. The post The Biggest Challenges of Scaling Your B2B SaaS Firm in Europe appeared first on OpenView.

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Reading list: Know your customers

Intercom, Inc.

If a customer says they want a faster horse, what they’re actually telling you is that speed is a key requirement for transport. Knowing their customers like this allows them to adjust depending on those needs. Key takeaway: “The faster horses tale is often used to justify not listening to customers, but that’s an epic way to miss the point.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

Neoway is targeted to serve a diverse range of industries, including transportation, consumer goods, construction, oil and gas, health and pharmaceuticals, technology, telecoms, banks, and insurance companies and brokers, among others. 99 , also known as 99Taxis, is a leading urban transport app coming from the Brazilian SaaS ecosystem.

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What the evolution of cities can teach us about building platforms

Intercom, Inc.

Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West , a leader in urban theory and the scientific modelling of cities, noted in his book Scale that “the job of a city is to facilitate and enhance [the continual exchange of information, goods and money between people] by providing the appropriate infrastructure. to encourage and increase social connectivity”.

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How to “steal like a designer” and boost creativity

Intercom, Inc.

So whether its originality of thought or artistic brilliance, the sheer scale of visual and conceptual input we experience on a daily basis can blur the lines between where your idea ends and mine begins. But here’s the thing: humans can’t have new ideas without prior sensory input. Steal it before you need it.