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From 0 to $500 Million ARR in 6 years: Learnings from Innovating in Underserved Markets with Samsara CPO Kiren Sekar (Pod 549 + Video)

SaaStr

You’d be surprised how frequently these conversations steer your product and services in significant and innovative ways. But don’t cut yourself off from the possibility of other product innovations just because of one product’s success. “As By 2001, when laptops started to surf the web, about 1 million devices existed.

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Who are Asia’s SaaS VCs?

SaaStock

It has more than 100 investments since its founding in 2001. Founded: 2001. Ceyuan Ventures selects entrepreneurs who show promise in crafting leading technologies, backed by powerful teams and innovation. It finances innovative tech companies across the globe, supporting them also via the Group’s resources and knowhow.

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18 investors fueling Latin America’s SaaS superstars

SaaStock

Starting from 2001 with the establishment of DGF Investimentos, there has been a steady addition to the roster of funds, with key periods where a few were started around the same time. Founded: 2001. To date, it has supported 1,544 innovative companies in 57 countries. A healthy availability of capital is one. Monashees Capital.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

Founded : 2001. It offers innovative software, relationship and management support. It is a management system for companies based on recurrent services, such as condominiuns, subscription model businesses, real estate, course and education providers businesses, among others. CEO : André Baldini. Based in: Campinas, Brazil.

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SaaStr Podcast #394 with Sunil Dhaliwal and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

I think every one of us that had lived through 2001 and 2002 or 2000, 2001, and then again, lived through ’08, ’09, we immediately pulled out our playbooks and we’re like, “Here it is, this is the downturn we’ve been waiting for.” Sunil Dhaliwal: What have I seen? Everything just stopped.

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Should customer success have veto power over bad-fit customers?

ChurnZero

In 2001, author and consultant Patricia Seybold could see that technology was having a profound impact on business economics. While the subscription model was nascent and SaaS, as a term, hadnt quite been popularized yet, Patricia had a few ideas that were innovative at the time. Businesses had to become more customer-centric.

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Erika Hall on the importance of conversation in design

Intercom, Inc.

It’s terrifying when I say we started at the end of 2001, which is now a very, very long time ago. I know the workshops at Mule Design have taken off. Erika: We’ve been running Mule Design for pretty much the entire 21st century. I’m looking at human conversation as a model for all interactions with digital systems.