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From $800k to $274M in 4 Years - The Story of Ariba

Tom Tunguz

In particular, Ariba sold software to run RFPs, manage contracts with suppliers, analyze corporate spending and ensure financial compliance. In 2002, the company invested significantly in sales and marketing, but suffered a decline in revenue. Another unique characteristic about the story of Ariba: the founding team was seven people.

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Audit Logs & Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance for SaaS: Part 2 of Compliance Essentials in the SaaS Era

BetterCloud

In the first part of our month-long series on compliance essentials , we looked at content scanning. In particular, we look at: Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance for SaaS, Provisions that apply to IT and SaaSOps professionals, The importance of audit logs, and. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance for SaaS. How BetterCloud helps.

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From Freemium to Enterprise with Slack (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Following five years at Oracle, I was lucky to land at Salesforce.com in 2002. One thing as a salesperson at Salesforce.com in 2002 and beyond, that I don’t really think we appreciated at the time to the extent that we should’ve, was this concept of a free trial. Following the-. Dannie : Clicker fail.

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From Slooooow Growth to Hypergrowth with Collibra and Insight Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

It was initially compliance focus. Look, this is not just about compliance, it’s about every vertical. And then the value proposition changes because it’s not about regulatory and compliance, it’s all about now is AI and machine learning and analytics and so on. And again, we had to prove that with the data.

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5 Shifts to Move to Mega-Deal Thinking & Catch Whales: Overcoming Small-Deal Syndrome (Summit Replay)

Sales Hacker

This is more or less a representation of my numbers, my attainment every year since I started back in 2002. The terms, the price, the policies, the legal language, compliance and security, all of that stuff has to be vetted. .” The next slide here is just an example of how I can measure the value of mentors for me.

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What Are The Top 50 SaaS Companies in 2020?

SmartKarrot

It was acquired by eBay in 2002 but split in 2014. The leading provider of tax compliance automation software for businesses was ranked in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500. It records an average of 32 payment transactions per active account. Indeed, assisting SMBs with invoicing and payments does work for them.

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Top 20 SaaS Companies in Brazil

SmartKarrot

offers services such as email marketing, product and content management, affiliate marketing, PCI Compliance and CSE Security, payment via Hotpay, analytics reporting, etc. Founded in: 2002. The cloud-based eCommerce platform allows businesses to sell digital goods.It CEO: Jaime De Paula.