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The evolution of the SaaS landing page

The Angel VC

Until 2004, that is, when a small, Chicago-based web design agency called 37signals launched its project management tool called Basecamp : Basecamp in 2004 (click for a larger version) Basecamp looked radically different from any other piece of B2B software. Today you can buy a SaaS landing page template for $18.

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The most common mistake SaaS companies make on sales tax collection and filings

SaaStr

When the company first began web app development and selling software-as-a-service in 2004, their business model wasn’t even called SaaS. Perhaps more than ever, SaaS companies will have to pay close attention to developments in state and local tax laws over the next year to avoid noncompliance. The price of noncompliance.

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Putting $125M to work for you, our customers

Intercom, Inc.

Historically, we’ve spent proportionately way more on research and development than other software companies we track, and that won’t stop any time soon. I studied artificial intelligence in college in 2004. Here’s what we’re going to do with it. 2018 is shaping up to be a massive year for the Intercom platform.

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SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Awards 2019: The Top Ten

SaaStr

Prior to Logickull Andy was a software developer at EDS (an HP Company). He has helmed Logikcull as CEO since its founding in 2004 as an e-discovery services company. This means that attendees had such a great experience in the session that they upvoted the content afterward. Andy Wilson is CEO and Founder of Logikcull.

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More of SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Awards List Revealed!

SaaStr

From 2004-2009 he was a partner at Greylock. Automattic is a web development company best known for “Wordpress.com”. Twilio allows software developers to programmatically make and receive phone calls, text messages, and other communications through its web service APIs. He was the CFO of SQA and Orange Nassau.

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

Tom Tunguz

In a typical year, the company invested about 20 to 30% of their revenue in research and development. Of course, given the large size of professional services contracts, a fair amount of custom software development was completed at the behest of customers. But, the company has been operating at close to breakeven since 2004.

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38 Bright Asian SaaS Stars

SaaStock

Founded : 2004. Launched in 2005 in New York and Guangzhou, Gizwits has become the largest IoT development platform in China, as well as its first PaaS and SaaS platform. It provides smart hardware self-development and cloud service. It is a social network designed for developing countries with large rural regions.