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We?re About To See a Lot More SaaS Debt

SaaStr

Carlota Perez argues in her book Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital that in the early days of a “golden age”, financial capital is necessary to fuel new technology innovation. . Once that technology is better understood, production capital moves in to drive mainstream adoption of the technology. .

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Squarespace Review

Neil Patel

Do you need a website builder that lets you build beautiful sites without needing to learn all the technical stuff? The huge drag-and-drop website builder was started in 2004 by a University of Maryland college student and has since flourished into an amazingly streamlined website builder that has been used to create millions of websites.

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From 2 hours to 2 minutes: How Hostinger accelerated customer support with Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

Launched in 2004, the web hosting provider serves over 29 million users in 178 countries. These kinds of technical issues were preventing the Hostinger customer success team from providing the kind of customer service they aspired to. Having the right tools to support customers is vital if your customer base is growing at a fast clip.

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Are We Due for a SaaSacre?

Kellblog

If you believe in regression to the mean [5], that means you believe the multiples are due to drop back to the 5-10 range over time. I own positions in a wide range of public and private technology companies. 3] Per the footer, since Salesforce’s June, 2004 IPO. [4] is a broken LTV/CAC due to LTV or CAC?),

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

His first career steps were at Seer Technologies and Monitor Company in the 1990s. Afterward, Patrick founded several businesses in diverse sectors, including tech, healthcare, and finance. After a BA in Technology and an MBA, André Baldini made his first steps into IT, working in companies like Stefanini and Itaú Unibanco.

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

Tom Tunguz

Presumably this is due to customer churn, as a fair number of their customers must have gone out of business. But, the company has been operating at close to breakeven since 2004. Ariba acquired a company called Tradex technologies for $1.6B Ariba acquired a company called Tradex technologies for $1.6B

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The 12 PCI DSS Requirements to Ensure PCI Compliance

Stax

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is a set of regulations or standards formalized by the PCI SSC (Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council) or PCI Security Standards Council in 2004. Before 2004, credit card companies had their own set of rules for cybersecurity. PCI DSS requires an annual review of the policy.