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What’s New at Automattic and WordPress with Co-founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg

SaaStr

WordPress is its own ecosystem, a vibrant community of hundreds of thousands of people who create add-ons, plugins, and develop sites. Automattic was started in 2005 to democratize publishing, and WooCommerce was purchased in 2016 to democratize e-commerce. Now, Woo is an open-source style Shopify and their largest business.

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Scaling Success: Digital Entrepreneurship and SaaS Exits

FastSpring

Blake Hutchison (15:41) When I was living in Francisco in 2005, they had just started and they were in West Oakland alongside me. So one of the best tactics that most people won’t do is to point out the weaknesses in the business. Blake Hutchison (29:53) Our churn rate is poor, but we actually know why.

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38 Bright Asian SaaS Stars

SaaStock

was created by a team with 25+ years of experience in location-based tech, spanning various services and real-time asset tracking systems. 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. Founded : 2005.

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Intercom’s Sanj Bhayro on creating the right foundation to help businesses scale

Intercom, Inc.

Sanj started working at Salesforce back in 2005, when the company had around 1,000 employees and a few hundred million in revenue, and he was a part of its growth for 14 years, holding several leadership positions in multiple markets in EMEA. In 2005, I was very lucky to join a company called Salesforce, which had just IPO’d.

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Dropbox, the ultimate Mouse Hunter

The Angel VC

In contrast to Zendesk (and I think, Yammer), which eventually moved upmarket and now generates an ever-increasing percentage of revenues from larger customers , Dropbox is still getting most of its revenues from individual users and small teams. Instead, I think that the right team has to hit the right opportunity at the right time.

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

The SaaStock team will be landing in São Paulo to run the region’s first Pan-Latin American SaaS conference, SaaStock LatAm. In 2010, he founded Influitive, which helps B2B companies employ brand advocates for faster growth and development. She’ll be talking about her approach to sales as a team sport. Business Consultancy.

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The 8 Best Content Marketing Companies of 2020

Neil Patel

Distilled was founded by Will Critchlow and Duncan Morris in 2005. From the beginning, Distilled has always been focused on technical SEO, focusing on the development aspects of content marketing. They’ve been industry leaders in the online marketing and content creation space since 2005. Technical SEO. Budget: $25,000+.