Biz2Credit Review
The Daily Egg
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Founded in 2007, Biz2Credit has provided over $7 billion in loans to thousands of small businesses nationwide. If you’re a small business. The post Biz2Credit Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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Dear SaaStr: What Successful Startups Were Launched While The Founders Worked 9 to 5?
SaaStr
MARCH 12, 2024
Mailchimp is perhaps the most interesting one to me because they took their time until 2007 to go all-in. Hootsuite was also a web-agency spin-off. Slack was an internal tool built when the company was a gaming company. It took off. But once they did, growth accelerated. Dramatically. When this model works, it takes longer.
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DECEMBER 30, 2020
He’s a hedge fund manager who had foreseen the shocking 2007-2008 housing collapse. Have you heard of Michael Burry? Having betted against subprime-mortgage bonds ahead of the meltdown, he made about $750 million in profits for his investors and $100 million personally. But how was he able to predict something like that?
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Hostinger Review
The Daily Egg
MAY 17, 2021
Hostinger started out in 2007 as a free web hosting service called 000webhost.com. Looking for a budget web hosting service? Hostinger may be the one for you. While there are quite a few inexpensive options out there, Hostinger takes the prize for the most affordable. Imagine that–free hosting.
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How AI Infrastructure Will Power the Future with Oracle and Bain Capital Ventures
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Additionally, if you look at the mobile shift, the iPhone was released in 2007 but we didn’t get our first mobile apps like Uber and Snapchat until 2009 and 2010. It wasn’t until years later that Workday and Salesforce and a whole generation of SaaS companies came along to build on top of that infrastructure.
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How VCs Value Rainbow Foals in 2022
Tom Tunguz
JUNE 20, 2022
From 2007 to 2016, $1.5b I remember thinking a $1b M&A or IPO was so rare an investor might hope to achieve it once or twice in a career. Fewer than 15 SaaS companies traded on public exchanges then. With at least 20 firms and several partners per firm chasing unicorns, upstarts faced stiff odds. 2015 Return Multiple by Round.
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Why Marketers, Creators, and Brands Should Start Using Mastodon ASAP
Sparktoro
DECEMBER 16, 2022
I joined Twitter in June, 2007. It turned out to be a very smart move; over the next decade, that network had a massive impact on my professional success. Some of that is because I did interesting or valuable things, but a lot of it was a combination of timing and serendipity. There are plenty of articles about why you…
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Around the World in 21 Days
Tom Tunguz
AUGUST 24, 2023
credit: Wired There at the top of the post is a photo of the 2007 APM class, coincidentally my class (I’m there on the right), departing San Francisco for a trip that would take us to Tokyo, Beijing, Bangkok, Bangalore & Tel Aviv. Aakash Gupta published Product Requirements Documents (PRDs): A Modern Guide.
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CRO Confidential: Moving Beyond Traditional Sales, Clay CEO & Co-Founder Kareem Amin on the Future of AI-Driven Growth
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Back in 2007 / 2008, when Sam joined a company as an SDR, he used Salesforce and over time, they bolted on different systems, depending on the needs of the business and what existed in the marketplace. It blends AI and SaaS and can speed up the outbound Go-To-Market process.
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Thanks to Cumul.io, Hook, Jiminny, Leaseweb,and Zendesk for Sponsoring SaaStr Europa 2023!
SaaStr
MARCH 2, 2023
Zendesk started the customer experience revolution in 2007 by enabling any business around the world to take their customer service online. We have a global footprint of 20+ data centers across Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America, all of which are backed by a superior global network with a total capacity of more than 10 Tbps.
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The evolution of Apple's iPhone
IT World
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
The iPhone, then and now Image by IDG / Apple The iPhone has come a long way since its arrival in 2007. First iPhone Image by IDG / Apple To read this article in full, please click here
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The Power of Going Long in SaaS
SaaStr
DECEMBER 8, 2020
in first angel round in 2007. First product doesn’t work, no revenue for 3 years. 2013: first investment. 200m from Silver Lake. 2016: IPO at $1.15B market cap. 2020: Worth $7B today. Zendesk : Founded 2006. Raised $500,000 (!) IPO in 2014 at $1B. Worth $2B by 2017. Crossed $1B in ARR in 2020. Today worth $16B.
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5 Interesting Learnings from UserTesting at $160,000,000 in ARR
SaaStr
JANUARY 26, 2022
While hardly the only vendor doing automated product insights, UserTesting has been doing it for quite a while (founded way back in 2007) and doing it well, with over 2,100 customers including many tech leaders. Stuck with per-seat pricing from 2007-2020, but added flex pricing in Q4′ 2020 — and quickly went to 20% of revenue.
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OneNote vs. Evernote: A personal take on two great note-taking apps
IT World
MAY 24, 2023
Launched in 2003, OneNote was added to the Microsoft Office suite (most versions of which are now called Microsoft 365) in 2007. There are two leading contenders for the crown: Microsoft’s OneNote and the independent Evernote. OneNote is now also bundled with Windows 10 and 11 and offered for free as a standalone product.
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What Could the Venture Market Look Like in the Coronavirus Era
Tom Tunguz
MARCH 11, 2020
That grew to about $5B per quarter in 2007 and early 2008. So this was a bit of a trip down memory lane. Let’s look at the data. In 2006, VCs invested about $3.5B per quarter in seed, A, B, and C rounds. Then the investing velocity fell by half to $2.9B, $2.7B, and $2.3B in the quarters following the crash.
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5 Interesting Learnings from Zscaler at $1B in ARR
SaaStr
APRIL 26, 2022
Zscaler was founded in 2007, and took a decade to cross $100m in revenues — as it does for most of us, even the best of us. And pulling away from the rest. #5. 10 Years to $100m in Revenues. Then Just 5 More To $1B in ARR. Ok this is an epic example of the compounding nature of SaaS. But then boom! That acceleration kicked in.
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The Most Popular Startup Domain Suffixes -.com,co,gg - Which is Best for Your Business?
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
Down from 89% in 2007, the.com designation adorns the addresses of 64% of startups founded in 2020. In fact, it has changed significantly as the chart above shows. Click to enlarge the image. Dotcoms dwarf other domain choices in demand but their dominance has diminished as the days pass.
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State of the Cloud 2024: The Cloud AI Era with Bessemer Venture Partners
SaaStr
OCTOBER 11, 2024
But when we got started in Cloud in 2007, most businesses that were starting with cloud picked one cloud. Sameer summarizes: “As the guy that’s lived through these waves before, I think many in the audience will agree with me that it’s very different than the last revolution that we saw.
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The Best 5 Mobile Developers’ Portfolios: Showcasing Top Talent
TurnKey Labs
JANUARY 8, 2024
Perhaps on June 29, 2007, when the first iPhone was introduced, few people in the world realized what a huge billion-dollar industry mobile apps were turning into. Nowadays, there is no doubt that mobile app development is a thriving industry. Even when I earned my first $100 from selling primitive applications for the Nokia Ovi […]
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What successful startups were launched while the founders worked 9 to 5 jobs on the side?
SaaStr
MAY 12, 2019
Mailchimp is perhaps the most interesting one to me because they took their time until 2007 to go all-in. Hootsuite was also a web-agency spin-off. Slack was an internal tool built when the company was a gaming company. It took off. But once they did, growth accelerated. Dramatically. View original question on quora.
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Nassim Taleb, a 90s Mobile Game, and Why Payment Gateways Alone Don’t Offer Revenue Growth
Chargebee
MAY 2, 2023
In 2007, mathematical statistician and former Wall Street trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb argued that inflexibility, even in the most meticulously built systems, ultimately makes them fragile. Or, as my gym trainer says – the more you bulk, the harder dancing gets. ” The objective […]
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GTM 71: Writer CEO Tells All: Securing Enterprise Customers with a PLG Motion | May Habib
Sales Hacker
DECEMBER 5, 2023
May Habib started her career in banking at Lehman Brothers in 2007, a very interesting time to be in the frontlines of that world. She then worked at a sovereign wealth fund and started her entrepreneurial journey in software localization. May started Writer in 2020.
The Best Mobile Developers’ Portfolios: Showcasing Top Talent
TurnKey Labs
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Perhaps on June 29, 2007, when the first iPhone was introduced, few people in the world realized what a huge billion-dollar industry mobile apps were turning into. Nowadays, there is no doubt that mobile app development is a thriving industry. Even when I earned my first $100 from selling primitive applications for the Nokia Ovi […]
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Q&A: JLL exec sees no return to pre-COVID work routines, but a 4-day work week
IT World
DECEMBER 8, 2021
That's 34% more empty offices than the nation saw during the Great Recession of 2007-2010, according to Cushman & Wakefield, a global commercial real estate broker. Since COVID-19 was officially classified a global pandemic in March 2020, the US has shed 138.4 million square feet (MSF) of office space.
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Apple marks Data Privacy Week with in-store privacy training, more
IT World
JANUARY 24, 2023
28, 2007 first convention on data protection. Apple this year is marking Data Privacy Week by working to educate iPhone users about the privacy protection tools they already have in hand, a move that has implications across any business that wants to maintain privacy. To read this article in full, please click here
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Microsoft sets Nov. 1 deadline for shutting off old Outlook clients from 365 services
IT World
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Affected editions of Office included Office 2007, which was already out of all support; Office 2010, which was to exit support on that same Oct. Last year, Microsoft dropped support for older versions of Office connecting to its online services, such as Exchange Online, as of Oct.
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How to Build a Product Customers Love and Drive Nearly $1B in Revenue Along the Way with Klaviyo CEO Andrew Bialecki
SaaStr
OCTOBER 4, 2024
When Klaviyo started during the post-2007-2008 recession hangover, it was a great time to build. What matters is that you have a durable, sustainable business with positive free cash flow, and if you don’t, you need a path to achieve that. If you meet that criteria, you’re probably in good shape.
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The Future of Work? There's an app for that: Airbnb!
IT World
MAY 19, 2022
The company began in 2007. People associate Airbnb with vacation travel. But Airbnb was founded as a service for business travelers. Then called AirBed & Breakfast, its founders' business model was simple: Buy three air mattresses, and build a website at airbedandbreakfast.com.
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The 10x Feature is Real. At Least, for a While. What’s Yours?
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
2007: Salesforce integration. We won a lot of those deals. For almost 3 years we were alone with this 10x feature. It was surprisingly hard to do well, given all the exceptions and corner cases involved. We launched in the first AppExchange class in late 2006 with the first true, deep Salesforce integration.
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Q&A: Your company's been bought — here's how to keep your IT career on track
IT World
MARCH 10, 2022
Global mergers and acquisitions (M&As) last year surpassed pre-pandemic levels and nearly matched the previous record years of 2007 and 2015, according to professional services firm KPMG. This year, they're poised to climb higher.
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Who are some examples of people in the tech industry who started a side gig that eventually made enough for them to quit their jobs?
SaaStr
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Then in 2007, when it hit 10,000 users, the two decided to commit full-time”: The New Atlanta Billionaires Behind An Unlikely Tech Unicorn. This story is a good reminder that bootstrapping has its rewards.
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How to Live the Exit Lifestyle without Selling Your Business by The Real Jason Duncan
Dubb
AUGUST 4, 2022
As Jason Duncan earned his master’s in education in 2007, he fell in love with teaching and pursued it as a career. Unfortunately, due to the Great Recession, he soon found himself unemployed. Despite not having a solid entrepreneurial vision, he started a business. Jason became an “accidental” entrepreneur, compelled by the sheer need.
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From subscription management to monetization: Evolving our brand alongside our transformation
Zuora
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
By Sergio Claudio, VP, Brand Experience When Zuora was founded in 2007, we had a vision that the world was […]. The post From subscription management to monetization: Evolving our brand alongside our transformation appeared first on Zuora.
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Innovation vs. execution: You have to have both
IT World
DECEMBER 16, 2022
One of the most seemingly innovative products so far this century is Apple’s iPhone, which arrived in 2007. Let’s think about the yin and yang of innovation vs. execution, and why execution and tolerance for failure are critical to real innovation. Winning the smartphone world.
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69 15 years of iPhone put Apple into business
IT World
JANUARY 10, 2023
Things have changed a lot since Apple introduced iPhone in January 2007. When he laughed at the arrival of the first iPhone , then-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made it clear he thought Apple had no chance of success. The product that changed everything. At the time, Apple was an iPod company that made also-ran, underpowered PowerPC Macs, too.
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Instacart
Andreessen Horowitz
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
The more I got exposed to the details behind the Instacart business, the more it reminded me of OpenTable (where I had been CEO from 2007-2011). Focusing on the former was key to our investment decision. Both needed to convince businesses to join the platform with the promise that they would drive incremental revenue.
Product-User Fit Comes Before Product-Market Fit
Andreessen Horowitz
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Product-market fit is “ the only thing that matters ” early on in the startup journey, wrote Marc Andreessen in June 2007. Conventionally, product-market fit comes down to early signals that the market has voted your product as the best …
Dropbox S-1 Analysis - The King of Freemium
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
Founded in 2007, Dropbox epitomizes the freemium go-to-market. Dropbox has grown from 0 to 500 million users over that time period. 2% of those users convert to paid and pay an average of $9.33 90% of revenue originates through self serve channels - an astounding figure for company that generated more than $1B in revenue last year.
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How to Find Old Tweets
Neil Patel
APRIL 9, 2021
In my case, we can see I joined Twitter pretty early on in March 2007. Finding my first tweet is as simple as going back to the advanced search feature and apply the following filters: My account (@neilpatel) The date range (March 1, 2007 – March 31, 2007). You can also use it to find your first tweet ever.
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WHAT is an Escape Room?
SaaS Metrics
APRIL 5, 2022
It’s a relatively new concept that began in Japan around 2007 before making its appearance in the US in 2013. Escape room games are an actual-time adventure game which takes place inside one of our game rooms themed. If you’re new to the best escape rooms in NWI, this article is perfect. The post WHAT is an Escape Room?
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How To Keep Your Customers For a Decade. Or Longer.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 29, 2019
it wasn’t until later on in 2007 that we had enough revenue to create a large enough group of customers to go on a 10 Year Journey with. We launched on January 1, 2006 on TechCrunch , and while we closed some good names that first year (Dell, BT, Qualcomm, GE, Comcast, etc.),
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Clouded Judgement 9.29.23 - Rates Keep Going Up
Clouded Judgement
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Pretty crazy to think about - growth adjusted multiples are near pre-covid all time highs (excluding 2020-2021 period) even though rates are as high as they’ve been since 2007 (and double what they were on average from 2010-2020). So what’s going on?
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Dropbox, the ultimate Mouse Hunter
The Angel VC
MAY 4, 2018
The mighty king of Freemium Like Zendesk, Yammer, and a few other SaaS companies that were all founded around 2007-2008, Dropbox was one of the early champions of the "consumerization of the enterprise" movement. I’ll be sharing a few specific observations from the S1 review, but let’s start with some more general thoughts about the company.
RBS automates away £7 million in manual server provisioning tasks
IT World
JUNE 17, 2020
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group – which will soon be rebranded as Natwest Group under new CEO Alison Rose – has been on a big technology modernization drive since its government bailout after the 2007 banking crisis.
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