Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

In this conversation, a16z General Partner Angela Strange talks with J eff Sloan, former CEO of Global Payments, about how he was early to spot significant industry trends, how to make bets that move an organization, and the sea change that AI represents for the financial services industry. Angela: Why Global Payments?

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Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

Besides it’s proven business results, this strategy helps empower end-users to get the best possible product for their needs. In a nutshell, companies adopting the PLG strategy need to solve the users’ problems instantly – look at it as an on-demand demo that needs to convince the end-user. Best For: Online Payment Processing.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

Upon joining that team, I led online marketing and user acquisition growth for about a year. There are trade-offs between the two, and clearly their method won out. There was one other person inside the company already digging into this lever, so we connected and really hit it off. We raised a $1.5-million

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Point Nine Land

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When I invested in FreeAgent in early 2009, I found the value of an online accounting solution SO compelling that I naively believed every small business in the UK would just have to adopt online accounting. known as the layer-cake strategy). Who will leapfrog the pre-AI Cloud?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 6, 2019

We looked at the world in 2008, 2009, and we said, “How come it’s almost impossible to connect two companies to do business, especially if they have complex business processes, but we can all connect as consumers on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, every single day we want to do business? We really wanted to simplify supply chains.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

WePay is a payments company for platform businesses like marketplaces, crowdfunding sites & small business software. I think on the plus side, coming into a firm like JPMorgan, we were a 200 person company when we were acquired. The day that acquisition closed, we became a 250,000 person company. Bill Clerico : Yeah.

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Panintelligence

JULY 22, 2024

Fintech , short for financial technology, uses technology to provide financial services like mobile banking, online payments, blockchain, and cryptocurrency. This has led to solutions like biometric authentication, AI-driven fraud detection, and personalized financial management tools. What is Fintech?

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OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

It often seems as if traditional strategy development processes have no place in the fast-moving, always changing technology industries. The critical difference is that they’ve discovered how to make strategy development faster, pragmatic and more agile by focusing on four key principles. At a Glance.

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OpenView Labs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Making their product accessible on their website instead of hiring an army of salespeople was a disruptive idea in the early 2000s. The rationale behind Atlassian’s go-to-market strategy was threefold: If we don’t have sales staff, the product must sell itself. From 1 Product to 7 Following Atlassian’s PLG Strategy.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

So, I co-founded another payments company called PropertyBridge, which allowed you to pay rent electronically. We sold that at the end of 2007 and I stayed on with MoneyGram International who acquired the company until the end of 2009. And I wanted to do another payments company, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do.

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Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

It looked like this: We eventually re-architected our engagement loops to be based around personalization instead of around friends. billion exit, Grubhub made a lot of mistakes. billion exit, Grubhub made a lot of mistakes. billion exit, Grubhub made a lot of mistakes.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By 2009, unemployment for ‘08 graduates was at 9% : The door to the real world had slammed shut just as we were about to walk through it. Even if we do head into a recession, there are actionable tactics and strategies you can use to seize the moment and transform your career. The job market vanished overnight. Meet the experts.

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Chargify

MAY 8, 2019

Moreover, your pricing strategy should be based on your value metric, and different value metrics require different types of subscriptions. Back in 2009, MailChimp introduced their Free Forever plan that allowed people to use MailChimp for free until their email list reached 100 subscribers. image source). Pay-as-you-go. image source).

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 18, 2022

Found by Abhijit Pattanaik in 2016, Playtonia is an e-sports platform technology company that helps online gamers connect and develop communities. Visual Website Optimiser (VWO). The USP of the company is personalized video content – leveraging video content for interactions helps businesses increase their sales.

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Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This will allow you to maximize your brand reach,  engage with the right people , and nail your  social media marketing strategy. Start your social media marketing strategy by pinpointing where your ideal customers are active, to get the best return on investment (ROI) for your business. Facebook 3.65 With over  1.32

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Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

How to Develop a Customer Success Strategy. Technology Enables Strategy; Doesn’t Define It. Metering / Billing / Payment Process. How do I target my customers when they’re not online? The definition of Customer Success Management is one thing, but what actually goes into this critical part of your growth strategy?

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Martin brings a wealth of experience in building and scaling sales teams, developing effective go-to-market strategies, and navigating the challenges of startup growth. 14:58) The evolution of Levelset’s sales motion and pricing strategy. (29:06) 52:25) Why in-person sales environments are crucial for early-career development. (53:46)

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