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Who is Eran Zinman | Co-CEO of SaaS Leader Monday.com

SaaStr

He created a culture of “structured chaos” – enough process to scale, enough freedom to innovate. The Culture Play Zinman’s secret weapon? Building in Tel Aviv but thinking global from day one. Result: 93% employee satisfaction even post-IPO. Today, users can build custom workflows without code.

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The Future of AI, Open Source, and Enterprise SaaS: Where It’s All Going with Databricks’ CEO, Ali Ghodsi (Podcast #505 and Video)

SaaStr

Open Source is one of the most successful enablers of global innovation in history, and Linux has grown into the most important software platform in the world, dominating every market it enters. In 2010, COSS was valued at $10B, and 90% of that value was attributed to a single company: Red Hat. Key takeaways.

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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. . 2004-2010 marked the early days of SaaS where the model was still risky, and cloud providers were competing hard with their on-prem predecessors. .

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From Platforms to Protocols: Making Sense of Decentralized Social Media (and What it Means for the Future)

Buffer Resources

  The first decentralized platform, Diaspora , launched back in 2010. “ActivityPub and AT Protocol are built with open standards philosophies, and could similarly enable a new playground of innovation, with openness, ownership, and interoperability at their core.”

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

In 2010, he joined DGF Investimentos, one of the top VC firms in Brazil. In 2010, he became one of the Co-Founders of Warehouse Investimentos, a prominent Brazilian VC company. In 2010, he founded Influitive, which helps B2B companies employ brand advocates for faster growth and development. His focus there was deal-sourcing.

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Portfolio Update Part 2

The Angel VC

Continuing my little 2010 portfolio review ( here's part 1 ), the next stop after San Francisco ( Zendesk ), Vancouver ( Clio ) and Berlin ( Momox ) is Edinburgh, home of FreeAgent Central. And there's more to come. Konnichi wa , myGengo.

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How Much Is A Venture Firm Worth?

Tom Tunguz

Within just a few years, as capital markets shifted in their favor, they emerged simultaneously as both innovators & titans in their field. The company went public in 2010, three years after competitor Blackstone did, which is captured in the book King of Capital. APO Apollo Global Management 76 1.55 CG The Carlyle Group 16 3.85