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From marketplace to SaaS business: How Udemy acquired 80% of the Fortune 100

Intercom, Inc.

Seeing a real demand for business courses in their consumer marketplace, the team identified an opening in the market to disrupt corporate training and hypothesized that employers would be more than willing to pay. When Yvonne joined in 2016, the business unit consisted of just 10 people across product, engineering, sales, and marketing.

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Unlocking Growth in the Internet Economy: a Perspective from Stripe Head of Invoicing, Suzanne Xie (Video)

SaaStr

These days, as the business lead for invoicing at Stripe, Xie has earned her own stripes in navigating the unique challenges of building and thriving in the SaaS marketplace. You can deploy subscriptions as a service, billing as a service, fraud prevention as a service. Platforms-as-a-service.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

We will gather 300 leading SaaS founders, executives and investors for three days packed with opportunities and rich exchange of knowledge to push the whole ecosystem forward. Founded : 2011. Founded : 2011. Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace.

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38 Bright Asian SaaS Stars

SaaStock

When we announced a few weeks ago that we would be bringing our leading SaaS conference to Asia, and running it in Hong Kong, many locals thanked us for choosing the city. Founded : 2011. The platform integrates with 100+ shipping services and ensures discounts for many of them. Founded : 2011. Founders : William Tien.

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

We’ve gathered LatAm’s leading SaaS founders, executives, and investors – as well as a few international faces – for an unbeatable few days of knowledge and networking. He is leading DGF Investimentos’ specialized early-stage investment group – DGF Inova. Talk: Scaling & Exiting: Dreams, Designs & Dramas.

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“From Hackathon to Unicorn” Talkdesk Co-Founder Tiago Paiva and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

In 2011, Tiago Paiva won a Twilio hackathon by embracing the overlooked call center industry. Some of these sales reps want more than a $100,000 a year, don’t they? You were founded in 2011. But I had forgotten it was in July 2011. Also, don’t miss out on discounted prices for SaaStr Annual 2020 tickets.

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Instacart

Andreessen Horowitz

We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. There wasn’t a ton of game film on key issues including growth, new market performance, nor the ability to sign and scale grocer partnerships. It was April 2014, and the company was raising its Series B.