Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 2, 2016

Which of the 16 major start of categories in information technology will reap disproportionate share of investment dollars in 2016? The chart above contrasts the pace of investment across the two markets by sector measured by % of total dollars invested anually. This may be a breakout category in 2016 for Series A investments.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

Liam Geraghty: From the very start, Intercom’s mission has always been to make internet business personal, so it’s not surprising that we’ve been podcasting for a long time; since 2012, in fact. A transactional marketplace like Uber, where riders can actually use it every day for commuting, is very nice.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Leading a team of innovators and experts in their Customer Success, Professional Services, and Support organization, Amanda’s goal is to ensure that every customer optimizes the business impact of Lucidworks search and analytics deployments. “My Under her direction, marketplace utilization grew 39% in one year.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

since 2012, according to LinkedIn’s State of Sales report. Ideally the solution is your product or service, but even if it isn’t, your goal should be to solve the customers problem. My advice is to invest 5% of your time and money, every month, on personal development. Invest in yourself. Collin Cadmus. Mark Roberge.

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How To Buy Saas

JULY 26, 2021

Launched in 2012 as ZenPayroll, this company supports over +100,000 businesses nationwide. It offers you the best of services including Expert HR. Namely was founded in 2012 and currently works with over 1,200 HR leaders. This site assists as a bidding marketplace for people to buy and sell websites (think eBay for websites).

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Natalia Luneva

APRIL 24, 2025

Stripe Connect is a comprehensive payment processing solution designed to cater to the unique needs of platforms and marketplaces. Initially launched in 2012, Stripe Connect has expanded its capabilities to support diverse business models, making it an ideal choice for on-demand services, e-commerce platforms, crowdfunding sites, and more.

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All that Saas

MAY 1, 2021

Launched in 2012, Influence4you is listed in the category of the top influencer marketing platforms. The best feature of this app has to be its ‘Return on Investment Analytics. Also, giving suggestions to invest in the right strategies optimizes your ROI. Traackr has not provided its pricing plans for its services.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Eight years ago, we founded the company, September 2012. So we had a deep experience in the e-commerce space and it just, in 2012, it felt right. In 2012, Wall Street didn’t really know how to value SaaS companies. And there’s a lot of benefit to running a software as a service, in general. Rob Gonzalez: Yeah.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

And at some point between year 2012 and 20 of the bull run, there may not be as good as it is today. Maria : Yeah, I think, coming from a marketing side and thinking about that as a marketer, marketing is all about investments. And notice that I said investments, not cost or spend. Any thoughts? We were wrong.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

We’ve got everything from self-service all the way up to the enterprise. So how we accomplish something at the enterprise level in a one to few or a one-to-one or a one to few is very different to how you would accomplish it in a self service model. But as we look at our market, it’s not all created equal. Jay Snyder: 100%.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

The data revolution in partnerships Sarah Wang: That’s incredibly exciting and definitely part of our investment thesis in investing in Crossbeam. A great way to look at this is through the lens of buyer psychology and the way that products and services get procured in the modern market. Sarah Wang: Absolutely.

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