Tom Tunguz

JUNE 11, 2018

The pace of innovation within software. Consequently, I expect substantially more acquisitions of the scale and at these multiples through 2018. The corporate tax holiday. The growing sizes of the software market. The desire for continuing growth. The increasing competition amongst incumbents. EV/NTM revenues. SAP/Callidus. Oracle/Responsys.

Software 173

Software Marketing Scale Acquisition 173

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

Ceyuan Ventures selects entrepreneurs who show promise in crafting leading technologies, backed by powerful teams and innovation. Founded: 2013. It finances innovative tech companies across the globe, supporting them also via the Group’s resources and knowhow. Founded: 2013. Founded: 2013. Founded: 2004.

SaaS Payments 190

SaaS Payments Venture Capital Payment Services Telecommunications 190

The Angel VC

JULY 17, 2015

Join me as I go back in time and take a look at how SaaS landing pages looked like some years ago. The SaaS Stone Age Fast-backward about 16 years. Today you can buy a SaaS landing page template for $18.

SaaS 188

SaaS Software Review B2B Trends 188

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 20, 2014

First, venture capitalists invested nearly $1B of capital in the IoT in 2013, more than 3% of all VC investments by dollars. The IoT momentum generated in 2013 will only continue to grow, as the number of connected device startups and products compounds, each looking to satisfy an unmet consumer want or enterprise need.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Innovation Startup Investment 100

The Angel VC

MARCH 3, 2015

Growth is the single biggest determinant of startup valuations at IPO , as my fellow SaaS investor Tomasz Tunguz concluded based on an analysis of 25 IPOs in 2013. It also increases the chance of a new, innovative, fast-growing startup entering and possibly disrupting the market before you’ve reached significant scale. Growth (a.k.a.

Compensation 185

Compensation Business Model Startup Benchmarks 185

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In 2012, Patrick co-founded ProfitWell (previously known as Price Intelligently), it offers an innovative price setting tool that helps businesses price their products and services according to their true value. In 2013, Thiago joined Resultados Digitais, one of the most renowned SaaS businesses in Latin America.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

Tom Tunguz

JUNE 30, 2016

In the 13 years that followed, many startups have followed their path to build innovative software that has transformed their respective industries and sectors. By 2007 there were five IPOs and that number crested at nine in 2013 and 2014. The shift has been revolutionary both in software delivery as well as sales.

Marketing 113

Marketing SaaS Software Delivery Scale 113

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 22, 2019

Here’s a better way for entrepreneurs and company builders to think about the roadmap: innovation is your responsibility, but you don’t innovate in a vacuum. Deepa: I’m always honored to share this, but we’ve been around since 2013 and have never lost anyone on the team.

Machine Learning 199

Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Scale Technical Review 199

Tom Tunguz

JULY 28, 2015

The chart above shows that Bitcoin investment started in earnest in 2013. Some point to the innovation of the blockchain and the impact this distributed, secure transactional technology will bring to contracts. But it will take some time for the innovation to be brought to market in a way that people understand and value.

Investment 100

Investment Blockchain Innovation Startup 100

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

It also foreshadows a wave of innovation of new and wonderful soon-to-be-released products. Importantly, investors have raised nearly twice as much capital in 2014 as in 2013 and their coffers are well stocked to finance new and fast-growing companies. 2015 will be an exciting year for Startupland.

Startup 100

Startup Finance Innovation Technology 100

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

The average seed stage startup has a 20% chance of raising a Series A according to Crunchbase data for IT startups who raised seed and Series A rounds between 2006 and 2013. Finance was quietly booming , but since Bitcoin broke 1000:1 USD:BTC exchange rate, financial innovations are hard to miss.

Transportation 100

Transportation Startup Finance Innovation 100

SaaStock

JANUARY 30, 2019

Monashees Capital is the largest Brazilian VC that makes investments in innovative solutions worldwide, but with a strong focus on Latin America. Founded: 2013. Currently, it manages the São Paulo Innovation Fund (FIP), focusing on funding agriculture, IT, health tech and FinTech companies in the state. Monashees Capital.

Venture Capital 155

Venture Capital SaaS Healthcare Finance 155

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 17, 2018

One is the outcome driven-innovation. This is the difference between what I call supply-side innovation, “I have this technology, what job can it do?” versus demand-side innovation: “What progress do customers wanna make, and how do they value it?”. If you learn those things, you can lean into them. This is Tony Ulwick ’s stuff.

Sales Hiring 202

Sales Hiring Interviewing Scale Underperforming Technical Team 202

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

This innovative software tool is a proven and tested customer engagement booster. Founded: 2013 Known customers: Lyft, Clearbit, Amplitude, AdRoll, Segment Price starts at: $249/month. #3 Founded: 2013 Known customers: Marketo, RedHat, Cisco, Okta, Infor, Citrix, BMC Price starts at: Not Provided Publically. #5 1 Intercom.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Office 2013 was released on January 29th, 2013. Since 2013, Microsoft has released two new versions, Office 2016 in 2015 and Office 2019 in 2018. Integrating this innovative tool can make financial analysis seamless for your SaaS company, and you can start a free trial today. An example of this is Microsoft Office.

Payment Features 95

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Subscription 95

The SaaS Garage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Founded in 2013, riskmethods ’ software as a service (SaaS) solution harnesses cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI), big data and machine learning to protect its customers’ supply chain networks.

Artificial Intelligence 98

Artificial Intelligence Software Machine Learning Management 98

Chargify

MARCH 28, 2018

Innovative SaaS companies are recognizing a shift in customer demand and offering their products and features “à la carte,” and are tailoring specific offers to target sets of customers rather than offering all customers the same generic packages. They also started positioning upmarket with an offer geared towards enterprise buyers: 2013.

Pricing 47

Pricing Innovation Scale SaaS 47

BetterCloud

JUNE 9, 2022

The BetterCloud team in 2013. Accelerating product innovation. We’ll be able to expand our product functionality and portfolio, expand our geographic reach, and continue to champion the broader SaaSOps community —all while continuing to build our special culture and teams at BetterCloud. So much has changed in 10 years.

Investment 104

Investment Leadership Technical Review Management 104

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A: I joined the company in 2013. We’ll continue to maintain a work environment that’s open and friendly while at the same time still encouraging innovation. Checkout the full episode of Middle Market Executive featuring Chris here: Pressed for time? Don’t worry, we’ve included a few highlights from his conversation below.

Payment Methods 94

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Hiring Payment Services 94

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2019

So, with that as my motivation, five years ago I set out on a mission to find the innovation going on around me in B2B sales. However, it requires experience, innovation, and entrenchment in the customer’s business to find it. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5d8GW6GdR0. If there is a silver bullet to selling, it is this.

B2B 113

B2B Scale Sales Interviewing 113

Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Example: When considering entering a new market segment or launching an innovative product feature, calculating the NPV and IRR helps determine the potential long-term returns. NPV and IRR can be used to assess growth initiatives, ensuring alignment with long-term financial goals. 3, DOI:10.33423/jaf.v20i3.3006. 112-136, DOI:10.1080/0013791X.2012.760696.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services SaaS Payments Customer Success Payments 52

Teamgate

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Also, in 2013, Microsoft’s major overhaul of dynamics CRM involved distributing smartphone applications for iOS, Windows, and Android. With this knowledge, businesses must ensure that they are updated continuously as regards trends and business-related innovations capable of influencing their business activities.

Mobile 95

Mobile Strategy Technical Review Artificial Intelligence 95

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The innovation and ability to push a startup idea into production mean the team has skills and knowledge that is invaluable to an established company. Since opening its doors in 2013, Empire Flippers has sold over $93,000,000 worth of websites and online businesses with an impressive 88% selling success rate. Empire Flippers.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

OpenView Labs

MAY 24, 2021

They’re truly committed to building innovative products that sell themselves. Veeva sees similar dynamics among its Vault customers, with 2013/2014 cohorts growing subscription revenue by 26.8x Atlassian has an R&D:S&M ratio of 2.9:1. They might even be under-spending on GTM…). products each, up from 1.90

Scale 98

Scale Headcount Sales Hiring Benchmarks 98

SaaStr

JULY 11, 2019

The other big lesson I learned is when you’re engaging and inspiring a team and creating these big, hairy, audacious goals, you also want to be able to tap into that entrepreneurial spirit, particularly when you’re innovating. It was actually late 2012, early 2013 where we looked at the growth. We looked at the numbers.

Scale 158

Scale Marketplace as a Service Sales Recruiting Scaling 158

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Integrating innovative software that can cull MRR values from CRM and payment processing systems is a valuable shortcut. This blog was born alongside Baremetrics’s launch in 2013. Thankfully, there is Baremetrics to do all of this for you. Here too, Baremetrics can do all this for you. Table of Contents.

Content Marketing 113

Content Marketing SaaS Payments Investment Marketing 113

Buffer Resources

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

I truly enjoy working alongside the Buffer team, and I am also an avid user of the product for my personal social media accounts and have been since 2013. It's not just about doing things the way they've always been done; it's about using the depth of understanding to innovate and guide the brand forward. 

Compensation 107

Compensation Social Media Leadership Branding 107

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

According to World Economic Forum data , the number of jobs requiring the use of AI has increased by 450% since 2013. Other areas where AI lacks are contextual understanding, complex decision-making, and creative innovation. AI is one of the driving forces of 4IR. Product management is also affected by the trend. Customer empathy map.

AI 105

AI Management Data Analysis Technical Review 105

Neil Patel

MARCH 15, 2021

These platforms rely on marketing revenues though, so they’re constantly innovating and finding new ways for advertisers to engage their users. In 2013, a series of YouTube videos found huge success by taking video footage of normal events and overlaying them with “bad lip reading.” Here are a few ads that nailed millennial marketing.

Advertising 122

Advertising Social Media Travel Trends 122

Frontegg

AUGUST 12, 2021

Founded in 2013, Auth0 is now seen as a trusted and dependable authentication solution, especially by SaaS application developers. This bottom-up shift will allow your devs to focus more on innovation and additional R&D efforts. 1500 minimum. #2 2 – Auth0. A win-win situation.

B2C 98

B2C Identity management B2B Systems Review 98

Frontegg

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Founded in 2013, Auth0 is now a trusted and dependable authentication solution for SaaS. This bottom-up shift will allow your devs to focus more on innovation and additional R&D efforts. 1500 minimum. #2 2 – Auth0. The company is boasting over 100 million successful logins on a daily basis, a feat that is hard to argue with.

B2C 98

B2C Scale Identity management Enterprise readiness 98

Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Beacon technology first gained popularity back in 2013 when Apple unveiled the iBeacon. These innovative and functional usages of beacons can help with branding and better engage a specific customer base. Here’s a five-step guide to getting started with beacon technology. Step 1: Learn About The Growth of Beacon Technology.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Technology Software Review Mobile 145

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2018

I can’t believe it’s been 4 years since we threw our first Sales Hacker Conference in September of 2013. By this we mean salespeople employed at companies that care about investing in sales training, sales technology, or sales recruiting services, to support sales innovation. How It All Began: The Story of Sales Hacker.

Sales Recruiting 108

Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring Sales 108

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

APRIL 10, 2018

First up, while HubSpot’s Dublin office opened in 2013, we have been selling into EMEA since the company was founded back in 2006. This means in many markets there are few innovators left - instead we’re selling to early adopters and the early majority, who in many cases are more conservative and require greater persuasion.

Scale 112

Scale Sales Sales Enablement Software Review 112

Point Nine Land

JANUARY 30, 2019

How the AI wave could impact the B2B software industry in the next decade Last year I explained in a video, embedded below, that I believed the B2B software industry was entering a new stage: the SaaS wave was now in its deployment phase, and at the same time, the next big innovation wave, driven by AI, was in its installation phase.

AI Search 70

AI Search AI B2B Software 70

yoursales

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Calendly has been around since 2013. Electronic signature tools have been around for years, and it didn’t seem to be innovating much. The process you go through to set up and as a result of meetings arranged is somewhat under-appreciated. Smart scheduling tools have been around for years. Market leader (!!!)

Outsourcing Services 97

Outsourcing Services Sales Systems Review Sales Outsourcing 97

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

Adam: What was Eventbrite like when you joined back in January 2013 comparted to today? They’ve of course innovated in many areas since, but TaskRabbit was effectively trying to create this peer-to-peer local sharing economy model, which was new and different, and it just didn’t get to pure product/market fit quite as quickly.

Marketplace as a Service 189

Marketplace as a Service Scale Payment Solutions Payment Services 189