Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

We shared a post about where your money went when buying a $10 Buffer plan back in 2014 — but it was well time for an update. Since 2014 our team has grown from 34 to 78 team members. Our Average Sale Price (ASP) in 2014 was $13, while our total Operating Costs were $3,575,897.

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Stax

AUGUST 19, 2024

Neiconi brings more than 15 years of experience in risk and fraud management leadership to his new role, with a deep background in developing fraud risk solutions, risk data collection and analysis, and compliance. Most recently, Neiconi was the Head of Fraud & Risk North America for Adyen. and Canada.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

It was initially compliance focus. Look, this is not just about compliance, it’s about every vertical. And then the value proposition changes because it’s not about regulatory and compliance, it’s all about now is AI and machine learning and analytics and so on. And again, we had to prove that with the data.

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Buffer Resources

MARCH 1, 2024

Here’s who weighed in: Adnan Issadeen , Security and Compliance Engineer Years at Buffer: 8 Retreats attended: Madrid (2017), Singapore (2018), San Diego (2019) Åsa Nyström , VP Customer Advocacy Years at Buffer: 11 Retreats attended: San Francisco/Lake Tahoe (2013), Thailand (2013), Cape Town (2014), Sydney (2015), New York (2015), (..)

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 8, 2018

Oracle already introduced its Voice virtual assistant in 2014 but it was more of an outlier during that time. This, however, in compliance with more strident data protection and regulatory environment. . Recently, Zoho launched its Zia voice-driven assistant to help sellers perform their tasks better.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Nancy, you weren’t at the company in 2014 when we first partnered together. Some compliance factors had added fuel to our fire in terms of more people wanting to adopt. We did start a process in 2014 and ultimately Battery did win the deal. We did an institutional round with Battery Ventures in 2014.

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Stax

AUGUST 26, 2024

Talk to sales Let’s start at the beginning Stax—then called Fattmerchant—launched in July 2014 and was immediately viewed as a disruptor in the payments space due to its subscription-based model and transparent pricing for SMBs. ” The early years (2014-2018) The first four years of Stax were the quintessential startup experience.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 27, 2022

From there, I met the guy at efounders, the famous startup studio specializing in SaaS, and I worked with them in 2014 and ’15, I did some events in the meantime, and in 2016, I did a big one in France and also launched it in Sydney. Liam: You mentioned data, so obviously, security and compliance are going to be a big part of that.

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Scytale

MARCH 18, 2024

While the original 2014 version focused on industries like energy, finance, and transportation, this new iteration is designed to help organizations of all types and sizes. When it was first introduced back in 2014, it outlined 5 core functions that remain central to the framework today: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 11, 2021

And since 2014, Estonia has opened the privilege of joining its tech utopia to the rest of the world. In addition to making you more competitive, becoming an EU company can simplify compliance. It’s a story that began decades ago, with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 17, 2021

SEO has such a strong business impact that when Expedia got penalized for bad “Black Hat” SEO practices in 2014, their stock dropped. Technical SEO, website security, and compliance will become more important. ADA compliance: Thee rules for website compliance are straight forward. Why is SEO so powerful?

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Frontegg

APRIL 29, 2021

OIDC vs OAuth? What’s the difference between OAuth and Open ID? What about the difference between SAML and OAuth? Here’s a quick comparison.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2025

Um, and then we could do segmentation and, the first two years, so for, uh, like 2014 to 16 was all those mechanics, all those foundational things. Risk and compliance, and being a partner that can meet those needs. Um, so we started building our direct field force. And over those years, Scott, it, it grew and grew and grew.

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Scytale

MARCH 18, 2024

While the original 2014 version focused on industries like energy, finance, and transportation, this new iteration is designed to help organizations of all types and sizes. When it was first introduced back in 2014, it outlined 5 core functions that remain central to the framework today: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover.

Cybersecurity 40

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OpenView Labs

MARCH 4, 2021

By the time HubSpot went public in 2014, net revenue retention had jumped to nearly 100%—all without hurting the company’s ability to acquire new customers. Compliance software company AuditBoard, which charges based on the number of controls rather than users, generates 10x the number of users in an account compared to legacy software.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Apple Pay caught up in 2014; in 2015, the wearables market made everyone aware of the tap’s potential. Look out for: Transaction fees Chargeback fees Monthly minimums Statement fees Gateway fees PCI compliance fees Upgrade and support fees Cancellation fees Additional hardware costs. Fees, too, differ among providers.

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OpenView Labs

MARCH 27, 2018

Founded in 2014 and led by Alessio Alionco, Pipefy provides no-code business process management software to help teams of all sizes at companies like Accenture, IBM, and Santander streamline and standardize their daily back-office workflows. At OpenView, our mission is to improve people’s working lives.

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Chart Mogul

JANUARY 28, 2022

Since our inception in 2014 and up to mid-2021, our entire infrastructure has run on DigitalOcean droplets (self-managed cloud virtual machines). Data security and compliance. Compliance-wise, we plan to become SOC II certified asap, and we found AWS compliance programs to be an advantage that can help fast-track that journey.

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BetterCloud

JANUARY 21, 2021

At its public launch in February 2014, it had 17,000 users. Staying up to date on compliance. On the surface, there’s a lot of data that suggests that Slack is beating email pretty handily. In 2016, Walt Mossberg wrote an article for The Verge in which he argued that Slack beats email, but still needs to get better. “At

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Mucker Capital

OCTOBER 22, 2018

That idea eventually turned into AuditBoard, which launched in 2014 and this month secured a $40 million funding round led by Battery Ventures. We started off building a solution for a particular financial compliance program. The money will help the team improve the product and finance customer expansion, particularly internationally.

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Scytale

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

History of NIST Compliance The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework was created in 2014 to help organizations manage cybersecurity risks. The ISO 27001 Bible Everything you need to know about compliance! The NIST Framework is one of those tools, so let’s dive in!

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Frontegg

APRIL 29, 2021

OIDC vs OAuth? What’s the difference between OAuth and Open ID? What about the difference between SAML and OAuth? Here’s a quick comparison.

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How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

8 Best SaaS Development Companies in 2024 Clockwise Software Rate: $50 – $99 / hr Employees: 50 – 249 Founded: 2014 This Ukrainian company from Dnipro is one of the leaders in JavaScript development. Businesses of any size and industry can find reliable SaaS development partners.

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Then we can use the security and compliance and control that IT would actually buy into to control those accounts. That’s how we got started in building our ecosystem. Ceci Stallsmith : Cool. I actually got to build Box’s early ecosystem with Niall, so there’s some extra fun stories there that we might go into.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

So my prior life, I had built the platform and the core apps and the industry apps, but to build the platform can actually be several years of work and cost hundreds of millions of dollars depending on how you do it, and so we got incredible leverage, incredible.

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BetterCloud

APRIL 25, 2018

SaaS apps started reaching critical mass around 2013-2014. To request a free SaaS security assessment that will identify data exposure and non-compliance areas in your environment, click here. It has extended over time, and now the perimeter includes major SaaS platforms — which you need to secure. The future of security is API-based.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2020

It was acquired by eBay in 2002 but split in 2014. The leading provider of tax compliance automation software for businesses was ranked in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500. It records an average of 32 payment transactions per active account. Indeed, assisting SMBs with invoicing and payments does work for them.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Today I help investment managers harness the power of community and technology to automate regulatory compliance. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Ramapo College of New Jersey and a master’s in jurisprudence (MSJ) specializing in pharmaceutical and medical device law and compliance from Seton Hall University School of Law.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 28, 2022

The Blue Dot is an Israel-based SaaS platform that helps businesses connect the dots to finish the transactional story of each employee, going beyond tax compliance. Founded in: 2014. Founder/CEO: David Maman. Founded in: 2019. Founder/CEO: Isaac Saft. Cato Networks. Claroty’s clients include ABB, Honeywell, Siemens, and Mitsubishi.

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SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2019

Then they had to integrate with credit card processors, let’s not forget managing PCI compliance, building the auditing and reporting features you need for that, and what about fraud prevention. And that’s new integrations, new payment methods, and new compliance schemes around the world. I think it was end of 2014.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 25, 2022

Founded in 2014, Employment Hero is a SaaS-driven human resource management software. Launched in 2004, Safety Culture is designed for enterprises that seek a mobile-first audit solution to manage workplace safety and meet compliance standards. Over millions of innovators and hundreds of subjects, experts are active on EarlyBirds.

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SaaStr

APRIL 3, 2019

Some of the same investors ended up placing me at URX, which was sort of the deep linking standard of 2014. Ben Braverman: June, 2014, when I started, we had an $18,000 month. It’s a customs broker to keep everything in compliance. I worked for them for a little while. Raised a big round from Accel right out of the gates.

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How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

HubSpot introduced its free CRM in 2014, lowering the barrier for small businesses to start managing contacts and pipelines without cost. Initially launched as a marketing software tool, HubSpot expanded over time into an all-in-one platform including marketing, sales, and service capabilities. Can HubSpot handle enterprise needs?

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OpenView Labs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Any true self-serve motion where you spin up an account, load your data and then swipe a credit card goes against the grain for any end user who is trained in proper risk management and compliance (AKA: any security buyer). Full disclosure: OpenView led Datadog’s $15M Series B in 2014. Key takeaways. Some examples: Datadog.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Recent Examples: Klaviyo (September 2023) $7.6B valuation 10x ARR multiple Only $16M burned pre-IPO Strong unit economics Rubrik (April 2024) $5.6B valuation 7x ARR multiple $700M+ burned pre-IPO Enterprise-focused model OneStream $4.6B Recent Examples: Klaviyo (September 2023) $7.6B

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BetterCloud

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

2014 : We hosted our first customer summit, Altitude, fostering a strong sense of community. 2014 : We hosted our first customer summit, Altitude, fostering a strong sense of community. Security and Compliance: Safeguard sensitive data and maintain regulatory compliance. See the moment.

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Stax

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Keep an eye out for hidden fees that may not be immediately apparent, like setup fees, monthly maintenance fees, PCI compliance fees, or chargeback fees. Beyond compliance, look for processors that offer advanced security features like tokenization and encryption, which add layers of protection to payment information. We’ve got a 4.4

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