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An Era of Fundamental and Massive Change - The Capital Markets Innovation of the ICO

Tom Tunguz

In December 2017, the amount raised in ICOs nearly equaled the amount raised by Series A investments globally. The technology innovation catalyzed by Bitcoin and Blockchain is creating many multibillion dollar economies quickly. About a third of the ICOs in 2017 raised some form of institutional capital before ICO.

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

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The Rebrand That Changed Everything 2017’s pivot from dapulse to monday.com wasn’t just a name change. He created a culture of “structured chaos” – enough process to scale, enough freedom to innovate. The result? A work OS that spreads virally through organizations, with users becoming natural champions.

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Sales Efficiency through Covid : Reading the Tea Leaves for Startups

Tom Tunguz

In 2017, SaaS companies reported their cost of customer acquisition had increased by 65% in the previous five year period. Combined with a market whose cost of capital has surged with the Fed Funds rate, these trends will demand teams innovate to create more efficient customer acquisition channels.

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The Future of AI in Sales with Gong’s CEO and Co-Founder Amit Bendov

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If there is no innovation and you’ve maxed out your existing TAM, you’ll start slowing down. Two Conflicting Things Are Happening: Consolidation and Innovation Amit talks about Gong’s journey from a stand-alone product where everyone listens to reps to where they are today. “ Some public companies have to be more cautious.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Join Daniel Dines, Co-CEO of UiPath, at 2023 SaaStr Europa in London on 6-7 June!!

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rev 2017: $30m rev. Dines is recognized as an authority on driving business growth through company culture, employee empowerment, and innovation. UiPath has had an incredible history, taking 10 years to get to that first $1m in ARR … and then turning into one of the fastest growing software companies to $1 Billion in ARR ever !

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From Startup to $500M CARR: How Braze Scaled a Growth and CS Team

SaaStr

This was around 2017, and CS became simpler and focused on post-sales, retention, and reduced churn. This revenue chart is 2017-2021 before Braze IPO’d. Maintain a small company mindset to foster ongoing innovation and growth. It’s sad when a company loses that innovation mindset that helped it to get where it is.

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