Tom Tunguz

JUNE 7, 2023

In that transition, web3 software & infrastructure companies will shed their language of wallets, blockchains, & tokens for terms most buyers understand : accounts, databases, & credits.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 19, 2022

But these networks couldn’t talk to each other in a standardized way - paralleling the limited interoperability of blockchains today. In the private sector, IBM, DEC, and Xerox built proprietary protocols to connect business networks. Cosmos has been promoting the Inter Blockchain Connectivity (IBC) standard for messaging.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 29, 2022

But let’s break the data down by category into the top 5 by revenue: L1s (blockchains), DEXs (decentralized exchanges), Credit (lenders), NFT Marketplaces (buy & sell Bored Apes), & Yield Aggregators (systems to maximize interest rates on deposits). There’s none. The correlation asymptotes to zero. Market Places.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 25, 2018

If you start a business tomorrow that is able to cleave 1% of revenue from Salesforce, you will have built a billion-dollar business. Mobile, machine learning, blockchain. Why am I doing all this simple math you might ask? We have reached a point in SaaS where a small fraction of an incumbent is a billion-dollar company.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 16, 2021

QuikNode is a Miami-based startup powering blockchain applications with lightning fast Ethereum, Bitcoin, Polygon, BSC and xDai nodes. This allows anyone building an app that applies blockchain technology to do so by building directly on top of QuikNode’s globally distributed Web3 infrastructure. Table of Contents. Where Web 2.0

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Blockchain Payment Solutions Artificial Intelligence Payment Services 90

SaaStr

JUNE 6, 2024

Today’s climate necessitates a certain level of focus, even frugality to a certain extent on the business side, and forces founders to make sure that they have something real and viable. As Microsoft’s venture arm, we’re thesis-driven and aligned to Microsoft’s business priorities, which helps us create value for our portfolio companies.

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Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 16, 2021

When a user spins up a validator to verify transactions on a blockchain, stresses the testnet and is rewarded with tokens, stakes tokens to generate yield, burns tokens to transact, or receives an airdrop for tweeting, a cryptoco expends tokens to acquire a customer. Hence tokens, which have value, constitute the business’s CAC.

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Venture Capital Blockchain Acquisition Benchmarks 274

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Blockchain technology finds its second killer application. There were no VPs of CS in most software businesses. Blockchain in the enterprise takes the reign as the buzzword for 2018.* A cost of doing business. Data engineering is the new Customer Success. A decade ago Customer Success wasn’t on anyone’s lips.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 3, 2018

Blockchain in the enterprise takes the reign as the buzzword for 2018. In particular, blockchain applications will pop-up in inter-company applications or where network effects are important (payments, security, supply chain). ” Just as those trends have become ubiquitous to be implicit, so will machine learning.

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Stax

JULY 9, 2024

It’s no question that the world has been digitally transformed — both in business and in life. While businesses shouldn’t rush to implement all the various types of payments, they should be accepting at least a few already. Digital payments provide unparalleled convenience for both businesses and consumers.

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Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Meanwhile, once there are enough infrastructure and consumer companies to serve, software businesses pop up, in this case to serve DAOs. Blockchain technologies become mainstream driven by the adoption of national reserve banks. This oscillation between apps and infrastructure continues forever as a pendulum. same as last year.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 17, 2024

Annelise Osborne is Chief Business Officer at Kadena, a Layer 1, POW blockchain where she is focused on upgrading finance. Annelise holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in Economics from The College of William and Mary. How digital assets and blockchain are upgrading finance and why it matters for businesses.

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Finance Blockchain Investment Compensation 124

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

It is based on blockchain and allows businesses to take care of their finances on a number of platforms and in multiple currencies. Easyship provides e-commerce businesses with a single solution for shipping worldwide. They provide incident response and threat protection for businesses of all sizes. Funding to Date : $1.6M

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Imagine you have a dollar to invest and you can choose between two options: a public cloud service or a layer 1 blockchain. A DAO manages the roadmap and the treasury of the business and evaluates ideas for the business that are submitted by the community. How do you decide which is more attractive?

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 10, 2018

The technology innovation catalyzed by Bitcoin and Blockchain is creating many multibillion dollar economies quickly. But they are a critical part of the evolution and maturation of the market and the technology, because these businesses will further the ecosystem to finding valuable applications of distributed ledgers and databases.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 3, 2023

Decentralized Infrastructure as Database : Blockchain technologies invert data ownership by shifting control to the end user. This new architecture transforms the relationship amongst users, assets, & businesses. If you’re building in these spaces, or have a theory about the future of software, I’d love to hear from you.

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Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Blockchain Benchmarks 177

IT World

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Four years after IBM and Maersk first unveiled TradeLens , the companies have announced they will be withdrawing TradeLens offerings and will discontinue the blockchain-based supply chain platform. The need for full global industry collaboration has not been achieved,” said Rotem Hershko, head of business platforms at A.P.

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Buffer Resources

AUGUST 2, 2024

Most social media users — especially those leveraging the networks to boost visibility for themselves, their businesses, or their work — accept that the good of social media goes hand-in-hand with the bad.    But what if there was an alternative?    As it happens, there are several.

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Subscription Flow

MAY 2, 2024

Just when you thought the world of SaaS would not be changing any time soon, the groundbreaking new shift to crypto payment solutions hit SaaS businesses like a bus full of bricks. Crypto payment processing involves utilizing a financial service that enables individuals and businesses to buy and sell in cryptocurrencies.

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Services 105

SaaS Metrics

AUGUST 20, 2020

Also called SaaS, this segment of the business universe has undergone massive transformations in the past decade. In order to understand how the recent growth of blockchain technology has affected it, it’s best to begin with a couple of definitions. There are some major changes taking place in the world of software as a service.

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SaaStock

MARCH 8, 2019

At Click Ventures, Carman uses her impressive skills to lead companies on the right path, with an unheard of failure rate of funded businesses – below 10%. She is also an active tech investor in Asia, complementing the financing with business development insights. Diny Gomes. Everything about Diny Gomes screams energy.

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VP of Engineering CTO Coach Venture Capital SaaS 264

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Building ‘opinionated products’ and the importance of customer intimacy Lessons learned from scaling Twitter’s ad business from zero to $650 million in three years. 15:41) Scaling Twitter’s ad business and managing hyper-growth. (26:54) The challenges and rewards of founding and growing a startup for nine years.

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SaaS Metrics

OCTOBER 12, 2023

What happens when the nimbleness of SaaS intersects with the unmatched security of blockchain? The blend offers a fortified security landscape, unparalleled transparency, and a refreshing trust environment for businesses. Read more The post Blockchain Integration in SaaS: Unleashing New Possibilities first appeared on SaaS Metrics.

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Blulogix

MARCH 27, 2025

With businesses adopting diverse pricing modelsranging from subscriptions to usage-based billinglegacy systems often struggle to keep up. Lack of Visibility Businesses often lack real-time insights into revenue trends and payment behaviors. Personalized Billing Experiences with AI Customers expect billing to be seamless and flexible.

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Payments AI Search Payment Services AI 59

FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It brings together delegates from across the entire ecosystem with all the key formats covered, from mobile, PC and console to XR, AI, and blockchain technology. Pocket Gamer Connects is the leading international conference series for the global games industry. Schedule a demo now or at PG Connects in person!

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Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services 158

Tom Tunguz

MAY 5, 2018

“Can you explain to me why public key/private key technology is important on the Blockchain?” They look to invest in “enduring businesses.” ” But over the weekend, a grizzled Uber driver with a mane of grey hair and wind-and-sunburnt cheeks asked me about crypto.

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SaaS Metrics

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

This means that instead of a business developing its own software, it can pay monthly to use already-developed software. The post The Advantages of Blockchain-as-a-Service first appeared on SaaS Metrics. SaaS gives people access to software on a subscription basis. While SaaS models have been popular for a.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Here’s what marketers need to know about NTFs, including how you can leverage them to grow your business. That ownership token is stored in a digital ledger, called the blockchain. Instead, your purchase is recorded in a blockchain ledger. Digital file ownership is stored in the blockchain. What Are NFTs?

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OpenView Labs

JULY 21, 2021

However, it’s hard to argue that something is genuinely new in human endeavors like leadership, politics, and business. Is Blockchain the technology unique? Almost 20 years later, I picked it up on a whim and found it was the prescription for any business decision-maker. Think the Bitcoin economic phenomenon is new?

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Panintelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Key takeaways An overview of blockchain technology and its transformative potential in the insurance industry. The role of blockchain in enhancing data security, preventing fraud, and improving operational efficiency. How smart contracts, fraud detection, customer data management, and underwriting are revolutionized by blockchain.

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IT World

JUNE 14, 2019

Companies are still cautiously dipping their toes into the blockchain trough, hoping to discover where the distributed ledger technology can create efficiencies in their business processes. But for those who are ready to take the plunge, there are common missteps to avoid.

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USIO

AUGUST 15, 2024

We’re diving headfirst into an essential topic: the stability of your current payment partner is crucial for maintaining the smooth operation of your business. Here are a few reasons why your current payment partner might be at risk of going out of business in the next year.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

At the time, the news about Cambridge Analytica was a significant scandal and one that every business owner can learn from , such as: Transparency is essential for building trust with consumers. Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet. Can I Use a Documentary Approach to Promote My Business?

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The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

MARCH 27, 2019

As quoted by Don & Alex Tapscott, authors of Blockchain Revolution (2016), “The blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value.” As blockchain is shared, it also offers transparency.

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IT World

JUNE 11, 2019

BOSTON – While blockchain may never be a panacea for solving all business transaction problems, it will eventually become a foundational technology across industries that will lead to new business models. Related: Blockchain vs. a database: What's the difference? To read this article in full, please click here

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Blockchain Business Model Enterprise Technology 9

Neil Patel

APRIL 1, 2021

One area that has been enjoying some of the most rapid advancements is blockchain. A non-fungible token is a cryptographic asset created using blockchain technology. Research shows that 83 percent of millennials prefer to do business with brands that align with their values. You can’t trade one for another at equivalency.

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Branding Blockchain Social Media Technology 125

IT World

OCTOBER 29, 2019

After several years of proofs of concept testing, followed by pilot programs, enterprises deploying blockchain should turn their focus toward integrating the distributed ledger technology (DLT) with legacy data systems and making sure they can communicate with other external blockchains.

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