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The Top 50 SaaStr Answers on Quora in 2020

SaaStr

What is the next big trend in SaaS (software as a service)? Could you talk about your experience with the downside of entrepreneurship or startups? never talk about the dark side of entrepreneurship? Why did Microsoft buy Wunderlist and destroy it? What’s the brutal truth on raising funds for a startup?

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Unlocking Growth in the Internet Economy: a Perspective from Stripe Head of Invoicing, Suzanne Xie (Video)

SaaStr

Market trends: why is it easier than ever to build an online business? The recent bump in Netflix’s subscription cost may have grabbed headlines, but it’s also part of the greater trend that has had subscription-based services grow six-fold in the past nine years. We’ve seen enough “spreadsheets of shame” to know how common they are.

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Unconventional Ways to Scale Your Company With CEO & Founder of DoNotPay, Joshua Browder (Pod 649 + Video)

SaaStr

Some stumble into the world of entrepreneurship like DoNotPay founder Joshua Browder did. Current events and trends Sometimes your product is so boring that you need an extra boost from current events and trends. Not all startups follow the same trajectory for getting off the ground. Virality is similar to a mob mentality.

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Doubling Down: Luci Fonseca, Partner at Base10 Partners

SaaStr

I spend a lot of time researching software trends in vertical software, compliance, and AI. She also worked on projects to increase the number of women in venture capital, entrepreneurship, and artificial intelligence, and helped start and build the West Coast fintech practice. We have a total of $1.8B

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Startup Century: A New Book on Technology Policy by Balderton’s James Wise

Kellblog

The book doesn’t argue that society should trend towards entrepreneurialism, it presents a matter-of-fact case that it is doing so inexorably, for both better and worse. It ” For example, income security seems out the window in the eat-what-you-kill world of individual entrepreneurship. But

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11 Marketing Instagram Accounts to Follow

Neil Patel

Niche: Entrepreneurship, investment, mindset. Why You Should Follow Gary: With video content that delivers day after day, Gary sounds off on the latest trends, serving as a weathervane for the digital community, as well as informational videos about leadership and self-care. Niche: Digital marketing with a side of entrepreneurship.

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Clouded Judgement 5.12.23

Clouded Judgement

They’re embracing entrepreneurship and it’s clear this region will be (and is already) a major player in the global economy. The beat / raise trends are slightly better than Q4. So we’re seeing a slightly more positive trend in the number of companies guiding above consensus.

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