SaaStr

DECEMBER 16, 2022

How do you enter a highly competitive marketplace, carve a niche for yourself, and then scale the business to $100 million+ ARR? Entering a hyper-competitive marketplace . Entering a crowded marketplace as a new business can be intimidating, especially when established players with a solid customer base surround you.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The problem with selling your startup is the long exit time. Who wants to wait almost a decade to buy a startup when the face of tech is evolving at such a rapid pace? Micro startup acquisitions. But before we dive into that, we need to look into what micro startup acquisitions are and why you need to sit up and take notice.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 23, 2025

Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. So it’s a marketplace, it’s a platform. And the biggest difference between the two of those statements is one, low value to sort of medium and high value, and then two, the actual service layer built into the technology underneath the hood.

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The Angel VC

MARCH 18, 2013

Here's another post in my series on DOs and DON'Ts for early-stage SaaS startups : 6th DO for SaaS startups Fill the funnel Or: Focus on inbound marketing, but try lots of things and double-down on what works In this post I'm going to write about lead generation for SaaS startups. A good starting point is Hubspot.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Atlassian’s Chief Revenue Officer, Cameron Deatsch, walks us through how Atlassian grew over the course of 20 years and became one of the most successful startups today. They have grown to over $3 billion in revenue while keeping sales and marketing spending under 15% of revenue for all 20 years they’ve been in business. Be patient.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

RD Station is an inbound marketing platform targeted at small and medium-size businesses. Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. from 500 Startups, Redpoint eventures, and others. CEO : Vinicius Roveda Goncalves. Founded : 2011. Based in: Joinville, Brazil.

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Within the 200 ICOs I analyzed, there are tens of next-generation infrastructure players and a twenty or more platforms-as-a-service. Blockchain startups have already targeted major buyers of software, from email security products to job marketplaces, from legal products to human resources software.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 11, 2015

” This line from Simon Sinek’s TED talk captures the power of a values based marketing campaign. Simon contrasts feature-based marketing - start with what the company is selling continue to how they do it and finishes with why - to value based campaigns which reverse the story-telling order. ” Source: CEB.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 29, 2022

5 Critical and Company-Altering Learnings from B2B Startups with Y Combinator : Anu Hariharan , Managing Director at Y Combinator, will share key learnings from top B2B startups and how these pivotal lessons help founders build in any sector. Scaling Revenue in 2022: What’s the Same and What’s Different?

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Innovative startups. The first army are innovative startups. I’m referring to the full spectrum of business execution, from product management to design to engineering to marketing to sales to support and all the other functions needed to scale a business. Basic marketing and selling at a global scale is becoming easy too.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

We conducted intensive market research with SaaS practitioners across LatAm to dig into the reasons behind the region’s hypergrowth, and worked with the progressive global VCs who are fuelling the SaaS boom to understand the key players and the scope of the opportunity. Aaron Ross is a name many would be familiar with.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The platform integrates with 100+ shipping services and ensures discounts for many of them. was created by a team with 25+ years of experience in location-based tech, spanning various services and real-time asset tracking systems. Fadada is a SaaS-based provider of electronic signature services. Funding to Date : $1.3M

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 2, 2016

Using Crunchbase data, I analyzed share of dollars commanded by each of these 16 categories over the last five years to understand the trends in both the seed and series A fundraising markets. The chart above contrasts the pace of investment across the two markets by sector measured by % of total dollars invested anually.

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Point Nine Land

MARCH 10, 2020

A strategic analysis after evaluating multiple service marketplaces Over the past few years, I’ve come across a huge number of service (or labor) marketplaces: the countless Uber for X companies, the marketplaces for lawyers, therapists, cleaners, architects, construction workers; you name it. Sounds complicated?

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SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

Pendo announced a new offering aimed to help startup companies accelerate product-market fit, and prove that product traction to early stage investors. Learn how Pendo can help companies go from startup to scale-up here. For major launches across Zendesk’s product offerings, check out www.zendesk.com/startups.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

.” Build a product that disrupts legacy processes The most successful startups are ones that identify an unfulfilled need or an unresolved pain point and create a solution for it. Amazon now delivers goods and services to your front door within the hour. Key takeaways Identify – Look out for gaps in the legacy market.

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The Angel VC

AUGUST 25, 2017

We will continue to focus on two business models: SaaS and marketplaces SaaS We use a broad definition of SaaS. What counts is that the startup is aiming to solve a big enough problem for a large enough number of potential customers in order to build a big business. What’s important is the right founder/market fit.

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Point Nine Land

MAY 22, 2020

Businesses, on the other hand, are stuck in the dark ages, often relying on the phone, email, fax and even pen and paper when it comes to ordering goods or services. Whilst consumer-facing marketplaces have become an essential part of our daily lives, business-to-business marketplaces are only just beginning to emerge.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The classic example sees a company move from niche startup to mainstream scale-up, but it can also see companies hone their product-market fit by focusing on a more specialized, and yet more lucrative, user base. Do you have a pricing page on your site or do you make it up on the fly? Entry level application (<$5,000 p.a.).

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2016

2015 is the end of an era, the era of startup growth at any cost. ” This change in investor mentality is catalyzed by the increasing cost of startup capital. Starting in 2014, and perhaps even a bit before, startups have been able to raise capital at better terms than at any time since 2000. Market fragmentation.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 2, 2019

Instacart is valued at nearly $8 billion and since joining, he’s helped to make the company’s services available to more than 80% of U.S. Even with Instacart’s enormous valuation, he continues to see tremendous growth potential for the service, similar to what he saw in Instagram’s early days. Thanks for signing up.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 10, 2018

Andrew’s been an angel investor and advisor for a slew of name-brand startups; however, he’s most widely known for his invaluable essays on growth. I’ve known Marc and Ben for a long time, and they originally seed-funded a startup of mine many years ago. I saw both sides of the marketplace, which was a lot of fun.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

So even the freshest new SaaS startup celebrating their 50th customer may find themselves dealing with sales tax in multiple states. . Software as a Service is currently taxable in about one-third of US states, and that number is only growing as outdated state sales tax laws slowly catch up with the way we’re doing business today. .

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How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. With so many SAAS getting visibility in online marketplaces, we found that new saas businesses are struggling hard to make it to the right set of customers. In this saas marketing strategy guide, we are going to tell you everything about saas marketing.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Targeted Google and Facebook Ads have their place, but there are plenty of free ways to market online. I’m going to share a list of all the free tools and strategies that can help you compete with major conglomerates through content marketing. Facebook Groups are underrated by marketers. Join or Create a Facebook Group.

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FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

Across markets, companies were “taking big data sets and visualizing them in interesting ways to create user experiences.” When Justin and his initial team started looking for a way to capitalize on VR/AR technology, they focused their attention on the “made-to-order” industrial market. Experience is the keyword here. Justin explained.

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Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021? Over the last few years, we’ve published a number of SaaS funding napkins as well as marketplace napkins. This year, we’re shaking things up with our first ever B2B marketplace napkin! What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021?

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

After all, this data allows you to create a winning marketing strategy and grow your business. Wouldn’t it be great if you could bring these data sources together and view, at a glance, exactly how your marketing strategies are performing? per user per month, Power BI Pro gives you access to the cloud-based service. The problem?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2018

And that is also true when selling and marketing your product, particularly with the arrival of GDPR, which has brought the issue of data security and privacy to widespread public awareness. GDPR makes organizations accountable for data breaches caused by third-party service providers. Choose vendors/partners that you trust.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 1, 2019

. “Michael is the rare CFO who also leads up marketing, which makes him the perfect person to talk us through the company’s trajectory” As the head of Intercom’s Early Stage program for Startups, the fast-growing fintech startup is one company I’ve been keeping my eye on. From Wall Street to startup.

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How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

There are more blessings coming for you in 2021 as Semrush has got some new key updates in 2020 end to amplify your content, social, and search engine marketing executions in 2021. Also, If you are new to the digital industry looking for a digital marketing tool, you can rely on the SEMrush marketing platform.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Choosing the right Amazon marketing agency can be the difference between becoming a thriving seller on Amazon or one that flops. By partnering with a top Amazon marketing agency, you can improve the visibility of your store, reach more buyers, and drive sales. A marketing agency won’t re-invent your store on Amazon.

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The Angel VC

APRIL 11, 2016

For some reason we keep finding great early-stage SaaS startups in France, and it's not because of my command of the French language. Besides our SaaS investments, we're also proud investors in StarOfService , an online marketplace to hire a wide range of professionals. Something is clearly going on in France, and we like it.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

If you talk to enough founders and marketers who have attempted to create a category, typically they’ll all say the same thing — it’s incredible when it works, but if you can take the blue pill and avoid it, you might save yourself the headache. Naturally, this can also lead to more market share and higher valuation multiples. .

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 28, 2020

Here are five quick takeaways: One of Aircall’s superpowers is that it built an App Marketplace – and then opened it up for partners to build their own integrations. Today, more than 60% of the tools on the marketplace have been built by third parties. Short on time? That’s the power of becoming a platform. What’s going on?

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 11, 2019

You might say it’s one of the strongest advantages a startup has. As the General Manager for HubSpot’s Service Hub , Michael knows a thing or two about keeping customers close. Kaitlin: You’re the General Manager HubSpot’s Service Hub. Customer service as a model for growth.

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How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A powerful CRM helps organize customer data, streamline sales pipelines, and automate marketing ultimately boosting revenue. With the CRM market booming (projected to reach $40+ billion globally), selecting the best platform for your needs is more important than ever. Lets dive in!

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