article thumbnail

The 20 Trending VC Sessions at 2020 SaaStr Annual!!

SaaStr

A bunch of sessions aren’t even up yet — for example, we just added David Wadwani, ex-CEO of Appdynamics, now the newest partner at Greylock — so take these trends with a grain of salt. CEO of Yammer and COO of PayPal, he now runs $500m+ Craft Ventures. I’m glad to see it is trending.

Trends 250
article thumbnail

Benchmarking Amplitude's S-1: How 7 Key Metrics Stack Up

Tom Tunguz

Amplitude counts Cisco, Adidas, PayPal and CapitalOne amongst its customers. Assuming current trends hold, sales efficiency in 2021 should nudge up to about 0.57. Amplitude, a leading provider of web analytics, filed their S-1 earlier this week. The 2020 sales efficiency is 0.54.

Metrics 285
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A Look Back: Slack at $30,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

It’s hard to know whether that’s some sort of broad based trend or whether it’s very specific to the mechanics of that product. I met you probably before that, you come out of PayPal and all this, and it’s a change. There’s actually more similarities to PayPal with Zenefits than there are to Yammer.

Scale 363
article thumbnail

What’s Really Happening in Venture Capital Today with Redpoint Ventures Managing Director Logan Bartlett

SaaStr

Over the last couple of years, that number has trended higher as businesses try to grow through the prior round of valuations. The number of companies has trended higher each year since 2022 and 2023 and will likely continue to rise. Just because a trend is inevitable doesn’t mean a company is.

article thumbnail

Why 36% is the magic number: Finding the right amount of text in mobile apps

Intercom, Inc.

Outliers at the top end include Google Maps (44%), Paypal (47%), and Uber (50.5%.). For example, personal finance apps like PayPal (47%) and Revolut (35%) use a lot of text in their starting screens to display information about accounts, recent transactions, and activity. Personal finance: (PayPal, Revolut) 41.0%.

Mobile 291
article thumbnail

SaaStr Podcast 436: The State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners

SaaStr

Here are the latest trends and predictions from the BVP team of Byron Deeter, Elliott Robinson, and Mary D’Onofrio. A lot of elements within Cloud have accelerated in a way that will reflect across long-term tech trends. Is Cloud growth sustainable for the long term?

Cloud 279
article thumbnail

The 8 Biggest SaaS Trends of 2020

SaaSX

In 2020, your data has never been safer or easier to use, emerging trends have never been more exciting, and we’ve never been more connected to the people around us. Here are the 8 biggest SaaS trends of 2020. Many of 2020’s trends thus far have been heavily influenced by developments in related industries.

Trends 120