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Avalara is a leading public SaaS company we probably should all know more about.  Avalara manages a big problem — tax and related compliance automation.  Its roots are in SMEs…
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Zoom buying Five9 for $15B to accelerate into enterprise contact center is smart One interesting thing: it was founded in 2001. It's 20 years old. Not everyone always buys the…
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So one of the quieter SaaS success stories is Sprout Social, a leader in social media management.  Sprout Social IPO’d somewhat quietly at the end of 2019 at about an…
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The IPOs sure are a-flyin’ these days in SaaS and Cloud. One of the latest was WalkMe, a tool so many leaders use to help make navigating websites easier and…
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Veeva Systems is a quieter SaaS enterprise giant that if you sell bigger deals, and/or do vertical SaaS, it’s worth learning more about. CEO Peter Gassner is truly of the…
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Salesforce Growth: 2022 $26B (guidance)2021 $21.25B2020 $17.1B 2019 $13.2B2018 $10.5B2017 $8.4B2016 $6.7B2015 $5.4B2014 $4.1B Thank you Ohana! ❤️From 1st Earnings Call Inside. (We’re all vaccinated!) pic.twitter.com/DQAwBNHm2A — Marc Benioff (@Benioff)…
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Vimeo is certainly a fascinating web service, once we’ve used for years at SaaStr and even Adobe Sign / EchoSign before that, and we’re excited to have CEO Anjali Sud…
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So Monday.com has filed to IPO with some pretty incredible numbers, especially considering just how competitive the space is. At $240m in ARR, they are growing a stunning 85% year-over-year! …
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Elastic $ESTC Q4FY21: – Revenue: $177.6M. +44% YoY– SaaS rev: $51.3M, +77% YoY– Net dollar retention: slightly below 130%– 60 net new customers w/ 100k+ ACV– Billings: $240.9M, +38% YoY…
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Hubspot didn't just grow an incredible 41% in Q1'21 to $1.1B in ARR It accelerated * Revenue growth accelerated from 32% to 41%* And new customer growth accelerated to a…
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Shopify’s first quarter revenue: Q1 2021: $989 million Q1 2020: $470 millionQ1 2019: $321 millionQ1 2018: $214 millionQ1 2017: $127 millionQ1 2016: $73 millionQ1 2015: $37 millionQ1 2014: $19 millionQ1…
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https://t.co/i0kR6wk7Jh's NRR @ IPO: 110% from SMBshttps://t.co/i0kR6wk7Jh's NRR now: 121% from SMBshttps://t.co/i0kR6wk7Jh's new customer growth @ IPO: 21%https://t.co/i0kR6wk7Jh's new customer growth now: 27% Treat SMBs right, they grow forever They're…
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The founder of Squarespace still owns 36% of the company What is 36% of $15 Billion, anyone know?#founderpower — Jason ✨BeKind✨ Lemkin ⚫️ (@jasonlk) April 16, 2021 Not too long…
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Thank you @jasonlk for giving me the @saastr stage +4 yrs ago to share both my story & build @pagerduty's brand … the Sunny Delight, solution to problem fit talk….
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Olo is a relatively quiet recent IPO of an interesting company that competes with Toast and others in restaurant SaaS platform business that took a while to take off ……
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