Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

million to launch a SaaS software company and we took $2.5 I talk about the benefits of real world experiences over paying money to get advanced degrees but I still believe fervently in undergraduate educate for most (but not all ). AWS helped lower the cost of starting a company by 90%. The infrastructure alone cost $2.5

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2025

A Platform for All Industries Islands product is already being used across a wide array of industries, including finance, government, higher education, manufacturing, hospitality, and retail. Customers range from Fortune 1000 companies to small and midsize businesses and public sector institutions.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Userpilot , a product-led growth platform for SaaS companies, has raised $4.6 Userpilot, a product-led growth platform for SaaS companies, raises $4.6M million in a seed funding round led by Silicon Badia, with participation from ScOp Ventures and 500 Global. The startup’s new funding follows $1.2 The product-led growth playbook.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

We grew 100% in SaaS revenue year-over-year and 650% over the past three years. If that’s your end goal I couldn’t think of a better leader to take us to that conclusion and I think it could be in the next few years because SaaS companies capable of doing 9 figures of recurring revenue are few and far between.

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TechCrunch

JULY 9, 2021

Either way, it often involves educating the founders about the job to be done. Why have you decided to focus on SaaS startups? I love working in SaaS, especially B2B SaaS. You get to look at the entire customer experience, and because many SaaS products are trial/subscription-based, your focus needs to be on retention.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Let’s talk about the SaaS selloff. Let’s talk about the SaaS selloff. The unbundling of professional learning and entrepreneurship education. The unbundling of professional learning and entrepreneurship education. How to execute an amplified marketing strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

I follow Jason Lemkin closely (he’s a long-time friend) and he speaks frequently and passionately about SaaS businesses having built a successful one himself. One with a company that produces games and educational products for children that we will announce in the next few months. I have fallen in love twice recently.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

In short, the city appears to be strong in areas such as B2B, SaaS, marketplace, B2C, gaming and medtech. Most of our VCs, in my opinion, are focused on B2B, SaaS or marketplace-like startups. SaaS, remote work. SaaS and health. Most of our portfolio companies: SellIntegro, Z Zieleniaka, Reactivepad and Prosoma.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 11, 2024

The SaaS business model of the last 20 years for SaaS is a beautiful one. Buyers would need to be educated. Maybe we’ll see a No-SaaS rebel replicate Marc Benioff’s playbook. In a world where AI agents are 2.5-3x This aligns value well, but may inject unpredictability into the pricing model.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2024

Judge or coach EO’s Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) Apply to EO Executive Education opportunities such as EO@INSEAD Discover the Leader Within , EO with Harvard Business School, London Business School Growth Forum, and Global Leadership Academy. The trust and respect we have for each other is wonderful.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

Y-Combinator- backed Localyze has nabbed $12 million in Series A funding led by Blossom Capital for a SaaS that supports staff relocations and hiring across borders. nationality, family status or education). . nationality, family status or education). It offers tiered pricing for the SaaS, based on usage.).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

With the pandemic wreaking havoc amongst early years education amid school lockdowns, it’s no wonder edtech startups have piled into the space. billion primary-age children, only a few can access high-quality education, and approximately 58 million primary-age children are out of education, most of whom are girls.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 18, 2020

Located in Mechanicsburg, Eduplanet , is a social learning platform that has transformed education by creating continuity between curriculum design and professional learning to maximize the possibilities for greater teacher and pupil engagement. www.Werkberry.com.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 17, 2021

Unless you find an alternative business model to monetize a totally free SaaS product, you’ll have to attach a price tag to it. The (literal) Billion dollar question then is: how much should our SaaS product costs? So the actual Billion dollar question is: how much should our SaaS product cost to begin with ?

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

As Holberton co-founder Julien Barbier told me, the pandemic obviously put a lot of pressure on the company, given its early focus on in-person education. Together, those two businesses would create enough revenue to finance the education side of ALG/ALX. Holberton raises $20M as it pivots to become an edtech SaaS company.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 17, 2018

Recently, people have been asking just where are we in the SaaS valuation cycle. Since 2013, we seen an incredible amount of volatility in SaaS forward multiples. Since that moment, SaaS multiples have more than doubled from to 7.2x. SaaS is winning ever greater marketshare across all these segments.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Startups that help students navigate institutional bureaucracy so they can get more value out of their educational experience may become a growing focus for investors as consumer demand for virtual personalized learning increases. The Ontario-based company is now worth around $3.2

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Recently, SaaS Office Hours at Redpoint had the privilege of chatting with Nick Mehta and Anthony Kennada about the way they created a category with customer success. How do you do this when creating a new category?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Panorama Education , which has built out a K-12 education software platform, has raised $60 million in a Series C round of funding led by General Atlantic. Clients include the New York City Department of Education, Clark County School District in Nevada, Dallas ISD in Texas and the Hawaii Department of Education, among others.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

StudyFree — which connects students with international educational opportunities via a community-driven B2C SaaS model — has raised a $3 million seed investment round led by I2BF Global Ventures, TMT Investments and Techstars. We estimate the international overseas education market is 15 million students per year.”.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Second, education represents a huge opportunity for AI. The prospects of such infinitely patient and personalized tutors are driving major investment in AI both for education within schools & ultimately learning within the enterprise. Will it be third-party SaaS vendors or the customers buying the software?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Image Credits: Cowboy Ventures / Guild Education. Tomorrow’s episode of Extra Crunch Live will feature guests VC Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures and Rachel Carlson, CEO and co-founder of Guild Education. India’s path to SaaS leadership is clear, but challenges remain. Image Credits: Thitima Thongkham / Getty Images.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As a software engineering student, he set on a mission to transform South Korea’s education environment. The country’s education system predominantly relied on one-way knowledge transfer, and Ahn believed that information technology could alter this landscape.

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FundersClub

JANUARY 21, 2022

Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds and events: GitLab , the SaaS DevOps platform, completed an IPO (NASDAQ: GTLB). Grin , a creator economy SaaS company, raised a $112M Series B led by Lone Pine capital. We invested at Seed, Series B, and Series D. We invested at Seed and Series A. We invested at Series A.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Every level of education was forced online by the pandemic this year, at least temporarily. While the children might be back in the classroom already, higher education and corporate education are still booming remotely. How to price your SaaS product for a bottoms-up growth strategy. Image Credits: Brighteye Ventures.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Develop a buyer’s guide to educate your startup’s sales team and customers. Prior to joining Ridge, he was the first CIO of Automation Anywhere, CIO and vice president of Customer Success at cloud-based AI platform Moveworks, as well as CIO of Pure Storage, Qualys and Hult International Business School. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

In the world of work (or any place that is dependent on IT, like education), it’s often a frustrating experience for users when those who hold the IT purse strings decide that they will opt for a larger, multi-functional platform over individual point solutions to serve the needs of its users.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

On many occasions I’ve offered to give 30 minute industry overviews on a tech topic to journalists when they’re not working on a deadline and want to better understand a topic like SaaS, Cloud, LBS, etc. Robert Scoble interviewed me in 2006 about my startup, Koral.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and forced educational institutions to go virtual, many were scrambling to develop online or blended curriculums. CourseKey , a San Diego-based trade school management SaaS startup, was in a unique position. It was occupied by our friends and by our family members,” Sophinos said. “It

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The Groove Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

It can be hard to get support staff educated on your product in an accessible way. To […] The post SaaS Customer Support Training: How To Get It Right the First Time appeared first on Groove Blog. At the same time, it’s absolutely crucial. Otherwise, you risk high churn rate and low adoption rate.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

SDAC engages angel investors and provides coaching, education, and connections to founders. – SaaS MarTech startup that drives sales of travel products by connecting brands, influencers, and travelers. Each year, the program culminates in a live final funding event. Founder, CEO Olivia Rutman, CTP Landng Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Lookout – SaaS provider of security and data back-up services for smart phones. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010. Current rount: $8.14mm in Series A from Redpoint (lead), Foundry Group, with previous investors, First Round Capital, Lowercase Capital (Chris Sacca), Ravi Narasimham.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

However, a perspective-shift is required for this to happen and that is why Pangea, working in partnership with Swedish International Development Cooperative Agency and Kenya Diaspora Alliance, has since last year organized a series of events geared towards educating those in the diaspora on why startups are good investment options.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 8, 2020

Recently, we welcomed Lisa Lawson to SaaS Office Hours to talk about building a channel go-to-market strategy for SaaS companies. Partner enablement, educating the sales team, is important to succeeding with these types of relationships. Here are my notes. Where to Start. Quota retirement is arguably the most important one.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Now, investors see New Zealand as a country with a track record of building companies with global exits in SaaS, health tech and deep tech. Technology startups are the pinnacle of that strategy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 3, 2017

If law firms do not invest in AI, the educated client will question why they are being charged so much for tasks that should be automated. AI may have a larger effect on large law firms that will no longer be able to use first-year associates to rack up billable hours. The rise of AI places lawyers between a rock and a hard place.

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Revolution

JANUARY 9, 2019

Senior Software Engineer at Zylo Location: Indianapolis, IN Zylo is the leading enterprise SaaS optimization platform that transforms how companies manage and optimize their SaaS applications. Its SaaS platform, SONAR, provides data and analytics to participants in the freight market. Looking for more opportunities?

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