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Twitter’s Acquisition, Chirp & Managing Developer Relationships

Both Sides of the Table

In fact, I encouraged my favorite IM aggregator client, Digsby , to go the opposite direction and become a Twitter client also. I think Twitter made a minor gaffe by announcing their Blackberry app and their acquisition of Atebits (Tweetie) before the Chirp conference. We didn’t have the resources to do it all.

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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

Cracking the Code

The SaaS growth recovery does not seem to take a "V" shape 2) Sales productivity is ramping up: bottom was hit in the first half of 2009 However, the sales and productivity of the group, measured by the median "Customer Acquisition Cost ratio" or "CAC ratio", seems to be recovering more steeply. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund.

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8 B2B Link-Building Strategies That Never Go Out of Style

ConversionXL

Damn, I’ll admit—I even have a tradition of treating myself with a beautiful new pair after a successful business trip or client acquisition. Another great example of linkable assets are pages that aggregate industry stats, like this one. Confession: I don’t give digital PR too much credit when it comes to link building.

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

betashop.com

This past week while I was in Tokyo for meetings with potential partners for Fab, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion on startups. million registered users, 7500 supplier partners, 600 team members, and a run-rate of more than $150M in sales in just 15 months. The discussion quickly turned to those 57 things.

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Tips for Success via Business Crowdfunding

Hearpreneur

What is CrowdFunnel, what is unique about your form of marketing and what types of partners benefit most from your services? We believe that traditional media buying – display and banner ads, PR, social media, search keywords, etc. – And for issuers, many have even less resources to dedicate to marketing and investor acquisition.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

The top performing SaaS companies typically achieve annual customer renewal rates above 90% - with most of the churn due to death (bankruptcies) or marriage (acquisitions) - and over 100% renewals on a dollar value basis due to up-sells into this installed base. Cashflow is the other key metric. Philippe Botteri. Bessemer SaaS Law #2.

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The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summit

Cracking the Code

Among others, I would quote the Bladelogic IPO, the acquisition of Postini by Google for $625m, the two largest SaaS deals in history signed by Cornerstone OnDemand (160k and 350k seats), Eloqua almost doubling its revenues and LinkedIn adding more than 10m users. How can I best partner with the large public saas vendors? Newer Post.