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Predictions for 2020 and the decade ahead

Eric Friedman

1/ Personal security as a service will emerge as a hot topic/app/service people pay for. Similar to LifeLock, a personal digital security system will be both a painkiller and a vitamin – before or after an attack that includes a killer combo of VPN + Antivirus + Antiphishing and more. Happy 2020! Lets dive right in.

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The Anti zoom

VC Cafe

2020 was a good year for Zoom. Now synonymous with video-conferencing, the company-name-turned-verb stock peaked in October 2020, a market interpretation of how the Zoom Boom has defined the daily lives of many millions throughout the COVID-19 outbreak. Here’s his full list of Verticalization of Zoom ).

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Accel 2021 Euroscape: On the path to global dominance?

Cracking the Code

One of the 2020 giants also left this select club: Zoom, which was impacted by the failed acquisition of Five9 and people’s gradual return to offices. While the average forward revenue multiple has declined slightly since its February 2020 peak (19x), it’s still higher today than last year at 17x vs 15.8x in Sept 2020.

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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

Last September (2020), six months after the 1st lockdown, my co-founder Vladimir Blagojevic and I decided to run market research to figure out what challenges B2B companies face and how they solve them. In this article, I’ll share what I’ve learned and detail the exact steps you should take to put yourself in a position to succeed.

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Meet the new Cloud Unicorn from Israel: Melio raises $110m to transform B2B payments

Cracking the Code

From March to August 2020, Melio saw payments volumes increase by 700% as US small businesses rushed to find a solution to pay their suppliers online. Now processing multi-billion dollar payment volumes, Melio’s monthly active users (MAU) grew by more than 2,000% in 2020 as more US small businesses made the leap to digital payments.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Votem

Austin Startup

Pete Martin , founder of CEO of Votem , and classic rock drummer The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Paging Iowa elections officials! One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Votem is a revolutionary election management company that aims to give democracy back to the people. What is your top goal for Votem for 2020?

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Why Defense Could Now Be a Market for Startups

Steve Blank

Department of Defense is coming to grips with the idea that the technologies it needs to keep the country safe and secure are no longer exclusively owned by the military or its prime contractors. The military awarded $445 billion in contracts in 2020. Defense Department. There’s a willing market here, too. billion in early funding.