Billion Dollar Unicorns: HubSpot Acquired 9 Smaller Start-ups

According to a research report by WARC and Moore Stephens, the global MarTech budgets have grown 44% last year to $99.9 billion with about 23% of marketing budgets now spent on MarTech in the UK and North America. Billion Dollar Unicorn HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) continues to see rapid adoption of its services as well.

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Bootstrapping from Arizona to $10 Million: Joshua Strebel, CEO of Pagely (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: What were some of the mistakes? Joshua Strebel: Not really knowing how to market. For designers and developers, I think it’s so easy to build a product. It’s really hard to get that product into the hands of your customers. If you recall in that time period, when Twitter and Facebook were new,

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Brock Blake, CEO of Lendio (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Talk to us about those different categories of financing that apply to our audience. What kind of metrics are people looking for? Brock Blake: I’m going to talk about this generally for a second and then I’ll get down a little bit more specifically to that industry. Generally, lenders are going to underwrite

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Will Ping Identity List or Be Acquired?

According to a Market Research Engine report, the global Identity and Access Management Market is expected to grow 12% over the next few years to $14.5 billion by 2021. Denver, Colorado-based Ping Identity is a leading player in the segment that has had an interesting run so far.

Bootstrapping from Arizona to $10 Million: Joshua Strebel, CEO of Pagely (Part 1)

We recently did a Spotlight on Entrepreneurship in Arizona. Here is one more terrific story of bootstrapping success from Arizona. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background? Joshua Strebel: I was born in a little town in

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Brock Blake, CEO of Lendio (Part 2)

Brock Blake: You asked about lenders. As I mentioned, we have 75 lenders on our platform. We have some of the big ones like Bank of America and American Express. We also have traditional banks. We have non-banks on our platform like OnDeck Capital, Kabbage, Funding Circle, and a bunch of those players that are

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Thursday, February 28 – 433rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 433rd FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, February 28, 2019, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Xero Grows Through International Acquisitions

According to a report published by Transparency Market Research, the global accounting software market is estimated to grow from $5.7 billion in 2017 at nearly 9% annually over the next few years to $11.8 billion by 2026. Xero (ASX:XRO) is a leading player from New Zealand, which is making its presence felt in the industry.