Billion Dollar Unicorns: What Should RingCentral Acquire?

According to a MarketResearch report, the global mobile VoIP market is a fast growing one. According to the researcher, the low cost of calls offered by VoIP providers are driving growth in the industry. Billion Dollar Unicorn RingCentral (NYSE:RNG) offers these SaaS based communication services to small business. Recent results suggest that it is doing rather well

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: MongoDB Post IPO Review

According to a recent Market Research Media report, the global NoSQL database market is estimated to grow 21% annually over the next few years to become a $3.4 billion industry by 2024. Billion Dollar Unicorn MongoDB (Nasdaq:MDB) recently announced mixed first quarter results. Its stock has been performing well since it went public last year.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Avalara Delivers a Strong IPO

Earlier last month, financial technology Billion Dollar Unicorn Avalara (NYSE: AVLR) went public. While it has been a very short run so far, the stock has done rather well. The company estimates its US addressable market alone at $8 billion. Avalara has just scratched the surface here, and has a lot of potential. But first the

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: AppNexus Found An Exit

According to a recent eMarketer report, the US programmatic advertising industry is expected to reach $46 billion this year. By 2020, 86.2% of all digital display ads are expected to be bought via automated channels. Billion Dollar Unicorn AppNexus is a leading player in the segment that was expected to go public this year. But earlier last

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Veeva Gearing up for AI in Life Sciences

Life sciences-focused cloud computing solutions provider Veeva (NYSE: VEEV) recently announced its first quarter results. The company continued to outpace market expectations during the quarter.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Five9 Predicts its Acquisition in the Future

According to a recent market report, the global cloud-based contact center market is projected to grow 25% annually from $6.80 billion in 2017 to $20.93 billion by 2022. Billion Dollar Unicorn Five9 (Nasdaq: FIVN) is a pioneer and leading provider of cloud software for contact centers.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Is Affirm Overvalued?

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course. According to the Federal Reserve Bank, there were nearly $1.38 trillion of consumer loans at all commercial banks in the US as of July 2017. The global consumer lending balances at the beginning of 2016 are estimated to be $42.3 trillion. A TransUnion report estimates

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Guidewire Grows Stronger Through Acquisitions

Insurance-focused platform Guidewire Software (NYSE: GWRE) recently announced its third quarter results that outpaced market expectations. The company provides web-based tools to insurance companies to help them handle claims, manage receivables, and underwrite and administer policies.