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How Will the Investors of Upwork Get Their Exit?
A recent study on the Freelance industry in the US estimates that nearly 36% of the US workforce, or 57.3 million Americans, are freelancing. The research estimates that these freelance workers contribute approximately $1.4 trillion annually to the economy, an increase of almost 30% since last year. By 2027, researchers believe, that freelancers will account
Billion Dollar Unicorns: Will Medallia Help Consolidate?
According to a MarketsandMarkets report, the global customer experience management market is projected to grow from $5.98 billion in 2017 to $16.91 billion by 2022. That translates to an annualized growth rate of more than 23% over the five-year period. Palo Alto-based Medallia is a Billion Dollar Unicorn player in the space that many believe
What is Oracle’s Counterpunch to Salesforce’s MuleSoft Move?
Oracle’s (NYSE: ORCL) recent quarterly results may have outpaced market expectations, but slowing cloud growth has caused a stir amongst analysts as they continue to downgrade the company. The market was very concerned and the stock fell 9% – the worst decline in the last five years.
Salesforce Buys MuleSoft for $6.5 Billion
According to a Zion Market Research report published last year, the global Applications Programming Interface (API) management market is estimated to grow from $609.32 million in 2016 to $ 3.44 billion by 2022. That translates to a healthy annual growth rate of more than 33% during the five year projection period. Billion Dollar Unicorn MuleSoft (NYSE:
Should Nordstrom Acquire Stitch Fix?
Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Stitch Fix (Nasdaq: SFIX) went public in November last year. It had a choppy start to the listing as its unique business model puzzled the analysts. Stitch Fix operates a hybrid model of subscription and transaction revenue services. Customers subscribe to receive a supply of apparel that Stitch Fix’s stylists
Billion Dollar Unicorns: What is Coupa’s Next Acquisition?
It has been over a year since the San Mateo-based spend management firm Coupa (Nasdaq: COUP) went public. The stock has done well so far, and was recently trading at life high levels. The recently reported results have helped drive the stock upwards, as this was the first time that it reported a positive adjusted
How will Saffronart Grow into International Markets?
According to an artprice report published last year, the global art auction turnover was estimated at $6.9 billion for the first half of 2017. The market is dominated by the US, which accounted for $2.2 billion for the period. China came a close second with $2 billion in turnover. Emerging markets of countries like India
Billion Dollar Unicorns: Does New Relic Plan to Consolidate the APM Market?
According to Gartner, the global application performance monitoring (APM) market is estimated to grow to $5.6 billion by 2020. Billion Dollar Unicorn New Relic (NYSE: NEWR) recently announced its third quarter results. The market is extremely pleased with the company’s performance.