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ICYMI: News from Google, SOCi, SurePath and More
A few announcements and news items caught our eye this week. Here is our quick take on each. Google Expands Tools to Helps SMBs Survive
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Localogy 20/20 Preview: Josh Scherman, SurePath Capital Partners
Josh Scherman has one of the best available vantage points for assessing the health of the small-business software market. SMB software was on fire in
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New Podcast: “The State of SMB Software” featuring Mark MacLeod
The third annual “State of SMB Software 2018 report from our friends at SurePath Capital Partners paint a picture of a robust small business software
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Newly Flush Tax Jar Determined to Maintain Its Unique Culture
TaxJar, a company that automates sales tax collection for eCommerce businesses, just raised $60 million from Insight Venture Partners, with the assistance of our friends
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Top Five “Above the Cloud” Podcasts of 2018
Back in mid-2018 we decided that the Tech Adoption Index program needed a forum for conversations with some of the most interesting and influential figures
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At #TAS: The SMB SaaS Playbook
In contrast to the morning sessions at this week’s Tech Adoption Summit in San Francisco, the afternoon sessions had a more “playbook” tone to them.
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New Podcast: “SMBs Have No Time”
There are few people with a broader or deeper perspective on the small business SaaS world than Mark MacLeod, the latest guest on the “Above
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Millennials Driving the Future of Small Business
A study recently issued by the insurance company Metlife and written up by the home improvement directory Thumbtack on its blog shows that an overwhelming
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SurePath Report Details Active SMB SaaS Market
Every year our friends at SurePath Capital Partners produce a much-anticipated “State of SMB Software” report that measures the level of interest VCs and private
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Tech Adoption Index Forms Influential Board of Advisors
When we launched the Tech Adoption Index last year, we did so based on a clear hypothesis and set of objectives. Our hypothesis was that