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How Oracle Thrived in the 2008 Recession, Even with Missed Revenue Opportunities

SBI Growth

Now fast forward to 2008. Stocks are booming. Getting a loan has never been easier. Companies are investing in themselves, growing their businesses, and increasing shareholder value. The real estate bubble.

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The First-Mover Advantage, Explained

Hubspot Sales

Their 2000 acquisition of Kashi allowed Kellogg’s to evolve with the natural and organic food boom -- key to maintaining their popularity as a brand. In 2008, HTC became the first manufacturer to make Android devices and other brands followed. billion on Nook in the last six years.

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A Sales Leader’s Blueprint for 2014

SBI Growth

Improve new logo acquisition by 11%. Sales Process—Steve’s was using a sales process from 2008. Steve is a VP of The Americas of a large enterprise software company. Steve asked us to stress test his 2014 sales plan. Steve’s quantitative goals: Grow revenues 14%. Launch a new product. What Sales Leaders Should Do Now.

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Braze co-founder Mark Ghermezian: “Whatever CRM is, that’s what we need to build”

Zendesk

In 2008, when iPhones were just coming into the market and mobile apps were the new talk of the developer community, Ghermezian had an idea: to build a bridge between the growing population of app developers and their end users. Business leaders were instead looking for analytics and attribution platforms to support customer acquisition.

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How to Be Ridiculously Memorable in 4 Simple Steps

Hubspot Sales

To give you an idea, my former editor Leslie Ye (who now works on HubSpot’s Sales Acquisition team), became known at the company for always sharing updates on our wiki in Slack. Back in 2008, I was working with a bunch of millennials. Now that you know what’s already making you stand out, double down on that habit or trait.

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Act! Channel Partner Spotlight – Keystroke.ca

ACT

Certified Consultant (ACC) in 2008. Q: Keystroke has had a number of big acquisitions over the past few years. resellers that seemed to be de-committing from the business, and when the time felt right, I would approach them with an acquisition offer. With an expertise of CRM software and enthusiasm for the Act! 1 in Canada.

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How to Set More-Realistic Sales Targets using Historical Data

QYMATIX

Leave aside mergers, acquisitions and joint venture, which amount for inorganic growth. During his tenure at the helm of GE, 2001 to 2017, two unprecedented and unforeseeable crises hit the global markets : 9/11 in 2001 and the global financial crisis in 2008. Both GE aviation and financial services business took a direct hit.