“ICYMI (in case you missed it) What’s New in SMB SaaS” is a periodic series on LSA Insider that curates and offers brief commentary on recent events related to the emerging SMB SaaS ecosystem that you may have overlooked. WeWork IPO on the Rocks WeWork’s IPO woes do not appear to be abating. Tech Crunch…
“ICYMI (in case you missed it) What’s New in SMB SaaS” is a periodic series on LSA Insider that curates and offers brief commentary on recent events related to the emerging SMB SaaS ecosystem that you may have overlooked. Stripe Has a Capital Idea The payments platform Stripe has launched Stripe Capital and will now…
The LSA’s Above the Cloud podcast returned after a summer break this week with a brisk roundtable featuring my colleagues from the LSA analyst team, Neal Polachek and Mike Boland. Mike recently joined LSA to help us expand our coverage of the local and SMB market. Mike’s a very busy guy. On top of his…
Late last week, Square — a key disruptor in the small and very small local business space — chose to sell off its Caviar food delivery business to DoorDash. We recently wrote about DoorDash’s PR snafu when it was revealed that tips presumably paid to drivers wound up in the corporate account. The company has…
My friend Darby Sieben, formerly of YPG and now at RBC Ventures, directed me to this interesting piece about Square and its Cash App, a mobile payments app competing with the likes of Venmo and PayPal. The article in ARK Invest, an investment management company, outlines the approach Square has taken to boost Cash App…
Here is today’s roundup of news related to local marketing and advertising, local media, technology, local commerce, consumer behavior and more. 5 Ways to Get More out of #LSA18 (April 27, 2018) LSA Insider: “LSA18 is going to be an awesome event. We’ve got a tremendous group of speakers and attendees and the content is going…
Square is buying website creator Weebly. Weebly has free and paid website products. The transaction is valued at $365 million, comprised of a mix of cash and Square stock. Square said in its press release that it will now be able to offer “one cohesive solution to start or grow an omnichannel business”: Today, it…
Square has released its second film promoting small business and entrepreneurship: “Made in Iowa.” The film, which carries no Square branding, is more than 12 minutes long. I encourage you to watch the whole thing; it plays like a mini-documentary. It tells the story of what happens in small town America (Webster City, Iowa) when the…
Here is today’s roundup of news related to local marketing and advertising, local media, technology, local commerce, consumer behavior and more. How Chevron Enrolled Over 14K Members In ‘aFANity Rewards’ In Less Than Three Months (January 31, 2017) GeoMarketing: “With AdSport, the brand geo-fenced dozens of locations — from Chevron stations to sports stadiums —…
Like ConstantContant and AdRoll before it, Square recently announced that it was integrating Facebook Ads into its “Customer Engagement” suite. At Square, Facebook Ads now join email marketing as layers on top of its POS and payments services for local businesses. Square also said that it will be “adding support for other social channels in the…