700,000 applications for H1-B visas were filed this year—but the cap is 65,000. This means that we are losing out on 635,000 educated, high skilled workers ready to work hard, pay lots of taxes, and build our economy. What an absolute joke

If you want to learn more about GrowSF and how to get involved, come to our happy hour on Tuesday! actionnetwork.org/events/growsf-…

Upgrading AI-powered travel products to first class tcrn.ch/465UWQS by Eric Crowley

Comparing Apple's Q2 results vs the same period 5 years ago is a good proxy for the rise of mobile subs: Services revenue (= App Store & own subs) grew 120% while Products grew 'only 30%' Service Gross Margin 3x from $11B (20% of total) to $30B (32%) while overall GM grew 61%

Generative AI has spawned thousands of new products. But outside of ChatGPT, what are everyday consumers using? What's growing, and what has flattened? We crunched the numbers to find the top 50 consumer web products by monthly visits - here's our learnings ⬇️

check out the latest CSS report by Eric Crowley GP Bullhound: gpbullhound.com/articles/consu… we will see a number of new IPOs in the coming years...

What's next for consumer subscription apps? Tune into the latest Sub Club podcast as David Barnard & Jacob Eiting — iap/acc delve into App Store growth, upcoming regulatory shifts, and B2B-B2C innovation with Eric Crowley. 🎙️ revenuecat.com/blog/growth/su…

Always my favorite day when we get to record this

subscription revenues Amazon grew from <$1B to >$10B/quarter in 8 years

If you’re in the Bay Area and just starting a company and want to hang with some like minded people Cohosting a dinner with First Round Meka Asonye for early founders to share and learn together: airtable.com/appLhGwDnOit05…

Subscription app market is lagging SaaS by ~10 years. Once tooling and market shifts catch up, there's going to be a lot of tickers that look like this.

The way of the subs

Recently, David Barnard & Jacob Eiting — iap/acc dove into this topic with Eric Crowley on the Sub Club podcast, discussing GP Bullhound's Consumer Subscription Software 2023 report. Going into 2024, we've identified five key trends that every subscription app business needs to watch.

I just published The Mobile-First Prosumer Playbook with learnings from @Speechify_audio, Photoroom and polycam! Check it out and follow Adjacent for more: medium.com/@ncsh/the-mobi…

2024... Is this the year that apps failing to adapt to AI become obsolete? When we shift our focus from acquisition to retention? Or see the app store rules rewritten? 🤔 We asked 14 industry experts for their predictions. A thread 🧵👇

" 14 experts predict what’s going to happen with subscription apps in 2024" revenuecat.com/blog/growth/su… in RevenueCat Ft. Phil Carter, Hannah Parvaz Jenny Kay Pollock (AI) Eric Crowley & Andy Carvell (personalization) Seth Miller (shorter cheaper plans) Sylvain Gauchet ⛏️💎 (post trial

🔥 We just launched a new State of Subscription Apps report, featuring: ✅ 140+ charts, ✅ 120 pages of unique insights, ✅ Contributions from numerous industry experts, including Ariel from Appfigures, Reid DeRamus, Hannah Parvaz, Daniel Layfield, Jason van der Merwe, Jake Mor, Sylvain Gauchet ⛏️💎,

three takeaways from Apple’s Q1: 1- hardware rev down, services up 14% 2- Services 40% of GM vs 35% last year 3- more than 1B paid subs, up 2x in 4 yrs apple.com/newsroom/2024/…

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