SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. Retail was mentioned twice, that’s it, and AWS was mentioned 78 times, so it’s probably not surprising that they’re doing this. I think it’s a really staggering stat.

Cloud 113

Cloud Scale AWS Machine Learning 113

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

I think every one of us that had lived through 2001 and 2002 or 2000, 2001, and then again, lived through ’08, ’09, we immediately pulled out our playbooks and we’re like, “Here it is, this is the downturn we’ve been waiting for.” ” And the catalyst here is like: We think mobile is going to take off.

Sales Recruiting 225

Sales Recruiting Development Team Review Technical Review Sales Hiring 225

User Pilot

MARCH 5, 2025

In-app guidance: Although primarily a support solution, Intercom has features like Checklists, Product Tours, and Mobile Carousels for creating onboarding flows. Integrations Zendesk integrates with nearly 2000 apps, all of which can be found in the Zendesk Marketplace. Its hosted in AWS and SOC 2 Type 2 compliant.

Software Review 52

Software Review Engagement Software Scale 52

BetterCloud

MARCH 31, 2020

How does it look on different sized screens or mobile devices? Does using it remind me of Windows XP/2000? (No If it’s hosted on AWS and some AWS AZs go down, do they have continuity built in? (Can the same thing be accessed from multiple places, or do I frequently have to go back out of one thing and into another?).

SaaS 59

SaaS AWS Software Review Systems Review 59

SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

If you haven’t signed up on the mobile app or whatever, it’s cool. Aaron : Well, also, as someone who went through this, especially like the 2000, 2001 times. And I remember being at that Dreamforce in 2009, which was awful. Every retail shop was closed by 2000. ” I’m like, that sounds awful.

Sales Hiring 246

Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 246

Sales Hacker

MAY 13, 2025

But there was something else going on also which was throw in the mobile smartphone. Because instead of having a small set of directories that you had to keep your information correct in, you now had to do it across this entire fragmenting set of mobile experiences. Pre-mobile device, pre everybody having a GPS in their car.

AI Search 75

AI Search AI ChatGPT Software Review 75

Teamgate

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Let’s say you have 2000 Facebook fans, 2000 followers on Twitter, and 2000 email subscribers. But one thing that makes email marketing so sexy is that it’s much easier to build a mailing list of 2000 people than to get 2000 new followers on Twitter or Facebook. Is it the same thing? Absolutely not.

Scale 68

Scale Social Media Underperforming Technical Team Content Marketing 68