SaaStr

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Join Qualtrics Co-Founder and CEO alongside SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin as Ryan reflects on the survey software maker’s acquisition by SAP this year. Ryan Smith: The backstory here is we turned down an acquisition offer for $500 million in 2012. And the team deck doesn’t say who the CEO is? Ryan Smith: No.

Acquisition 160

Acquisition Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring 160

User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

In many ways, he has shaped how successful products are built and how teams can be organized to work toward excellence. In this role, he drove the development of products that took eBay’s global e-commerce platform to new levels of success. Marty Cagan is a popular name in the product management world. Who is Marty Cagan?

Management 105

Management Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Consulting 105

SaaSOptics

MAY 19, 2022

What Is Customer Acquisition? Customer Acquisition is the process of acquiring new customers in a business. For subscription-based SaaS businesses, your customer acquisition metrics indicate how effectively you acquire new users via sales, marketing, or a product-led approach like a free trial. More customers = more revenue.

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Acquisition Scale Strategy Software Review 59

Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2020

As companies adapt to this new normal, keeping your sales team moving together is more essential than ever. Most recently before that, he was Chief Revenue Officer for Marin Software, where he grew revenue from zero to 80 million and was part of the executive management team that completed a successful IPO. He also is a Salesforce vet.

Scale 124

Scale Sales Hiring Technical Advisors Automotive 124

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Prior to its July 2002 acquisition by Novell, SilverStream was a public company that had reached a revenue run rate in excess of $100M, with approximately 800 employees and offices in more than 20 countries around the world. How does David think about scaling sales teams? Do you need business development reps?

Scale 219

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 219

SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

In his most recent role, Dave was the CEO @ Host Analytics where he quintupled ARR, halved customer acquisition costs and increased net retention rates before selling the company to a private equity sponsor. Finally pre-Salesforce, Dave was CEO @ MarkLogic where he grew the team from 40 to 240 and revenues from $0 to an $80m revenue run rate.

Sales Hiring 164

Sales Hiring Payment Services SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 164