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5 Interesting Learnings from UserTesting at $160,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

While hardly the only vendor doing automated product insights, UserTesting has been doing it for quite a while (founded way back in 2007) and doing it well, with over 2,100 customers including many tech leaders. Stuck with per-seat pricing from 2007-2020, but added flex pricing in Q4′ 2020 — and quickly went to 20% of revenue.

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SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Awards 2019: The Top Ten

SaaStr

from 2007-2011 which eventually became Twitch. Prior to Logickull Andy was a software developer at EDS (an HP Company). The company pivoted to cloud-based software in 2013 and counts Chubb, the City of Chicago and Burr Forman among its customers. Michael Seibel was co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv

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Holiday Specials: 2023 Cyber Weekend SaaS and Software Deals

FastSpring

Deal starts: November 13, 2023 Deal ends: November 30, 2023 Coupon code: CyberMonday15 www.iamtimcorey.com “Software Developers are in high demand today. With IAmTimCorey , Tim will teach you the skills you need to become a professional developer using a proven pathway and online courses. But how do you learn to code?

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Employee Spotlight: Bill Wilson, Senior Director of Product and Kite Designer

FastSpring

My first job in tech was in 1998 as a software developer. In 2007, I decided to build my first company, MindSea, and in 2018 I went on to start SalesRight. How long have you been working in the SaaS/Tech industry? I’m going to date myself. I started with Java 0.9 and have been working in tech ever since.

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A Look Back: Slack at $30,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

It was early 2007 the iPhone was announced. Stewart, totally disabuse me if I get it wrong, but notwithstanding all the blue chip logos you have, you’ve got a very core software development, project management core. I don’t think that Yammer had that same software developer core that could get accelerated.

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Veeva: The Biggest Vertical SaaS Success Story of All Time (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Jason : You came up with the crazy idea to start Veeva in 2007, just before the worst two years that we’ve experienced in the industry, ’08 and ’09. I had always done general software things, database software, mainframes, PeopleSoft, run that technology groups, Salesforce.com platform for everybody.

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How I Got Promoted: Marques Stewart, VP of Technology at Achievement First

BetterCloud

So, 2006 or 2007. I’ve noticed this about software developers, but I also see it in many IT careers. I also knew that it wouldn’t be something that I’d get bored with over time. When I started at Achievement First, there was the iPhone. When did that come out again? I remember it was while I was still in college.