Kellblog

AUGUST 18, 2019

Let’s demonstrate it via an example: Say you joined a startup in September 2009 as an early employee and immediately received a stock-option grant of 400,000 shares with a strike price of $0.10 In this example, your option was granted in September 2009 which means that by October 1, 2019 that option will be expired. when you joined.

Technical Advisors 80

Technical Advisors Startup Pricing Technical Review 80

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

I have, since 2009, hired 20+ outsourced resources from all over the world for tasks such as data research, web design, translations, voiceover talent and more. You should ask in advance about the expertise of the SDR, and their compensation structure. When it comes to business outsourcing, I have been on both sides of the table.

Outsourcing Services 92

Outsourcing Services Outsourced Development Sales Outsourcing Underperforming Technical Team 92

ProfitWell

MARCH 10, 2020

Tory Burch is best known as a fashion designer, but she started the foundation back in 2009 to support the empowerment of women entrepreneurs. How is compensation determined? Last week, I took that advice myself and attended the Tory Burch Foundation’ s Embrace Ambition Summit. But the summit went deeper. How are people hired?

Compensation 66

Compensation Subscription Payment Features Company Culture 66

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

What’s broken with compensation plans? [26:28]. AJ Bruno: QuotaPath is a dead simple sales compensation tool for sales teams, for ops, for finance, anyone that’s ever struggled with comp plans, struggled with the ins and outs, explaining it, what if I close these deals, we built a tool for you. Who influenced AJ [33:28].

VP of Engineering 101

VP of Engineering Scale Development Team Review Technical Review 101

Sales Hacker

JUNE 5, 2018

In 2009, I headed out to do my MBA. How do we derive the compensation plans ? I started my career in investment banking, covering media and tech companies. theladders.com was my first foray into tech—I absolutely loved it. All the different nuances of businesses and how they worked. Making a break for marketing. Quick-Fire Questions.

Customer Success 63

Customer Success Data Marketing Sales 63

Crafty CTO

OCTOBER 17, 2023

My father passed away in 2009, but his imprint is still palpable there on the lake—nowhere more strongly than on the bookshelves. In this case, you would think that the rightsholder gets compensated somehow … but you never know. My son John and his wife Julie were able to join us for one of our weeks.

Scale 52

Scale Compensation Startup Mobile 52

Outseta

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In 2009, we did more than twice that - it was like $2.5mm. The account management team comes in and they're compensated based on upsells. We're trying to compete with SharePoint and Dropbox and Box. It was at that point we were just like you know we've got a ton of distribution. So if we aren't delivering value they can't upsell.

Interviewing 40

Interviewing Customer Success SaaS Scale 40

SaaStr

JUNE 3, 2020

The company went public in 2009 and was acquired by Yahoo in 2012 for $270m, a 50% premium on existing share price. The company went public in 2009, and was acquired by Yahoo in 2012, for $270 million, a 50% premium on the existing share price. So, fast forward, we got bought by Yahoo in 2011, for a little under $300 million.

Sales Hiring 229

Sales Hiring Scale Technical Advisors Outsourced Development 229

SaaStr

AUGUST 16, 2019

I didn’t take it very seriously and I sort of got my break in 2009. Examples to me, would be things like really crisp career pathing, appropriate compensation plans, providing ample opportunities for learning and development, a recognition program. I went into med device sales, but I really, candidly, wasn’t very good.

Scale 203

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Interviewing 203

Kellblog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

But in 2009, with the founding of A16Z , came a new era of founder friendliness and along with it a founder invisibility cloak (or should I say invincibility cloak) whereby the presumption that the founder should run the company became nearly absolute. Stock-based compensation (SBC) is increasingly controversial.

Software Review 136

Software Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Scale 136

SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Founded in: 2009. Square has been serving as a one-stop shop for online stores with the services they offer, Founded in: 2009. Xactly is a SaaS company that provides a comprehensive set of sales and finance management products for designing, building, managing, auditing, and optimizing sales compensation management programs.

Marketplace as a Service 10

Marketplace as a Service SaaS AWS Cybersecurity 10

Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Understanding Customer Success Management Compensation Models. My original definition of the SaaS Business Model, published way back in 2009, included a tight-coupling of Core Product/Intellectual Property, Marketing, Revenue Model, and Network Centricity… but now I’m modifying the definition to include Customer Success.

Customer Success 137

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 137

The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

APRIL 19, 2019

Image courtesy: Pexels In 2009, a rideshare service called Uber burst on the scene, allowing drivers to be contracted into essentially being taxi drivers out of their own vehicles. As a result, those injured often don’t receive adequate compensation to cover their damages and lost wages.

Transportation 40

Transportation Growth Hacking Compensation Technical Review 40