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From marketplace to SaaS business: How Udemy acquired 80% of the Fortune 100

Intercom, Inc.

When Yvonne joined in 2016, the business unit consisted of just 10 people across product, engineering, sales, and marketing. Turning a sales objection into a unique differentiator. When Eren Bali founded Udemy in 2010, he had a vision for what the marketplace would be: a place where anyone could teach and learn anything.

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8 Tough Lessons from Closing 12,000 Customers at WebPT (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Then I went over to the sales department. The demo is the sale and we close everybody in month. Heidi Jannenga : When we’ve again, first started going out and looking for funding, everybody wants to amplify your sales strategy. The first thing you bring in your playbook on sales. We schedule a demo in the same day.

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Guru’s Rick Nucci on using automation to scale your customer experience

Intercom, Inc.

Boomi is a cloud integration company that I worked on and built for 10 years and was acquired by Dell in 2010. For us, that first fit was with growing sales teams. We were very, very focused on that fit – to be even more specific, on growing sales teams for high-tech products. That was one of our first aha moments.

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Is Seed the new Series A? (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Since 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. So the trend is that the graduation is better if of course company has more capital to invest before Series A. ” That’s not proven.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Matt Garratt, Trisha Price, David Schmaier, Rob Bernshteyn, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. They need fewer sales as a percentage of overall employees.

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7 Tips For Using Customer Feedback To Build Rabid Fans And Make More Money (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I actually worked in sales for five and a half years and that’s probably why I have tended to gravitate to B2B marketing. Worked as an AE and then a sales manager. Decided to go to business school, did that for a little bit and then came out in management consulting, a company. So, they’re a B2B piece.

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Top 30 SaaS Companies in India

SmartKarrot

Found by Manohar Chapalamadugu in 2013, Agile CRM is an Indian SaaS company known for its sales and marketing solutions designed for SMBs. The company aims at providing a single platform for automated marketing, sales, and other services. Agile CRM offers lead generation, contact management, and integrated telephony services.