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The SaaS Org Chart Live with David Sacks (Podcast #491 and Video)

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David’s first foray into SaaS was in 1999 when he joined a startup that would become PayPal, starting as the product leader and later as the COO. billion in 2012. In 2008, he founded Yammer, an enterprise software company that David grew to 500 employees and $60 million in sales. Microsoft acquired Yammer for $1.2

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5 Hacks to Attract Gen-Z Consumers

Neil Patel

Article sponsored by PayPal. Gen Z’ers, which includes those born between 1996 and 2012, now make up 20 percent of the US population and account for $143 billion in direct spending. This is why offering BNPL options, like PayPal’s enterprise BNPL , is crucial for attracting the Gen Z market. Conclusion. Learn more here.

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Even More of SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Unveiled!

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From 2008-2012 Nick was CEO of LiveOffice which was acquired by Symantec for $115MM). You may have heard of a few of their customers: American Eagle, IBM Cloud, Instacart, Netflix, Paypal, and Gap just to name a few. Nick Mehta’s tenure in tech began as co-founder and VP of marketing for Chipshot.com which he founded in 1998.

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SaaStr Podcast #349 with Craft Ventures General Partner David Sacks: “How to Turn Your SaaS Startup into an Army”

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David Sacks (Yammer, PayPal) shares how to navigate from 50-500 employees. First, I was the founding era CEO of PayPal during the PayPal Mafia period, and I was a self taught product person, I learned how to do product management operations there. 349: Startups can get messy. Especially in growth. I learnt this operating myself.

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The Cadence: How to Turn Your SaaS Startup into an Army with David Sacks (Video + Transcript)

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First, I was the founder or CEO of PayPal during the PayPal Mafia period, and I was a self-taught product person, I learned how to do product management operations there. We went from zero to 56 million in sales in under four years, and that resulted in a unicorn, we ended up selling the company to Microsoft in 2012 for 1.2

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Hear From These Speakers at SaaStr Annual 2020

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David Sacks has a long history in tech from his time as a Founder and CEO of Geni.com and Yammer to his stint as COO of Paypal. Prior to South Park Commons Ruchi was an engineer at Facebook, co-founder of Cove which was sold to Dropbox in 2012 at which time she became a VP of Operations at Dropbox. The Deep Dives ??.

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Best WordPress Popup Plugins

Neil Patel

Ninja Popups was released in 2012 and has been regularly updated with features and capabilities, including new popup templates and integrations with the most popular current mailing systems. It also integrates with payment providers and gateways including PayPal, Stripe, and Razorpay.