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What Makes a Great VP of Marketing in SaaS: A Deep Dive with Jason and Dave Gerhardt, ex-VPM of Drift

SaaStr

Lemkin emphasizes the need to hire “Pirates and Romantics,” passionate and quirky individuals who are dedicated to the company’s mission, in contrast to the majority of job workers in the tech industry. It’s important to take a vacation and try to find joy in one’s job before moving on.

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Power Laws: A Look Back To Where 20 SaaS Break-Out Companies from 2012 Are Today

SaaStr

Generally, audited or reviewed financials must be submitted, so I assume they are in the ballpark of correct. Where it Went: IPO’d in 2013, hit $250m ARR by 2016, a cquired for $1.8b Where it Went: Acquired by Oracle in 2013 for $400m. 1848 Intaact Technology. 500 / 5000 awards. 7 AdRoll $14.2m 78 Marketo.

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The Marketer’s 5 Step Guide to Beacon Technology

Neil Patel

Beacon technology has completely revolutionized both business and marketing. As one Business.com article put it, with “Retail going digital and digital media coming to retail,” this technology is completely changing the marketing game. The key to the versatility of this location-based mobile technology lies in its size and function.

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SaaStr is Turning 10! How a Blog Turned into A Global SaaS Community for 250,000+

SaaStr

This led to our first meet-ups in 2013 and 2014, the first SaaStr Annual in 2015 , the industry’s leading podcast in 2016, the first SaaS founder coworking space in 2017, and SaaStr Pro , the first learning management system for SaaS founders in 2018. Night at The Museum” took over the very cool Tech Museum. We went digital!

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10 Technology and Social Media Documentaries For Marketers

Neil Patel

Are you one of those people whose eyes glaze over every time they read about crafting the perfect marketing campaign or embracing technologies? Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World” is a documentary detailing how we became so dependent on technology. However, this documentary is more than just a review of what went wrong.

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Are We Due for a SaaSacre?

Kellblog

in 2013) it can get well above 10x. Only in 2013 did it get close to these levels. If you believe in regression to the mean [5], that means you believe the multiples are due to drop back to the 5-10 range over time. I own positions in a wide range of public and private technology companies. Sometimes (e.g.,

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

His first career steps were at Seer Technologies and Monitor Company in the 1990s. Afterward, Patrick founded several businesses in diverse sectors, including tech, healthcare, and finance. After a BA in Technology and an MBA, André Baldini made his first steps into IT, working in companies like Stefanini and Itaú Unibanco.