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5 Interesting Learnings from GitLab at $250,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

It was exciting at YC 2015 Demo Day. And the engine really never stopped running, evolving into a dominant DevOps Platform for software development. So GitLab is one of those ones that sort of … always was doing well. It was exciting as it scaled to be a more “enterprise” Github at first.

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JFrog IPO: Lessons For Entrepreneurs

SaaStr

Before starting JFrog, the founders had built a successful IT consulting firm, AlphaCSP, which focused on developing Java solutions. In other words, they got first-hand experience of the pains of software development. There was also a highly efficient inbound sales model.

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

SaaStock

Jessie moved to Hong Kong in 2015, where she joined Credit Suisse as Vice President. in 2015, she made a move to the other side and left banking. And then she studied software development at Fullstack Academy. These days, Jessie Lam has purple hair and is a Certified Public Accountant. Morgan, and Deutsche Bank.

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GTM 98: Going From IC to CRO at GitHub and Building a High-Performing Revenue Growth Engine with Elizabeth Pemmerl

Sales Hacker

She joined GitHub in 2015 after a career in the public sector, and has since held leadership roles in nearly all aspects of GitHub’s enterprise business. The impact of AI on GitHub’s business and the future of software development. Strategies for pricing new products and cross-selling within an existing customer base.

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The 8th DO for SaaS startups - Stay on top of your KPIs

The Angel VC

Development velocity: I don’t know if (or how strictly) you should use a software development methodology like Scrum, which allows you to nicely visualize your development velocity, in the very early days, when you’re maybe just two developers – I would be very interested in your thoughts on that question.

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Top 22 Full Stack Developers to Follow in 2022

Frontegg

Since 1999, John Sonmez has been a highly popular blogger and speaker devoted to helping developers. He likes to optimize and accelerate software development by presenting complex concepts in a simple way. His Simple Programmer blog, a place that’s already frequented by thousands of developers, is a mandatory bookmark. #2

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One Thing a Software Developer Should Never Do.

Aber Law Firm

Software developers are really smart (I know, as I work with lots of them on their software development agreements , etc.), So don’t shut down a customer’s site (software, product, etc.) A: Look at this very recent case from Sept 2015 re the CFAA and the developer taking down the site. Q: Yea, Right.