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How to Navigate the Shift to Generative AI with PagerDuty’s CEO Jennifer Tejada

SaaStr

Jennifer has been at PagerDuty since 2016, a disruptive company that took automation to the next level before AI was hot in 2024. The three co-founders were gathering data in hot storage to respond more effectively to instances with the benefit of historical and technical context. As a startup, you can look at it a few ways.

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We?re About To See a Lot More SaaS Debt

SaaStr

Carlota Perez argues in her book Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital that in the early days of a “golden age”, financial capital is necessary to fuel new technology innovation. . Once that technology is better understood, production capital moves in to drive mainstream adoption of the technology. .

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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. 2016 The Second SaaStr Annual: From Impossible to Inevitable . We went digital!

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How Hiyacar is building a community with Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

Founded in 2016, Hiyacar’s goal has always been to connect drivers with trusted local car owners. Their Quickstart keyless technology means that workers can download a virtual key and start driving without needing to meet car owners. Recent TrustPilot review. No one at Hiyacar HQ joined because they love car hire.

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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.

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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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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 1848 Intaact Technology. In any event, everybody lies, even if the answers are generally directional correct. 500 / 5000 awards. 78 Marketo.

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