SaaStr

JUNE 19, 2024

In 2017, they released a fairly nascent QR code offering. . #2: Becoming Multi-Platform Bitly had forever been a point solution and a successful one. But there were a number of opportunities to expand. Toby and Kelsey walk through that thinking. They saw incredible market trends related to QR codes.

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SaaStr

JULY 27, 2022

Founded in 2015, PayFit is a software company that empowers entrepreneurs and SMBs to digitize payroll and HR processes. Boterri’s company Accel invested in PayFit in 2017 and again in 2021. As of 2022, Payfit has reached unicorn status –– after raising $289 million in Series E, the company is now valued at $2.1

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SMB Sales Hiring Scale B2C 244

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 6, 2019

These are great opportunities for building our own engineering culture and fostering innovation in the wider community. Our engineering focused event, Building Intercom, at Vicar Street in Dublin, Ireland, November 2017. It’s important that engineers are given the support to feel comfortable doing this. Defining values.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 6, 2020

But at our 2017 Inside Intercom World Tour he surprised a lot of attendees with a talk about the people aspects of running a fast growing company and the common problems you face as you add more people to your company.

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Management Entertainment Engineering Interviewing 181

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

A: There were several things that inspired me to join FastSpring in 2017. From my initial interview with our CEO, Chris, it was clear that company culture would be a big focus. Q: What inspired you to join FastSpring? The executive team. The second focus was on ensuring that we had the resources to support our growing team.

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VP of Engineering Company Culture Headcount Scale 113

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 12, 2018

Dribbble was bootstrapped for nearly a decade before being acquired in early 2017, when Zack joined, and it was already profitable too. The team was just Dan and Rich for the first couple of years, and even at the beginning of 2017, we only had eight people on the team. He’s also a mentor at Reforge and 500 Labs.

Business 215

Business Branding Startup Leadership 215

Buffer Resources

MARCH 1, 2024

Retreats are a pillar of Buffer’s company culture. How can I make sure I make the most of this in-person time? Will I make friends ? It’s comforting to know that I’m likely not the only Bufferoo who feels this way. Here’s a round-up of all our retreats so far.

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Technical Advisors Travel Software Engineering Company Culture 21

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 15, 2018

Todd: At the end of 2017 you published a Twitter thread of lessons learned , and one that struck me really reads, “In a scaling organization, the ability to be consistently aligned within and across teams is a marker of excellence. — Will Larson (@Lethain) December 29, 2017. Speeding up your time to alignment.

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Engineering Management Merchant Services DevOps as a Service 214

Sales Hacker

MAY 24, 2023

He also shares how company culture impacts productivity and morale, primarily within sales teams. Company : AltiSales Noteworthy : Tito is an expert in sales development and all things sales. AltiSales takes company culture quite seriously. I got lucky in the first couple of years of AltiSales. I started in 2011.

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Underperforming Technical Team Consulting Company Culture Acquisition 104

SaaStr

APRIL 9, 2019

So, that may gave you a hint as to what the revenue might have been in 2017. Mallun Yen : So, 2017 is when you actually had your first user conference called Zoomtopia. Mallun Yen : So, 2017 is when you actually had your first user conference called Zoomtopia. Mallun Yen : It was great, I came.

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SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

QUESTION 5: At what point in time did you implement reference program in terms of the size of the company and revenue or employees? I joined in April 2017 and we already had… We’re already doing references, but we weren’t calling it a reference program yet, right?

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IT World

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Speaking at Slack’s Frontier event in London earlier this year, Mathis Bogens, head of internal communications at Bolt, explained that the messaging platform is so ingrained within Bolt’s company culture that the organization has essentially eliminated internal emails.

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Company Culture Mobile Communication Development 58

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

As we move into more hybrid workplaces, emojis act as digital, non-verbal cues that help guide us in our day-to-day, assess morale and even reinforce company culture. This was back in 2017, and in 2017 we all expected flying cars. If you enjoy our discussion, check out more episodes of our podcast.

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Business Communication Trends Banking 129

SaaStr

JUNE 12, 2020

I think you were at SaaStr like 2016 or 2017 or something. They don’t want to feel like they’re on an island by themselves. Jason Lemkin: Yeah. All right, man. Well, this was great. Thanks for being part of the SaaStr community. Wade Foster: Yeah. It was a long time. Jason Lemkin: Yeah.

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Cloud Engineering Sales Recruiting Scale 232

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

If you enjoyed this post, check out our other talks from the 2017 Inside Intercom world tour : Brian Donohue’s Builder beware: marketing tension in product-first companies. Des Traynor’s Lessons learned from scaling a team. Emmet Connolly’s Design in Interesting Times.

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SaaStr

JUNE 25, 2019

Second thing that was true for us is that, I don’t know if you’ve heard much about Eventbrite and company culture, but it’s something that we’re very, very proud of. A full four years after we started building the team. That’s the kind of retention advantage we’ve had in Mendoza.

Engineering 184

Engineering Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Scale 184

Sales Hacker

MARCH 19, 2019

Bob has set a standard for closing that’s been unmatched at our company, not because he closes the most meetings but because of the company culture he’s built around the sales team. Thomas began his TechSales career at Netwrix as an SDR right after he graduated college in 2017.

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Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

When determining how to incorporate your company’s values and purpose into your Employee Experience strategy, ask your colleagues the following questions: How is our company culture expressed in our onboarding and onboarding processes? How does our culture appear in an employee performance review and other day-to-day activities?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Series A, early 2015 $18 million and Series B, early 2017. Gaetan Gachet : What amount of funding did you take to support each stage of the previous table? So it’s public, our series A, so seed round was 1.2 million and it was back in 2013. That was $54 million. Laura Bilazarian : I think the fourth question there illustrates the point.

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OPEXEngine

MARCH 9, 2021

Furthermore, the company grew so quickly that it struggled to keep pace with compliance and governance, which was dangerous in a regulated industry. When Jay joined Zenefits in 2017, he did his research, reset operations, and put in place the organizational building blocks that enable scalable, sustainable growth. Company Culture.

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Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team 52

ProfitWell

MARCH 6, 2020

“When Autodesk set the goal of moving to a subscription-based business, company leadership knew change was necessary because the company as a whole would be engaging with customers differently.". So the question for you is: Do your organization’s strategic objectives require a refresh of your company culture?

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Customer Lifetime Value Social Media User Experience Construction 52

Unbounce

OCTOBER 15, 2024

If testing becomes part of your company culture, you can: Consistently improve your conversion rates. 7 minute read Pay per click How PPC agency ParaCore used clever account management to save a client $30k in ad spend September 12, 2017. Learn which messages resonate best with your prospects. And plenty more.

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Strategy AI Search Marketing Social Media 98

Chargify

AUGUST 6, 2019

The founder acknowledged that Lyons was entitled to his own opinion, addressed some of his critique of the company culture and of the business model and even agreed with some of the points he raised. In 2018 HubSpot revenue was $513 million, up 37% compared to 2017. Image source). Inbound marketing today — Does it still work?

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Subscription Payment Features Revenue Software Review 40

Buffer Resources

APRIL 4, 2024

From jumping on meme bandwagons to pulling back the curtain on company culture, TikTok offers endless opportunities for creative expression. But for B2B companies, the idea of getting playful on social media can be daunting. After all, there's a fine line between being relatable and compromising your brand's integrity.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

And in 2017 there were 4,000 and now there’s 10 thousands so you see how the markets really blew up and I think that’s for has been able to continue that growth and we saw that happening and so we were always confident.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Prior to their incredibly successful IPO in April of 2017, they raised funding from some of the best in the business including Sequoia, a16z, Greylock, Khosla and Floodgate to name a few. How do you think about your company culture at Okta? And today, I’m thrilled to be joined by their CMO, Ryan Carlson.

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Chart Mogul

APRIL 3, 2018

Pivotal moments in this shift include Dropbox’s 2017 redesign, from a predictable utilitarian experience to something far bolder: WOW. More recently, when I read Typeform’s “behind the scenes” account of the company’s rebrand (almost a year in the making!) Company culture. source: [link].

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Nick: Making Reddit more welcoming was a theme for all of 2017 and most of 2018. You want to preserve the company culture, and every time you bring in a new leader from outside, you’re going to change the culture up a little bit. I’d love to understand your thought process and approach there.

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Leadership Engineering Part-Time VPE CTO Coach 141

SaaStr

JULY 26, 2019

She spent nearly a decade involved with the company as CEO and Executive Chairwoman before she sold the company to IKEA in October of 2017. In 2008 Leah founded TaskRabbit, the leading on-demand service marketplace in the world. Hear about her takeaways from a product reboot with TaskRabbit.

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ProfitWell

APRIL 29, 2019

According to her, one of the keys to sustainable growth is keeping consistent with your hiring practices and not letting company culture get lost in the shuffle. Tara Bryant has spent her career driving revenue growth so she's seen the ups and downs rapid expansion can cause. No More Excuses: ConvertKit Motivates.

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The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

To inspire growth mindsets within your employees, your company itself must have an organizational growth mindset. The foundation of your company’s culture should be based on the importance of constant growth and self-improvement. In 2017, that manifested is us hosting our first ever Independent Writer’s Conference.

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Development Sales Recruiting Growth Hacking Leadership 40

SaaStr

OCTOBER 21, 2019

And this week we have a special one, as this is a live interview taken from one of my favorite conferences out, SaaStr Europa and joining me in the hot seat today is one of Europe’s leading SaaS founders in the form of Robert Vis at MessageBird, the company that allows you to talk to your customers via voice, SMS, and WhatsApp.

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Payment Methods Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services 113

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2023

But when CEO Dustin Moskovitz came to SaaStr Annual 2017, they were still leaving the scrappy stage at $60m in ARR and a primarily self-serve customer base … and deciding just how sales-driven they really wanted to be. Asana today has crossed $600,000,000 in ARR growing an enviable 34% with 115%+ NRR (135% from its bigger customers).

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Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Scale 290