SaaStr

JUNE 26, 2024

A lot of the funding rounds for AI feel like 2021 again, but only for this subset of people. Growth is still good for them, but they had no net new customers last quarter. Deals are contracting, not because of layoffs, but because people are managing budgets so tightly. In 2021, they had 110% NRR. And there’s AI.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

With that in mind, before we welcome the new year and all the good things to come, we’ve gathered our favorite insights and nuggets of wisdom from 2021 in a special wrap-up episode. Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. And the timing couldn’t be more urgent.

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

As part of the run up to 2021 SaaStr Annual in the SF Bay Area Sep 27-29 , we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite classic sessions. (And And grab the best deal ever on 2021 Annual tickets here ). ” We weren’t inventing new video codecs, driverless cars, or anything like that. A SaaStr Classic!!

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Hiring and cultivating incredible talent on our Information Security team. Understanding the guardrails we need to build means closely tracking meaningful change across Intercom and making sure we’re on top of new initiatives”. Shipping quickly and securely. Continuous risk management. Evolving security landscape.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

And then, in the 50s, they introduced this new thing, and there was resistance. Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. Liam: The whole area is a new space. Adam: The space itself is new, but it’s one that’s been hypothesized for some time. Caught your interest?

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Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021? Having invested in 9 B2B marketplaces and gathered data from 20+ different investors, here are our findings on what it takes to raise money in 2021 for B2B marketplaces. What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021? Now, let’s dive into it!

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Great to see a lot of repeat attendees and some new ones. A thanks to [Marsh 00:00:34] for stepping in at the beginning of the month, and a great session with our own Jason Warner and Adrian, the CTO of Zendesk. Lionetti, the CMO at Confluent, and most recently, the CTO from Zendesk, Adrian. I’m Travis Bryant.

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User Pilot

MARCH 7, 2024

78% of women in tech report feeling like they must work harder than male coworkers to prove themselves [Source: Trustradius , 2021]. This could be explained by the fact that it was women, more often than men, who had to step down and work part-time to take care of stay-at-home children during the pandemic. Again…Why?

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Sales Hacker

MAY 5, 2021

Whether they started out as SDRs, marketers, engineers or even lawyers, their winding paths ultimately brought them to RevOps where they can solve new and challenging problems. As Director of RevOps, he scaled his team at Sendoso by hiring smart generalists to lead their own teams of MOps, SOps, CSOps.

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Natalia Luneva

APRIL 30, 2021

Announcing new features, increasing customer satisfaction and retention are among the top functions of an online community. . #1 Our community is the best way for us to inform our customers about upcoming updates and new features. Of course, our team is involved to an extent, and we have an external part-time moderator for support.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

365: The Office of the Future, How Everything’s Changed and What 2021 Will be Like with Justin Bedecarre, CEO @ HelloOffice and Jen Nguyen, Founding Partner @ TEAMWERC. We have Slack saying, “Hey, we’re not going to consider going back into the office until 2021.” We’re already in this like a new gen.”

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Crafty CTO

APRIL 17, 2023

When the jungle tears itself down and builds itself into something new. Since each Midjourney prompt creates new, unique imagery, it eliminates an entire manual step in the workflow—the need to search around for where else a stock image might have been (over-)used. When the rules of the game change. Kenzo: What game?

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ProfitWell

JANUARY 24, 2020

The Athletic , a subscription-based digital sports media company, has officially raised $50 million in a Series D funding round led by Bedrock Capital, now apparently valued at $500 million after this new raise. Brendan Schwartz , Co-Founder and CTO over at Wistia, has spent a lot of time learning to trust his instincts.

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BetterCloud

AUGUST 11, 2020

We were days away from signing a big contract with an AV vendor to rehab the cafe space that we had to put on pause. On that note, we’ve also been really laser-focused in helping our support team build new and better systems to cope with that particular influx of the business right now. How about from your team’s perspective?

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SaaStr

JULY 23, 2021

Brian Peterson, CTO @ Dialpad. Dave Walters, CTO, Hired. Christa Diaz, Senior Director, Customer Success, Hired. Amy Pisano, CRO, Hired. Jenn Knight, Co-Founder, CTO, AgentSync. Grab 30% off the best passes here: The post 30+ Incredible New Speakers for 2021 SaaStr Annual appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

MAY 27, 2024

Public valuations are still at a fraction of their 2021 peaks, but seed rounds are more expensive than ever. Investors should immediately engage with the CTO to assess their technical capabilities and potential, as great CTOs can demonstrate their exceptional skills quickly. Is it sustainable?

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SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2022

Also, be aware VCs are a lot more sensitive to early and unusual founder secondary liquidity than they were in the Go-Go Days of 2021. Don’t force VCs to find out in due diligence that only 2 percent of the pool, not the customary 15 percent or so, is available for new hires. But don’t disclose this at the last minute.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Martin Roth is the former CRO of Levelset, where he led the company from its first dollar in ARR to a $500 million acquisition by Procore in 2021. Scott Barker: [0:27] Martin is the former longtime CRO at Levelset, from its very first dollar in ARR to later being acquired by Procore for half a billion dollars in 2021. Bowery Capital.

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