SaaStr

MARCH 8, 2025

Back in 2021 though, Ramp was just 2 years in — but already experiencing hypergrowth. Co-founder and CTO Karim Atiyah came to SaaStr Annual to share how they got this rocketship … off the ground. “Even with a bad hand, if the potential reward is great enough, taking a risk can make mathematical sense.”

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 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 top sessions of all times. So let’s take a look back to a deep dive with the CEOs on what they learned building their first senior teams: ———-. Which role should you hire for first?

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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 ). Hubspot today is a $23B juggernaut. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big! A SaaStr Classic!!

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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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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

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. And as Travis mentioned, we’ve had lots of great recent guests, Hollie Wegman, CMO at Segment, Adam, the head of developer relations at HashiCorp, G.C. COO, what does it mean?

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

After working on NASA’s Space Shuttle Main Engine, he went on to develop Portfolium, a social networking platform that allows students and graduates to showcase skills beyond the traditional resume to potential employers. Portfolium was eventually acquired, but the team behind it never stopped thinking about a better way to do it.

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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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