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Transcript of Redpoint Office Hours with Stripe’s Chief Corporate Advisor and former COO, Claire Hughes Johnson and Redpoint Managing Director, Tomasz Tunguz

Tom Tunguz

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. We have the formidable Claire Hughes Johnson, who is the chief corporate advisor at Stripe.

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Laura Klein on improving chemistry in product teams

Intercom, Inc.

Rather than suggesting a model startup, advisor and author Laura Klein is likely to point you toward her favorite heist film. Maybe that means that your business model is screwed up. I believe making things better for the end user should always turn into a good business decision at some point.

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11 Key SaaS Roles and Responsibilities in 2023

User Pilot

TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. What is a SaaS business model? SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet.

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PODCAST 131: Data, Set, Match: How to Build a Two-Sided Marketplace to Drive Revenue with Ryan Walsh

Sales Hacker

Sam Jacobs : What’s the business model? I do have a part time CTO who actually was the co-founder of ChannelAdvisor, and I’ve worked with for the better part of 20 years is a co-founder and CTO of ChannelAdvisor Aris Buinevicius. Or how do you make money?

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OPEXEngine SaaS Conversations Recap

OPEXEngine

R&D spend as a % of revenue : This traditional metric is expected by investors but should be benchmarked against peers, not just revenue peers, but peers by similar business models and valuations. R&D Spend as a % of Revenue Benchmarks.

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Product-Led Growth (PLG) For Startups

Mucker Capital

Hila is a mentor with Mucker Capital. Are there types of companies, market segments, industries, or business models where PLG does not make sense? Sometimes the buyer is just too busy. They’re the CEO, they’re the CTO, they never are interested in testing out the product as well. So that's the team “aha!”

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From Idea to Billion Dollar Business: the RingCentral Journey (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Or do you find if you’re even talking or mentoring the companies that they’re sort of going through these sort of ideas? People who invest in you eventually want to see their money out, that means that this is a business model. That is a business model. Look, for us, being public worked out.

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