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Six Lessons on How to Build a Platform that Fuels an Ecosystem with Plaid (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Companies that have access to more accurate financial data have the ability to develop seamless exchanges of information, providing consumers with improved ways to manage their finances. Plaid has always been a wartime company and we’re trying to continue to scale that out. We have a very strong kind of developer focus.

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From Freemium to Explosive Growth in a Crowded Market – 8 Years of Learnings with Zoom (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Mallun Yen : And, you’ve done that with a number of your executive team, and, in fact, most of your executive team are the ones that you hired early on in the day. Mallun Yen : Well, I think one interesting thing that you have instilled on your team though, and this is something that you do yourself right?

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Channel Sales for SaaS: What It Is, When it Works, and How to Build Your Own

OpenView Labs

Brands including HubSpot, Atlassian, Slack, Xero, Zendesk and Klaviyo use a variety of partner programs and other tactics to expand into new markets, scale their sales efforts and take advantage of partners’ existing connections and credibility. That’s not to say that designing and building a successful channel sales program is easy.