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Doubling Down: Satya Patel, Partner at Homebrew

SaaStr

We made the investment because Pika makes it possible for anyone to become a professional quality video creator and use that powerful format to communicate, educate and entertain. #2. Satya joined Google in 2003 and was responsible for AdSense product management and partnerships. And how big is your current fund?

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The Future of AI Is Amazing

Andreessen Horowitz

in 2003, Sebastian Thrun had just won the DARPA Grand Challenge, right? ” Like, autonomous vehicle is a solved problem back in 2003. And one of the best examples of this is autonomous vehicles or robotaxis. So, when I joined Stanford to do my Ph.D. So, he had driven a van autonomously across the desert and won this.

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Reading list: Platforms, ecosystems, and partnerships

Intercom, Inc.

Every economy has basic infrastructure needs: from land to live on, to transport and communications systems to keep the economy connected.”. Where do you begin and what are the important factors you need to consider? Infrastructure is usually a good place to start. The pains of growing a platform.

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How to Reduce Sales Friction with Salesflare Tasks

yoursales

Since 2003 LinkedIn in has increasingly become a critical part of the sales process. You’d want the task to appear under the account we’re communicating with. As a result, you can now manage both your LinkedIn and your email communication channels with customers in Salesflare.

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Net Promoter Score (NPS) in Customer Success and its relevancy

CustomerSuccessBox

Net Promoter Score (NPS) was first developed in 2003 by Bain and Company and it measures the loyalty of customers to a company. If back in 2003 you’d ask me what are the chances that you’re going to recommend me, my friends, or my family on a scale of 1 to 10? Your closed-loop process must include effective communication.

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

SaaStock

Bai Xue believed in the internet – and in 2003 she did the unthinkable: she quit a secure and well-paid job at Panasonic to join the startup movement. She has led marketing and communications and strategy at Samsung and PwC, among others. Today Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading ride-hailing platform, valued at $3 billion.

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A Look Back: Slack at $30,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

In a kind of analogous way, everyone uses the Internet now, which wasn’t true certainly, when we started Flickr, in late 2003. The reason for that, I don’t think is because the product is especially difficult to use or requires a lot of technical expertise, but because it’s intended for internal communication.

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