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The SaaS Org Chart Live with David Sacks (Podcast #491 and Video)

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David’s first foray into SaaS was in 1999 when he joined a startup that would become PayPal, starting as the product leader and later as the COO. In 2008, he founded Yammer, an enterprise software company that David grew to 500 employees and $60 million in sales. billion in 2012. Head of Sales. VP Sales (45 Employees).

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Even More of SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Unveiled!

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He then led product management for XDegrees and spent over five years rising up through the ranks at Symantec. From 2008-2012 Nick was CEO of LiveOffice which was acquired by Symantec for $115MM). You may have heard of a few of their customers: American Eagle, IBM Cloud, Instacart, Netflix, Paypal, and Gap just to name a few.

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My First 16: Creating a Supportive Builder Community with Plaid’s Zach Perret

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This was in 2012, and we were based in New York City. And in 2012, if you’ll remember, that was when they kicked all the Zuccotti Park protestors outta Zuccotti Park. When you thought of financial software, it was Mint, PayPal, and then like a few people hadn’t heard of, and that was it.