FastSpring

APRIL 8, 2021

Remember when PayPal first came on the scene? But 2000 was a big year for PayPal. In March of 2000, they hit 1 million users. Well, you might not because you were probably in high school … or maybe even elementary school. Then by September of the same year, they reached 5 million users. Well, that was 20 years ago.

Payment Methods 148

Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions PayPal 148

SaaStr

JULY 17, 2020

353: Keith Rabois (Paypal, Linkedin, Square) and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin talk about the landscape of SaaS & Cloud fundraising and valuation in 2020. Does it not all bubble up to even the best cloud stocks? This episode is sponsored by Lightmatter. Does it not matter for the chart on the left? I think by segment.

Venture Capital 209

Venture Capital Travel PayPal Scale 209

SaaStr

JULY 22, 2019

We are the world’s most complete and comprehensive instrumentation platform on the marketplace today, that is cloud-based, that is SaaS-based. And those of you who know Reid Hoffman from PayPal days and co-founder of LinkedIn, he has this great podcast series called Masters of Scale. We didn’t ever have an on-prem solution.

Scale 220

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 220

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2020

There was this joke on Twitter the other day, someone who was pointing out how on your LinkedIn you said PayPal, it exited at a billion and now it’s worth 40 billion or 50 billion. Does it not all bubble up to even the best cloud stocks? So we figured out a long run, but even before you update your LinkedIn and then bam.

Investment 176

Investment Scale Venture Capital Travel 176

Kellblog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Former Redpoint VC Tomasz Tunguz pointed out that product-led growth (PLG) firms are less profitable than sales-led growth firms, poking a hole in the “product sells itself” myth, and clouding dreams of liberation from costly S&M departments. What drove people to the trial again, anyway?)

Software Review 140

Software Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Scale 140

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2025

Box software sold primarily through distributors to, um, a cloud based, um, subscription model. Scott Barker: mafia, the infamous, uh, PayPal Rob Giglio: that’s a, I mean, those, that’s a group of very, very successful, um, leaders well beyond what I’m describing. About the cloud. Scott Barker: that.

Scale 99

Scale Scaling Strategy Sales Hiring 99