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SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Awards 2019: The Top Five

SaaStr

eventually rising to CEO in 2001. Dave Kellogg has a lengthy history in tech from his start in product marketing at Ingres Corp in 1985 to his ensuing leadership positions at Versant and Business Objects. Sallie Krawcheck started her career on Wall Street as a senior research analyst at Sanford Bernstein and Co.,

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From Maxio’s New CEO: “I’m thrilled to be entrusted with leading Maxio.”

SaaSOptics

I was there when the bubble burst in 2001, the meltdown of 2008, and I’ve seen our industry rise again as SaaS businesses have attracted incredible amounts of capital over the past 10 years. How the magic happens. I’ve spent 20+ years in tech–all of it in the Internet sector.

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Going Long: The 20-year Journey of Being a CEO + Founder with BlackLine

SaaStr

BlackLine was started in 2001 during a black swan event when the internet seemingly ended and we’re currently in the midst of another black swan event with the global coronavirus pandemic. There is a very high value to having a mentor providing stabilization as more stakeholders join the company. Preparing Teams for a Black Swan Event.

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Be the Up in a Downturn: Advice From SurveyMonkey’s Tom Hale

OpenView Labs

Those who went through the 2001 and 2008 economic downturns emerged with valuable lessons on navigating a crisis—not to mention a heck of a lot of resilience. So we had to prune back even as we were pivoting the teams and the leadership to chase a new opportunity. Put your best talent and leadership on transformation.

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Engineering Customer Success Processes for Maximum Impact

Valuize Consulting

Eventually, the movement made its way to the tech industry with 2001’s agile software development framework heavily inspired by lean principles and books like The Lean Startup published in 2011 by Eric Reis. Full buy-in from your executive leadership is also a must.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Jennifer Tejada, Ben Chestnut, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Earlier this year, we redoubled our focus on our enterprise segment where we have a strong leadership position. Jason Lemkin: You were nominally founded in 2001, right? Whether we start in 2007, 2009, 2001, it’s a slow roll to Act Two, right? And those are the outcomes that we’re looking for. You had to pay.

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The Top 5 Questions Every CEO Wrestles With – Lessons From Host Analytics (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Those that had raised a large amount of money at a ridiculous valuation prior to April 2001 or dead. But leadership is about doing the right things. Well in 2002, I know it was a long time ago. But in 2002 there were only two types of startups in existence. There was no other type of startup in 2002 when the internet bubble burst.