SaaStr
MAY 4, 2021
It’s old, founded in 2001. Sometimes, when you are, you’ll have to rebuild all your technology, and that’s painful. But also like Twilio, the public markets seem OK with that and aren’t penalizing Cloud communication leaders with lower multiples due to their lower gross margins. at $550m ARR. Never quit.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
In 2001 David joined Matrix Partners, who had backed his last two startups, as a General Partner. David’s successful exits as an investor at Matrix include HubSpot, JBoss, AppIQ, Tabblo, Netezza, Diligent Technologies, CloudSwitch, TribeHR, GrabCAD, OpenSpan, and Enservio. Episode No. That is where John Barrows comes in.
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Payrix
APRIL 25, 2025
Patriot Act in 2001, to help minimize and prevent financial crimes like money laundering, terrorism funding, and other illegal activities. Customer Due Diligence (CDD): This is an examination of a customers financial background. KYC is a risk management practice that was established in 1970 as part of the U.S.
Tom Tunguz
MAY 13, 2015
After the company successfully completed its IPO, the company would increase its annual sales and marketing budget by 6X year-over-year to $230M and $298M in 2000 and 2001, at precisely the wrong time. Presumably this is due to customer churn, as a fair number of their customers must have gone out of business.
SaaSOptics
MAY 5, 2022
Just like Savage’s MythBusters, our company really has caught lightning in a bottle, with the right people, the right technology, the right product, and the right market opportunity all sparking together at precisely the right moment. I’ve spent 20+ years in tech–all of it in the Internet sector. How the magic happens.
Neil Patel
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
They have a strong technology stack. It goes without saying, but if a company is promising to help you leverage data (technology), they will likely have the technology to do so. The quality of that initial analysis, however, will depend on the quality of the technology that your agency partner has built.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
I actually think they’re getting done with less diligence, not no diligence, but you don’t have the four weeks of in-person meetings, they’re getting done in days. We were chatting before, certainly it’s hyperactive. Deals are getting done faster than ever. They’re getting done [inaudible 00:16:53] Zoom.
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