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How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Achieved an $11.5B Run Rate by Working Backwards

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In 2006, after Amazon Web Services (AWS) helped pioneer what we now call the cloud, product development changed forever. According to the Wall Street Journal , the cloud unit has pushed “Amazon to record profit.”. Today, one-third of daily internet users visit websites built on top of AWS. AWS is now an $11.5B AWS is now an $11.5B

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“The “Dos & Don’ts” of Building Winning SaaS Companies with G2 Crowd (Video + Transcript)

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I remember when I was in business school the internet was brand new and back then the hero was Jerry Yang. And so we started building a cloud solution, but it was a long arduous journey. I think in 2002 we only signed up two customers and this was after the dot-com bubble burst, 9/11 happened. It’s in the cloud.

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Why 2019 Is The Year Of Growth Engineering In SaaS

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Over the past few years, we've seen a new role emerging at within scaling startups - the growth engineer. These roles are filled by engineers that roll up to the CMO/COO (not CTO) as part of a growth team. In 2002, Aaron Ross's Predictable Revenue playbook from his time at Salesforce was published. This is not new.

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SaaStr Podcast #394 with Sunil Dhaliwal and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

I wanted to have another fun, informal conversation with, one of, I think, the most insightful and smartest cloud investors, Sunil Dhaliwal. Interesting for a couple reasons, but Sunil’s been investing in cloud internet since before almost anybody. If I get picked, do I want the more experienced partner, the new partner?