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Doubling Down: Satya Patel, Partner at Homebrew

SaaStr

We were very early in developing a thesis around SaaS-enabled marketplaces and BC was a construction tech investment that came in via cold inbound and was started by first time founders. Satya joined Google in 2003 and was responsible for AdSense product management and partnerships.

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Bezos' Shareholder Letter in 2000

Tom Tunguz

Throughout those 15 years, Amazon constructed a monolith heavier and more valuable than almost every other business in the world, despite the vacillations on Wall Street. Company performance exceeds employee expectations, yet the market values the company less than two quarters ago. Amazon stood fast to their principles throughout.

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Three Mega IPOs That Took A Long, Long Time To Get Big: Squarespace, Procore and UiPath

SaaStr

Procore was founded way back in 2002 to automate construction project management. But took a full decade for mobile to get mature enough to make construction software really work, because it had to work in the field.

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Human-Centered Design Network’s Gerry Scullion on inclusive architecture

Intercom, Inc.

?. Like the built world, the internet is constructed for the majority. I had one in 2003 and had another one middle of last year, and I’m encouraging people not to travel outside of a two-hour flight radius due to carbon emissions. Too often, our online architects fail to take into account differently abled users.

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Beyond the Downturn: Recession Strategies to Take the Lead

OPEXEngine

Headed into the global financial crisis a decade ago, a group of almost 3,900 companies worldwide that we ran through Bain’s Sustained Value Creators analysis posted double-digit earnings growth, on average, from 2003 to 2007. South Korean conglomerate Samsung took an offensive tack before and during the past recession.

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Product Led, but People Focused

OpenView Labs

The first time I worked with Steve was back in 2003. This is critical for Deputy since the market we service is hourly paid workers in hospitality, retail, healthcare, transportation, construction, education and other verticals. The Catalyst – The Hybrid Product/Human Solution.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Domo and Gorgias — April 24, 2020

SaaStr

It started back in 2003, when I joined Omniture, which was an analytics company founded here in Utah. John Mellor: And that year, when I joined in 2003, Omniture did $8 million in revenue. John Mellor: I think the right CEO-chief strategic officer relationship has a lot of constructive tension in it.

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