Kellblog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It sure does feel like 2005. This is an ongoing pattern driven by Clayton Christensen’s cycles of disruptive innovation. Innovations in cloud security and governance from companies like Cyral and Privacera [20]. Innovations in enterprise privacy from DataGrail [20]. There are a bunch of new ideas in circulation.

Blockchain 142

Blockchain Technical Review Venture Capital Sales Hiring 142

SaaStr

APRIL 25, 2019

With one startup acquired by Yahoo in 2005, another acquired by Google in 2007 and a background as an M&A lawyer, Craig’s perspective on M&A is insightful for any startup founder looking to acquire another company. Listen to the story of how Craig Walker, Founder & CEO at Dialpad acquired TalkIQ for $50M in 2018.

Acquisition 144

Acquisition Technical Review Systems Review AI 144

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

Erica Schultz is Chief Revenue Officer @ New Relic, the company that gives you the real time insights your software driven business needs to innovate faster. And then as I mentioned in 2005, I took on the software as a service opportunity, which was a very nascent sales team and business for Oracle at the time. Welcome to Episode 214!

Scale 171

Scale Enterprise Scaling Sales Hiring 171

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 24, 2019

And I remember Marc [Benioff] interviewing me, like he did every employee, and painting the vision for what the platform would be. Salesforce AppExchange: Celebrating 10 Years of Innovation and Growth from Salesforce. Maintaining an innovative edge. It’s actually been quite a wild ride with Salesforce from the early days.

Scale 151

Scale Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning AI 151

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2018

You should differentiate yourself on having a key theme but innovative ways of bringing that theme to market. Harry : It’s being innovating on those themes. I tried to raise money in London back in 2005. minute phone interview. We really challenge them both on the interview and the testing side.

Technical Advisors 156

Technical Advisors Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 156

SaaStr

MARCH 6, 2020

And the thing that everyone likes the most about Salesforce was how innovative we were, how we changed on a dime and how we made all these great things happen. And then as I mentioned, in 2005 I took on the software as a service opportunity, which was a very nascent sales team and business for Oracle at the time.

Scale 210

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team 210

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

We got the idea from about 2005, a friend of mine became obsessed with climate change. ” Dee: I read an interview with you where you said that with The Cool Planet Group, that there was a personal motivation where you wanted your next business venture to be something that made more than money, that did some good.

Transportation 183

Transportation Business Travel Underperforming Technical Team 183