Tom Tunguz

JULY 29, 2015

Over the past decade, Netsuite has grown 37% per year, starting at about 51% in 2005 and in recent years, consistently sustaining 25% annual growth. As the company disclosed in their last annual report , Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle, owns 47.4% of Netsuite common stock, implying the company is strategically important to Oracle.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2021

What has changed in sales leadership since 2005 [8:43]. What has changed in sales leadership since 2005 [8:43]. What has changed over the last 10-15 years that you’ve been part of leadership positions? That said, I hear from other women how important it is for them to see women in leadership.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 22, 2021

Just take a look at one of my first blog posts that I wrote on August 31, 2005. Think thought leadership. And then you would try to build links, but even if you weren’t great at link building you would still naturally generate more backlinks overtime. Here are the first few paragraphs….

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FastSpring

APRIL 19, 2019

Since I joined FastSpring two years ago, I have been lucky to witness the extraordinary evolution of FastSpring, and it’s even more impressive when you consider how far we’ve come since 2005. We’ve helped several employees earn certifications covering a variety of areas including Leadership, Product Marketing, and HR.

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Kellblog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It sure does feel like 2005. Management changes , as leadership teams drift from a spirit of value creation for customers to value extraction from them. Maybe Tim O’Reilly, the person who coined the phrase web 2.0 , has the best take [8], arguing simply that it’s too early to get excited about web3.

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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.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2020

Outreach produces incredible industry leading events like their Unleash Conference and their city-by-city Unleashed Summit Series road shows which will resume once people are allowed to take road shows again, along with top notch, thought leadership content. This was in 2005 after I graduated. Check them out at www.outreach.io.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Google Trends data shows a massive dropoff since RSS hit its peak back around 2005. Google launched Google Reader in 2005 and quickly built up a loyal following because it was simple, efficient, and free. Consider adding an RSS button to your content hub landing page, too: Keep on Top of Industry News & Thought Leadership.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Talk: SaaS.City Bootcamp: Sales Leadership. Talk: SaaS.City Bootcamp: Sales Leadership. Talk: SaaS.City Bootcamp: Sales Leadership. He co-founded Praesto Convergence in 2005 and served as its Managing Director until 2010. Eduardo Müller, Founder & CEO, B2B Stack. Thiago Gabri, LatAm Sales Manager, LinkedIn.

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SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2023

UiPath was founded back in 2005, and its origin story is similar to many technical engineers-turned-founders. UiPath’s CEO, Daniel Dines, has emphasized the importance of being open to customer feedback and building amazing connections with some of their biggest clients. Dines’ story is humble, embodying his company values early on.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

I joined Google in 2005, a little after Claire. Leadership, she’s been on the leadership team for two massive businesses, and so who better to hear from on that topic than Claire. Well, let’s transition then to leadership. Repetition is so important in leadership. And I joined as a customer support rep.

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SaaStr

JULY 30, 2018

Don’t miss out on two full days of thought leadership content, networking opportunities, fantastic French food, and fabulous evening events, all in the heart of Paris — snag your Europa 2019 tickets and catch up with us on the other side of the Atlantic next year! I tried to raise money in London back in 2005.

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SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

Erica Schultz: Well I actually started in the world of SaaS back in 2005 so about 14 years ago when I was still at Oracle Corporation and it was right after we’d acquired Siebel Systems and I took on a leadership role for what at the time was known as the CRM on demand team.

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SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2020

I was the 15th employee for LinkedIn and their first head of sales, joining the company back in late 2005 when everybody thought it was a spam company. So I would say that’s a leadership failure for a lot of CEOs, right? So coach toward the leadership piece of it. A little bit about me. Yeah, that makes sense.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Bringing Sales & Leadership with Heart and Ladies Happy Hour to the sales community. I went through a VP of Sales Program with SaaSy Sales Leadership — the moment I realized I didn’t want to be a VP of Sales. She is a Speaker and Hostess for LinkedIn Live. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

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User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Definition and Origin The concept of blue ocean strategy was first introduced in the 2005 book “ Blue Ocean Strategy : How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant” by professors W. What is the Blue Ocean Strategy? Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne.

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SaaStr

MARCH 6, 2020

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. Marc actually made him go through his V2MOM in front of hundreds of people across our leadership team and Marc would be jumping in and challenging Keith on the priorities.

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Kellblog

JUNE 7, 2020

Market your category leadership. 17] Which, for ancient software historians, was the failed strategy that Oracle gave a mighty try before giving up and acquiring PeopleSoft in 2005, the first in a long series of applications acquisitions. Now is the time to raise lots of VC and spend up to $1.70 Then do it again.

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User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Definition and Origin The concept of blue ocean strategy was first introduced in the 2005 book " Blue Ocean Strategy : How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant" by professors W. What is the Blue Ocean Strategy? Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The keys to great leadership [18:24]. The challenge with all of this was, I was at university from 2005 to 2008, and we all know what happened in 2008. The keys to great leadership [18:24]. As you’ve become and now are an experienced leader, what do you think the keys to great leadership is? We’re on iTunes.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

And then in 2005, we’re very close to the place where the auto industry was required to receive a federal bailout. And so I quickly raised my hand and said this is an awesome opportunity for me to get sales leadership experience, but also get the expat experience, which at that time I looked at as something incredibly valuable for me.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 28, 2020

Hilary Headlee: I think that’s what hard sometimes of being in a leadership role, is when I was in, for example, in customer success, I was one step away from the customer and I was one step away from reps. I think what I’m excited about, and I’ve worked in remote cultures since 2005.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 6, 2019

Tradeshift has grown to 650+ people with offices in 12 countries from its start as a mere vision in 2005. Join Tradeshift founder and CEO as he shows founders how to take control of their destiny. Want to see more content like this? Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020. Christian Lanng | Founder and CEO @ Tradeshift. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 27, 2024

Automattic was started in 2005 to democratize publishing, and WooCommerce was purchased in 2016 to democratize e-commerce. Then they have things like Pocket Cast, one of the best podcasting apps, Day One, a journaling app where you can share journals that are fully encrypted and synchronized, and now text messaging.

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SaaStr

JULY 22, 2020

And then they went out for their actual IPO in 2005, 2006 timeframe. But leadership is about what you do in those moments, not when you hit the lucky truck, and you’re able to ride a wave, right and you will see some really inspiring examples of leadership over the next 6,12,18 months.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 19, 2020

Portag3 Ventures Partner Chris O’Neill discusses leadership and teamwork lessons he’s picked up in his career through a hobby and a metaphor of sailing. So over the course of those 20 or so odd years in technology leadership roles. ” When I took the helm at Evernote in 2005, many people had written the company off.

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SaaStr

APRIL 7, 2022

We’ll have two full days of thought leadership content, networking opportunities, fantastic food, and fabulous evening events, all in the heart of Barcelona — snag your Europa 2022 tickets and catch up with us on the other side of the Atlantic this summer! 2005: Started as a tech outsourcing company. UIPath History.

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2020

I’ve held a bunch of technology leadership roles in startups, in rocket ships and turnarounds, including about 10 years at Google, and just over three years leading efforts at Evernote. So over the course of those 20 or so odd years in technology leadership roles. Thank you, Jason and the SaaStr community, for including me.

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