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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

The most triumphant transfer of control from an original generation leader to a new CEO was surely that of Microsoft, which pivoted from chasing after Apple’s success in the consumer space under Steve Ballmer (don’t mention Nokia ) to successfully focusing on the cloud under Satya Nadella (please do mention Azure).

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Byron Deeter, Elliott Robinson, Henry Schuck, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Azure has been gaining on them rapidly and is growing a double that rate. Leadership can really turn around really any area of the company.” You just don’t have the right leadership or structure to get there often. I bootstrapped the company with my co-founder in 2007. It is staggering. One other one on this.