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A Look Back: How $13 Billion Ramp Began To Scale with Co-Founder and CTO Karim Atiyah

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Co-founder and CTO Karim Atiyah came to SaaStr Annual to share how they got this rocketship … off the ground. “Even with a bad hand, if the potential reward is great enough, taking a risk can make mathematical sense.” Back in 2021 though, Ramp was just 2 years in — but already experiencing hypergrowth.

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Busting the Myths About Startup Success with BlackLine’s Founder CEO (Video + Transcript)

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My marketing team wanted me to do the world’s most boring video. I retired from SunGard Treasury Systems as their CTO. He’s not necessarily interested in putting in the work that’s necessary or getting the coaching or the feedback that he needs. Frankly, we got some bad advice from VCs in the early days.

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