Tom Tunguz

MAY 5, 2018

They said as much on page 6 of Berkshire’s 2007 shareholder letter. The speculators believe great investments develop competitive advantage through innovation, disruption and displacement. If you wanna gamble somebody else will come along and pay more money tomorrow, that’s one kind of game. That is not investing.

Blockchain 167

Blockchain Strategy Innovation Investment 167

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The term data steward was coined in 2007, but the term hasn’t seen nearly the level of adoption garnered by data scientist. By focusing the team on particular needs, personas ensure that all the major stakeholders’ needs are addressed. For example, I’d never heard the term data steward before.

Startup 100

Startup Development Marketing Banking 100

Hitenism

JANUARY 6, 2017

I was in charge of product development, operations, finance, funding, and probably 44 other things. The process that we developed at KISSmetrics is the same process that any company can use to achieve a powerful marketing approach from the very beginning. We developed KISSmetrics with a nascent idea of the user.

Startup 182

Startup Marketing Engagement Content Marketing 182

SaaStock

JANUARY 30, 2019

The VC firm focuses on ensuring entrepreneurs the right conditions for developing a winning business. It supports them with their go-to market strategy, marketing, sales, customer success, and business development. They provide portfolio companies with insights into business development, financing, and exit strategies.

Venture Capital 155

Venture Capital SaaS Healthcare Finance 155

TurnKey Labs

JANUARY 8, 2024

Nowadays, there is no doubt that mobile app development is a thriving industry. Perhaps on June 29, 2007, when the first iPhone was introduced, few people in the world realized what a huge billion-dollar industry mobile apps were turning into.

Mobile 64

Mobile Development Technology 64

The Angel VC

MAY 4, 2018

The mighty king of Freemium Like Zendesk, Yammer, and a few other SaaS companies that were all founded around 2007-2008, Dropbox was one of the early champions of the "consumerization of the enterprise" movement. I’ll be sharing a few specific observations from the S1 review, but let’s start with some more general thoughts about the company.

Underperforming Technical Team 143

Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Systems Review Software Review 143

SaaStr

MAY 22, 2019

from 2007-2011 which eventually became Twitch. Prior to Logickull Andy was a software developer at EDS (an HP Company). YC has funded over 1,900 startups since 2005 including Airbnb, coinbase, Dropbox, Stripe, Flexport, instacart and reddit. Michael Seibel was co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv Andy Wilson is CEO and Founder of Logikcull.

Scale 167

Scale Leadership Consulting Software Development 167

TurnKey Labs

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Nowadays, there is no doubt that mobile app development is a thriving industry. Perhaps on June 29, 2007, when the first iPhone was introduced, few people in the world realized what a huge billion-dollar industry mobile apps were turning into.

Mobile 59

Mobile Development 59

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

About the episode: Mark Suster is Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures which he joined in 2007, having previously worked with Upfront for nearly 8 years as a two-time entrepreneur. What are the key inflection points of company development? #4: Upfront Ventures Partner Mark Suster on The One Thing That Kills Sales. Episode No.

Technical Review 201

Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review Scale 201

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Today, we’re pulling back the curtain on the Director of Business Development role, and for that, we talked to Patrick Joyce. Title: Director of Business Development. A Day in the Life of the Director of Business Development. I was 22 in 2007. ALSO RECOMMENDED: What Is Business Development? You’re welcome!).

Development 75

Development Business Software Review Engagement 75

SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2021

Jason : You came up with the crazy idea to start Veeva in 2007, just before the worst two years that we’ve experienced in the industry, ’08 and ’09. In 2007, I had this idea, “I’m going to make something very specific to an industry, very specific to an industry in the cloud.” Peter : Yeah.

Sales Hiring 337

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Headcount 337

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 28, 2018

When I moved to Silicon Valley in 2007, self-serve software was all the rage. Ten years later, there’s still a sense that startups can simply develop a product, lean back, and let the software do all the work. The people you hire provide just as much value as your product. Everyone wanted to create products that sold themselves.

Scale 184

Scale Sales Hiring SaaS Sales 184

The Angel VC

JANUARY 15, 2015

Yesterday I shot off a Tweetstorm about some important developments that I'm observing in the SaaS world as we're entering 2015. The point that I made was that most of the tactics which smart SaaS entrepreneurs developed around 2007-2009 – inbound marketing, conversion optimization, lifecycle marketing, etc. –

Growth Hacking 113

Growth Hacking Scale SaaS Content Marketing 113

FastSpring

APRIL 3, 2025

And then it goes into web, all the things needed for websites from copywriting, design, development, to pushing out WordPress websites is the majority of the work that we do. In terms of the name, Brand ID was launched in 2007, late 2007, and it was really so hard to come up with a name for your company. Yes, exactly.

Branding 97

Branding Social Media AI Search Outsourcing Services 97

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. The more I got exposed to the details behind the Instacart business, the more it reminded me of OpenTable (where I had been CEO from 2007-2011). It was April 2014, and the company was raising its Series B.

Marketplace as a Service 140

Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team Scale Construction 140

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 7, 2015

In 2007, the Premium Subscriptions generated 53% of the revenue. In 2007, online sales generated 63% of revenue. However, LinkedIn does spend more on research and development than the median company (26% vs 18%). Salespeople buy Premium Subscriptions to network and search on the platform.

Sales Recruiting 100

Sales Recruiting Benchmarks Metrics SaaS 100

Frontegg

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

OpenID, developed in 2005, lets authentication services and websites exchange security details in a standardized manner. In 2014, the OpenID Foundation developed a new version named OpenID Connect (OIDC). authentication framework for better interoperability, identity management, and support for mobile apps in development.

Mobile 144

Mobile PayPal Identity management Cloud 144

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

She joined the company in 2007 back when it was just 30 people and has been instrumental in helping the company scale both its team and its market share over the years. Developing a customer-centric team. Gainsight research backs this up. Ultimately, customer success can’t be the focus of a single team.

VP of Engineering 108

VP of Engineering Customer Success Churn Scale 108

Sales Hacker

MARCH 15, 2022

Sales development school, marketing school, and more for your entire team. Asad Zaman : I came to Canada in 2007 as an international student, to go into law. If you do something professionally and you’re patient, you’ll develop expertise. I was patient, developed expertise, and started thinking differently.

Sales Hiring 103

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Acquisition Development 103

SaaStr

JULY 22, 2019

The company started back in 2007, 2008. Developers were really loyal to the product, and they were able to take the product with them whenever they went. Second lesson for us was to, very early on, particularly with your key customers, your marque customers, your brand name customers, is develop a joint vision of success.

Scale 230

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 230

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 1, 2018

I’ve been working with my co-founders since 2007-2008. We developed all these tips and tricks that would help us optimize what happens when they land. You can check out the slides and video below. Would you prefer a written account? What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the presentation. This was around 2010.

Retention 223

Retention Payment Methods Onboarding Payment Solutions 223

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 7, 2022

Mark, Parker, Frank, and Dave were developing their prototype in a one-bedroom rental apartment in San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill – they wore Hawaiian print shirts, brought their dogs to work, and had a poster of the Dalai Lama from one of Apple’s campaigns encouraging them to “think different.” We even developed products.

Customer Success 118

Customer Success Technical Review Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 118

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Rob Rob Jeppsen , Founder and CEO of Xvoyant , helps develop world-class sales leaders so they can develop world-class sales teams. He has worked for & consulted with many organizations & has expertise in sales, sales process, leadership development & the commercialization of new products and services.

Consulting 79

Consulting Leadership Engineering Technology 79

FastSpring

JUNE 12, 2019

You may recall the initial Payment Services Directive (PSD) established by the European Commission that was initially adopted in 2007, then updated in 2009 and again in 2012. Skip to the bottom of this piece to find out what you need to do about this regulation.

Payment Methods 96

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 96

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 14, 2015

Xero Income Statement 2007 2008 2009 2010 211 2012 2013 2014. Of late, the company has been spending about 40% of its revenue on research and development, more than 10 points above the median, to build out its product suite. Growth 109% 265% 206% 123% 107% 88%. Gross Profit -0.8 -2.0

Benchmarks 100

Benchmarks Metrics SMB Outsourced Development 100

Neil Patel

MARCH 1, 2021

Starting life in 2007 as two guys with a love of beer, BrewDog has developed into a $2-billion company, and equity crowdfunding has a lot to do with it. You have to be in the right stage of your business development. Maintain control over your business (you’re not offering investors a say in how the business is run).

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Business Venture Capital Systems Review 145

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In 2007, it became one of the first markets in the world to issue contactless (tap-to-pay) cards. (A Developing a regulatory sandbox to support financial innovation at early stages The UK was the first market in the world to create a regulatory sandbox. The UK has had real-time payments since 2005, via the Faster Payments network.

Merchant Services 118

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services Payment Methods 118

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Established in 2007, Bonanza has built itself a loyal following, with a vast range of categories. They include a greater emphasis on building customer relationships and developing a sustainable business through repeat customers. What are some of the best Amazon alternatives when you’re looking to sell your products online? percent fee.

Payment Methods 145

Payment Methods Payments Marketplace as a Service Payment Services 145

SaaStr

JANUARY 14, 2020

My co founders and I were software developers, so we knew how to write the code, to build the website, to build the learning platform, to build the video distribution model. And from about 2007 till 2010 we bootstrapped and built the first version of the Pluralsight you see today. We said, “Well, we think we can do that.

B2B 167

B2B B2C Scale New CTO 167

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

When we actually did our market research, we found that 80% of physical therapists were still using and documenting on pen and paper back in 2007. That’s something we’ve really developed as we’ve come along in our product team to look for specific experience. We might have stumbled onto something here.

Scale 182

Scale SMB VP of Engineering Leadership 182

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In 2007, the European Commission adopted the initial Payment Services Directive (PSD). Sure, you could work your development team overtime to make the updates. . · Mail Order and Telephone Order (MOTO) – These transactions are exempt from SCA in all cases. Why is it happening? million in 1998.

Payment Methods 94

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 94

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

The internet revolution led to the dawn of the executive era, where on-prem developed into on-demand, with factors like ROI and KPIs entering the picture. Embrace self-service: Your development teams are embracing the self-service philosophy – your teams can focus on product adoption and self-service enablement. 8 Typeform.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Check out the list below for deals on video editing effects and plugins, social media tools, photography software, coding and developer training, presentation design templates, and more! Deal starts: November 13, 2023 Deal ends: November 30, 2023 Coupon code: CyberMonday15 www.iamtimcorey.com “Software Developers are in high demand today.

Payment Solutions 88

Payment Solutions Software Review Payment Methods SaaS Payments 88

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The AARRR metrics framework was first introduced in 2007 by Silicon Valley investor and founder of 500 Startups, Dave McClure. He developed the concept when he realized that many early-stage startups prioritized vanity metrics like social media followers over key growth indicators.

Metrics 105

Metrics Customer Lifetime Value Acquisition Software Review 105

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Ryan Smith: And so we had to switch and we chose Qualtrics, and it was the best thing we’ve ever done because everything we ever wanted to do, pivot the company or get away from surveys, which in 2007 were like, “Whoa, this is way bigger.” Our developers want to develop products that everyone’s going to use.

Acquisition 151

Acquisition Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring 151

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 5, 2019

New SaaS companies spend the majority of their time trying to determine three things: how they’ll develop a great product, how to show customers it’s relevant to their needs, and how to get to market. In 2007, when Apple put smartphones in our pockets, the internet stopped being a destination and became a state of being. trillion.

Scale 118

Scale Scaling Artificial Intelligence Business 118

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 10, 2018

Adam: A lot of our listeners are going to know you best through your writing; isn’t that how Marc originally found you back in 2007? That’s an idea developed in one of your most famous essays, “The Law of Shitty Clickthroughs.” Andrew: That’s right. At the time, everyone was like, “Are you crazy?

Acquisition 224

Acquisition Marketplace as a Service Retention Startup 224