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8 Tough Lessons from Closing 12,000 Customers at WebPT (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

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. One of the largest point of sale services in the world, platforms in the world. We might have stumbled onto something here. So we launched the company in February of 2008.

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PODCAST 93: The Journey from 2x Founder to VC with Angus Davis

Sales Hacker

He then founded Tellme Networks, sold that in 2007 for $900 million to Microsoft. It was acquired by Microsoft in 2007 for about 900 million. I was like, “ If you actually mean what you just said, then give me the freaking term sheet with the price that you and your partners think is the right price.

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My First 16: Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta’s Jason Gardner

Andreessen Horowitz

We sold that at the end of 2007 and I stayed on with MoneyGram International who acquired the company until the end of 2009. Seema: I’d love to transition a little bit into pricing and how you thought about that in the early days, because that’s a question that comes up a ton. Don’t make it just a transaction.