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Finding the Next Wave of Growth: S-Curves and Product Sequencing

Casey Accidental

After product/market fit, most companies’ obsession is not thinking about how to create their next amazing product. Specifically, how do I get this product I know is valuable in the hands of everyone it can be valuable to. Even when they scale, they eventually asymptote, and companies need to find new ways to grow.

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SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Awards 2019: The Top Ten

SaaStr

from 2007-2011 which eventually became Twitch. ” She also joined SaaStr’s podcast where she discussed growing Intercom from 350 to 600 people and here was her advice on two common scaling mistakes: “The first mistake is taking your eyes off the customer. Leaders who do so will lose their product market fit.

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A Look Back: Slack at $30,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

It’s about scale and revenue. At a high level, why are things scaling faster than ever from your perspective? Yammer was really launched entirely as a web page product. Obviously, it’s a great product and great market, but things are different. Things are scaling faster. Slack for Business?

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Should you disrupt or create a category? 5 lessons from Gainsight’s CMO Anthony Kennada

Intercom, Inc.

In late 2007, a pair of roommates found themselves scraping their wallets to come up with enough cash to cover their exorbitant San Francisco rent. This is episode six of Scale , a brand new podcast series on moving from startup to scale up. I like the idea of being long-term greedy, but short-term humble.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with B Capital Group and Bessemer Venture Partners — February 7, 2020

SaaStr

Plus, from 2007 until 2013, Karen ran all of Box’s business development, partnership, and strategic alliance activities. What were Karen’s biggest takeaways from seeing the hyper-scaling at Box? Plus from 2007 until 2013, Karen ran all of Box’s business development, partnership and strategic alliance activities.

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Veeva: The Biggest Vertical SaaS Success Story of All Time (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

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.

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

SaaStr

Even at spectacular scale, they’re still growing at 30%. Still has some market share to go, but is providing a fantastic offering that many of you benefit from. Law number one, in the cloud economy, scale wins. If you look at the IAS vendors, they passed $130 billion revenue milestone this year. It is staggering.