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GTM 71: Writer CEO Tells All: Securing Enterprise Customers with a PLG Motion | May Habib

Sales Hacker

May Habib started her career in banking at Lehman Brothers in 2007, a very interesting time to be in the frontlines of that world. She then worked at a sovereign wealth fund and started her entrepreneurial journey in software localization. Tips for recruiting the best possible team members and how patience factors into that.

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Even More of SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Unveiled!

SaaStr

Gainsight’s customer success software empowers companies to increase revenue and decrease customer churn. Mikkel later founded Zendesk in 2007 while living in Copenhagen, Denmark. At SaaStr Annual 2017 she shared how selling Sunny Delight would ultimately teach her how to sell software. Kyle Porter Salesloft Founder / CEO.

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The First Generation of the Talent Software Wars

Tom Tunguz

Both companies eventually offered talent acquisition, performance management, and learning tools for human resources teams. Taleo initially focused on recruiting tools and SuccessFactors on performance management. SuccessFactors 39 1300 30 2007 6. But they started in different places. in February 2012.

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Benchmarking LinkedIn's S-1 - How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up

Tom Tunguz

LinkedIn attracts hundreds of millions of consumers to post resumes online and sells this data and access to its audience to advertisers and recruiters and salespeople. Recruiters buy Talent Solutions to find, connect with and acquire talented people. In 2007, the Premium Subscriptions generated 53% of the revenue.

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7 Lessons Helping Start Pardot, SalesLoft and Calendly (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I got my start in software 25 years ago. I was sitting in high school and I had this idea to build some shareware software, so like any enterpriser in 9th grade, I wrote some code, put it on America Online, CompuServe and Prodigy at the time, and a random stranger from Idaho emailed … Or, sent a check in the mail for $12.95

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The top SaaS companies ruling the East Coast

SaaStock

Founded: 2007. Thanks to them, merchants can make more successful sales and win happy customers. Toast ’s all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform helps power and grow restaurants. During 2018 Black Friday/Cyber Monday, sales through Shopify reached a record-breaking $1.5+ Founded: 2009.

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The SaaS superstars of the East Coast

SaaStock

Founded: 2007. Thanks to them, merchants can make more successful sales and win happy customers. Toast ’s all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform helps power and grow restaurants. During 2018 Black Friday/Cyber Monday, sales through Shopify reached a record-breaking $1.5+ Founded: 2009.