SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

#4: Upfront Ventures Partner Mark Suster on The One Thing That Kills Sales. 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. Episode No. Episode No.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Development Team Review Scale Software Review 147

SaaStr

JULY 28, 2021

In fact, one of our decisions in 2007, we had to decide, are we going to sell SaaS or are we going to be an on?prem Venture capitals are playing a numbers game. It was particularly tough because when you’re bootstrapped, every single dollar matters. prem software company? He was almost a caricature of himself.

Startup 275

Startup CTO Hire Sales Hiring CTO Coach 275

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

We started the business in 2007. We raised $0 of venture capital. ” Now, seven years later, SalesLoft has over 400 employees, has raised over $75 million of venture capital, and in the next two years, if not sooner, my prediction is that they will be a unicorn that you’ll be able to read about on Tech Crunch.

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Sales Recruiting Scale Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring 167

SaaStr

MARCH 11, 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.” ” We could do it under the Qualtrics umbrella.

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Acquisition Sales Hiring Venture Capital Scale 100

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. Venture capital always finds you, even when you’re in Phoenix. Light bulb goes off and we understood that the problem I was having was actually ubiquitous within the industry.

Scale 172

Scale SMB VP of Engineering Leadership 172

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2020

He then founded Tellme Networks, sold that in 2007 for $900 million to Microsoft. Now he’s a partner making investments on the VC side at Foundation Capital, but has over 20 years of operational experience. Angus Davis: Foundation Capital is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm.

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Payment Methods Scale CTO Coach SMB 55

SaaStr

OCTOBER 3, 2019

I’ve been in venture capital for about 20 years, made my first SaaS investment about 18 years ago and have really been focused on this space for a long time. I work at a firm called Shasta Ventures. You can see 2007 to 2008 we went from one to two. I’ll just do a quick introduction.

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SaaS Sales Hiring Scale Innovation 148

Point Nine Land

OCTOBER 22, 2019

For Jack Newton and Rian Gauvreau, the lightbulb moment that led to the creation of Clio came out of a casual conversation they had in 2007 with the director of practice standards at the Law Society of British Columbia, an organization that can be compared in function to the National Bar Association in the U.S. Again, this was 2007.

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Technical Review Scale Sales Hiring Business 40

SaaStr

JUNE 20, 2019

So there’s a lot of kind of, I don’t know, dogma in venture capital. Split payment settlement directly to the artist, beautiful, but this was in 2007, the year Spotify just started. It’s very inspiring for me. I also want to break a lot of the stigma. Way too early, it all failed.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 142

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.” ” We could do it under the Qualtrics umbrella. It takes longer than you think.

Acquisition 132

Acquisition Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring 132

SaaSOptics

AUGUST 16, 2018

The problem these companies generally face is they’re sitting in a gap in the capital market. They may or may not be a fit for institutional venture capital yet. Maybe they’re bootstrapping and have no interest in venture capital. That capital is returned to us with some return. Excellent, great.

SaaS 40

SaaS Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital 40

SaaSOptics

AUGUST 16, 2018

The problem these companies generally face is they’re sitting in a gap in the capital market. They may or may not be a fit for institutional venture capital yet. Maybe they’re bootstrapping and have no interest in venture capital. That capital is returned to us with some return. Excellent, great.

SaaS 40

SaaS Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital 40

SaaSOptics

AUGUST 16, 2018

The problem these companies generally face is they’re sitting in a gap in the capital market. They may or may not be a fit for institutional venture capital yet. Maybe they’re bootstrapping and have no interest in venture capital. That capital is returned to us with some return. Excellent, great.

SaaS 40

SaaS Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital 40

The SaaS Garage

MARCH 12, 2020

A few days ago I had lunch with some friends, all of them softare and Venture Capital veterans, who I all know from the early days of the 21st century. A very similar situation in 2007/8 with the proliferation of the financial crisis. . 11 and Neuer Markt aera.

Underperforming Technical Team 94

Underperforming Technical Team Payment Solutions Payment Methods Venture Capital 94

The SaaS Garage

MARCH 12, 2020

A few days ago I had lunch with some friends, all of them softare and Venture Capital veterans, who I all know from the early days of the 21st century. A very similar situation in 2007/8 with the proliferation of the financial crisis. . 11 and Neuer Markt aera.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Payment Solutions Payment Methods Venture Capital 52