SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

How does a startup that launched during the financial crisis in 2008 become a unicorn company in 2019? When, when did you guys initially get it founded and what was the business you started with? So we started in 2008 June, 2008 I think and in three days we would celebrate our 11th birthday. Felix : Yeah, sure.

Sales Hiring 177

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Government 177

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 22, 2020

In 2000, Harvard Business Review asked if CIOs had become obsolete. In 2008, InformationWeek painted a bleak picture of CIOs under siege. And in 2018, Forbes published a piece focused on passing the crown from CIOs to DBMs (digital business officers). The reality is that technology touches every part of every business.

Technical Review 53

Technical Review Scale B2C compliance 53

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

And in the course of doing that, I think I really discovered and fell in love with SaaS as a business model and it really doubled down on my interest in data analytics. And that led me to co-founding a company called RJ Metrics in 2008 with my co-founder Jake Stein, who was also at Insight. Is that not?

Sales Hiring 131

Sales Hiring Scale Outsourcing Services CTO Hire 131

SaaStr

DECEMBER 31, 2019

With the complexity of multiple stakeholders and the increasing purchasing influence of end users, the bar is higher than ever for enterprise UX as companies pioneer business models beyond traditional SaaS. So I think, let’s see, if I look at Salesforce One was a project that started, I guess it was around 2008-ish, I think.

Enterprise 131

Enterprise Underperforming Technical Team Scale B2B 131

SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2020

The ‘haven for programmers’ – GitHub has been providing its services through a SaaS model since 2008. The leading provider of tax compliance automation software for businesses was ranked in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500. It still continues to gain acclaim for its growth, product, and leadership. Engineering.

SaaS Payments 19

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Sales Recruiting 19

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

It would take days or weeks to even get approved, but you also had to go through all these hoops of PCI compliance. Romain Huet : For Stripe, we had normally this idea of, this has to be much simpler, you can sign up in minutes, but you can also start accepting payments without going through all these craziness of PCI compliance processes.

Payments 118

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 118

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

. “Over time companies that want to dominate certain categories will need to think about building a platform” Over time a lot of companies that want to dominate certain categories or have a category leadership position will need to think about building a platform. But the way that you do it is in multiple stages.

Underperforming Technical Team 170

Underperforming Technical Team Marketplace as a Service Outsourced Development Development 170