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10 Learnings From Jeff Lawson (CEO Twilio) + Byron Deeter (Bessemer Ventures): “Adapt, Plan, Deliver”

SaaStr

He joined StubHub as CTO, but didn’t get nearly as much equity as the other CTO — because he “wasn’t committed enough.” Started Twilio in January 2008, just as the last downturn happened. ” They had that conversation enough times to just build the first Twilio API.

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The SaaS Org Chart Live with David Sacks (Podcast #491 and Video)

SaaStr

You’ll need to hire aggressively to get to the next level and continue that rapid growth. But what roles should you hire for, and what will your org chart look like at each stage? In 2008, he founded Yammer, an enterprise software company that David grew to 500 employees and $60 million in sales. CTO (40 Employees).

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Resource Constraints, omg Zork!, Golden Era Of Startups?, and more – Mattermark Daily

Mattermark

Our CTO Kevin says: “It’s like the beginning of people’s imagination with computer games, which is awesome.” Karolis at Zeus reached out to let us know they’re hiring! Hiring for: Senior Software Engineer (Full stack). In their own words: We’re a small group of 14.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Crossbeam and Podium – January 10, 2020

SaaStr

Prior to Crossbeam, Bob founded Stitched, a powerful ETL service built for developers that was acquired by Talend in 2018. How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? Where do most startups go wrong both in hiring for partnerships and in the engagements themselves?

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The Road Now Taken: 4 SaaS Start-ups And Their Quest For Independent Growth

Outseta

Wistia Funding History $650,000 from angel investors in 2008 $775,000 from angel investors in 2010 $17.3M Wistia Funding History $650,000 from angel investors in 2008 $775,000 from angel investors in 2010 $17.3M TWO ESTABLISHED COMPANIES CHANGE COURSE. Don't fret, we just bought out our investors and took on some debt. of the $3.5M

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How QuikNode is Handling Growth in the Blockchain Industry

Baremetrics

While blockchain technology was spearheaded by Bitcoin starting from 2008, using the technology for other applications became popularized around 2017. This unbalanced cycle of blockchain app developers not having the infrastructure they need is happening again today. There are so many things that can be evolved,” says Shklovsky.

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From Idea to Billion Dollar Business: the RingCentral Journey (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

That means lots and lots of hiring and I don’t want to say firing, we did fire anyone, but people get reshuffled, you know? We just stayed the course, but we did and do have a recurrent revenue model, we had predictable revenues, we weren’t maybe hiring as fast as we would have otherwise, but we never had to lay off. Jonathan : Right.

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