SaaSOptics
MAY 5, 2022
I thought about Savage’s experiment this week as I took up my new role as CEO of Maxio—a company that’s rewriting the rules for financial operations and subscription billing. You just need the right equipment, the right knowhow, the right team, and the willingness to be deliberate and mindful about creating the conditions for success.
Chargify
AUGUST 6, 2019
Welcome to the Subscription Rockstars series! And, of course, we will pay special attention to how their subscription billing models and pricing strategies contributed to their growth. 2008: 317 customers. 2008: 42 employees. So, they chose to focus on growing fast and achieving industry leadership in their space.
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OpenView Labs
APRIL 16, 2020
Those who went through the 2001 and 2008 economic downturns emerged with valuable lessons on navigating a crisis—not to mention a heck of a lot of resilience. So we had to prune back even as we were pivoting the teams and the leadership to chase a new opportunity. And we introduced a subscription business model. Typical stuff.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 28, 2019
How does a startup that launched during the financial crisis in 2008 become a unicorn company in 2019? So we started in 2008 June, 2008 I think and in three days we would celebrate our 11th birthday. It’s interesting to see how much has changed over the last 10 years, but in 2008 it was a very different time I think.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings.
OPEXEngine
JULY 28, 2020
They define a bold path to leadership, they make difficult portfolio choices, they allocate resources strategically and they build strong capital structures. Since 2008, its revenue has tripled and its stock price has soared 14-fold in response. What they don’t do is get bogged down in process or complexity.
SaaStr
JULY 25, 2021
When I was starting as a first time entrepreneur in 2008, I got rejected by a lot of VCs. So let me start with the basics on like, what do you look for when you have to hire someone in a sales leadership role, what do you look for? So I think it plays on both dimensions. Jyoti Bansal: Yeah. So I’ve learned the hard way.
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