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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

The most triumphant transfer of control from an original generation leader to a new CEO was surely that of Microsoft, which pivoted from chasing after Apple’s success in the consumer space under Steve Ballmer (don’t mention Nokia ) to successfully focusing on the cloud under Satya Nadella (please do mention Azure). And then there’s messaging.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Tidelift and Cloudflare

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Finally, before YesWare, she was VP of Sales @ Engine Yard, where she tripled monthly recurring revenue, over the course of her 3+ year tenure, in 3 key leadership roles. Michelle started the company during an economic downturn in 2009. And so we started to work on this in 2009. Loving our podcast content? Michelle Zatlyn: Yeah.

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Starting Up In A Downturn with Cloudflare COO and Co-Founder Michelle Zatelyn (Video + Transcript)

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Michelle started the company during an economic downturn in 2009. And so we started to work on this in 2009. So we started Cloudflare in 2009 and today we have about 1400 people around the world. So I’m going to answer your question with that frame of mind because I think back to 2009, and it was really hard to get a job.