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5 Can’t Miss Sessions from SaaStr Annual 2020

SaaStr

“I was working for Salesforce in 2009 when I decided to start Okta, an identity management company that connects people with any application on any device. Many people, including my wife, told me I was crazy; the economy was in a downturn, and many skeptics doubted cloud computing had a real future.

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The Power of Simplicity: How Auth0 Takes on Complex Identity Challenges with a Developer Approach

OpenView Labs

While at Microsoft, much of my time was focused on then-emerging cloud technologies. I co-authored a couple of books about modern identity management, which we published in 2009 and 2011. We know that developers don’t like the whole sales pitch approach. They aren’t interested in flash and slick messaging.