Chargify
APRIL 23, 2019
It came up because people regularly refer to Chargify as a startup, but our company has been around since 2009. Here’s an example: in the beginning, New Relic didn’t see their target customers as developers. They zeroed in on Ruby on Rails developers as their early adopters and became a voice within that very niche community.
SaaStr
AUGUST 7, 2020
From strategies in recruitment and team building to sales tactics, these leaders from Salesforce, nCino, and Vlocity, will discuss the top tips for moving beyond horizontal SaaS and building a billion-dollar SaaS company. David, you talked a bit about the team and the founders. Well, to most of you, that may not seem crazy today.
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SaaStr
MARCH 20, 2019
What does Jeff mean when he says, “the developer first approach is a maturation of the supply chain of software?” How has Jeff seen his original thesis for “developer first” evolve and change with time? What does truly special customer experience look like in the developer first model? * Three developers: Tim, Isaac, Jose.
Sales Hacker
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. Invest in your development internally and externally. Joyce Johnson.
OpenView Labs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
It was an important realization because the great weakness of typical enterprise software is that it’s overcomplicated. Using APIs, smaller software companies or indie developers around the world were able to extend Atlassian products with pluggable components to solve different use cases. Finding and Solving Real End User Pain.
Outseta
JANUARY 20, 2020
My role at Buildium In late 2009 the economy had tanked and I had a newly minted MBA but no real job experience. I was managing a team of 15 and the company had grown to about 140 employees. What they did effectively early on is bring other hugely talented people onto the team before they could afford to pay them their market worth.
Kellblog
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
But in 2009, with the founding of A16Z , came a new era of founder friendliness and along with it a founder invisibility cloak (or should I say invincibility cloak) whereby the presumption that the founder should run the company became nearly absolute. The founder friendliness pendulum : the invisibility cloak loses some power.
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