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Subscription Rockstars: How HubSpot Went From Zero to $500+ Million in Annual Revenue

Chargify

Welcome to the Subscription Rockstars series! In this series, we will take a closer look at wildly successful companies to better understand how they got to where they are today. And, of course, we will pay special attention to how their subscription billing models and pricing strategies contributed to their growth.

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5 Secrets to Moving Upmarket – How the Right Sales Tax Technology Can Support SaaS Growth

SaaStr

Say you sell a subscription-based software but you also send your customers a handy flash drive with a version of your software on it. The worst case scenario here is that you owe the state any sales tax you should have collected from your customer at the point of sale or when they pay their periodic subscription free. ” 4.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chargebee and Glassdoor — November 1, 2019

SaaStr

Hear about the early days of Glassdoor; tactical lessons on scaling—from building a business model and recruiting an all-star management team to advice on building a compelling, innovative company culture; and learn whyGlassdoor’s $1.2 Billion acquisition is just one milestone in the early innings of the company’s story.

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From Slooooow Growth to Hypergrowth with Collibra and Insight Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Felix : And then kind of as we raised our series B round where we said, okay, let’s try to build a really good and successful company, that’s when we shifted to a hundred percent subscription. It can order subscription. But again, at the time SaaS wasn’t, subscription wasn’t the norm at all.

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

In 2010, he joined DGF Investimentos, one of the top VC firms in Brazil. In 2010, he became one of the Co-Founders of Warehouse Investimentos, a prominent Brazilian VC company. In 2010, he founded Influitive, which helps B2B companies employ brand advocates for faster growth and development.

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The Rules You Can Break, The Ones You Can’t With Tradeshift (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Exited to Semantic in 2008 and had a good exit for the early SaaS businesses then set up Notion and we focus on SaaS companies, mainly in Series A in the European market. Jos White : We were fortunate enough to lead a Series A investment into Tradeshift back in 2010, I think. You pay a subscription. Christian Lanng : Absolutely.

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SaaStr Podcast #218: Twilio Founder, Jeff Lawson & SendGrid CEO, Sameer Dholakia on Why Developer First Is A Maturation In The Supply Chain Of Software

SaaStr

Prior to joining SendGrid, he spent 4 years at Citrix, where he drove the company’s product strategy for cloud infrastructure and server virtualization. Sameer joined the company in 2010, when Citrix acquired VMLogix, where he served as CEO and doubled revenues during each year of his tenure.