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5 Interesting Learnings from Amplitude at $150,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

There, Amplitude has become part of the core product stack for many SaaS and software leaders for product analytics. They were founded in 2011 and IPO’d ten years later in 2021 at $150,000,000 in ARR, growing 57%, and have rocketed to a $7B+ valuation. Use overages to renegotiate contracts, not charge per event.

Scale 257
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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. It allows companies to prove their real-time security posture just about any day of the year, so it accelerates their sales cycles and security reviews. So we’re hiring across the board, all departments. Caught your interest?

Scale 211
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From Freemium to Explosive Growth in a Crowded Market – 8 Years of Learnings with Zoom (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Eric Yuan : Yes, when I started the company in 2011, I was already 41 years old, but I still feel that I was very young. But also, as a sole founder, you also can make a decision in a very timely manner. Not only for the product side, but for the sales and marketing side. Tell us about why you decided to go about it solo?

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The Ultimate SaaS Pricing Resources Guide

OpenView Labs

Pricing in a Time of Uncertainty. The State of SaaS Sales in a COVID-19 World. Intercom’s Des Traynor offers a framework for viewing pricing and customer targeting to segment sales processes more efficiently. 20 Pricing Page Best Practices That Will Increase Your Sales. B2B and B2C SaaS and Subscription Report.

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My First 16: Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta’s Jason Gardner

Andreessen Horowitz

Cause I remember when we signed the program manager agreement with Discover, this was early 2011, and then we closed our Series A on June 2nd of 2011. And at the time we thought we were absolute rock stars. And how we did that was, it’s a card that’s already linking to the point of sale device.

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SaaStr Podcast #385 with Balsa Founder & CEO Paul Rosania

SaaStr

When engaging with bottoms up sales models, where does Paul identify the tipping points of going from bottoms up to top down? * In 2011 I got a call from Andrew Chen to come out and work for him at a startup that he was running, which was my first time working in a very, very rigorous environment, focused on user growth and experimentation.

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PODCAST 123: How to Go From a Transactional Model to a Subscription Model with Brandon Meyers

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we’ve got a fantastic episode for you. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to Sales Hacker Podcast. Sales enablement is easy. More sales meetings. Our second sponsor is Outreach, the number one sales engagement platform. We’re on iTunes. The result?