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Meet the Pros Making Waves in the SaaS World

Saasler

Jakob has a long history of working with early stage startups in a technical marketing role, and his thoughts can usually be found on industry blogs like Bi zible and Saascribe. “I ” Today, he gives back to the industry by investing heavily on new ventures, around 26 to be exact, including Stripe, Gusto, and Instacart.

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SaaStr Podcast #364 with Figma Head of Sales Kyle Parrish

SaaStr

I joined the company in 2011 when they had around 50 people as the third salesperson and shortly thereafter, within that first six months, raised almost a quarter billion dollars and the company started just growing exponentially. You’ve got to have a technical aptitude and excitement for the product.