SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Eight years ago, we founded the company, September 2012. I was working on a startup that was an early mobile payment platform. It was basically using Bluetooth and an app on PalmPilots to do wireless payments in restaurants. So we had a deep experience in the e-commerce space and it just, in 2012, it felt right.

SaaS Payments 258

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 258

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

Jay Snyder: Got hotspot on my phone, so hopefully we’ll hold still. Nick Mehta: Power of the developer, or the API economy, both of you play very much in both those trends. They don’t know enough about their client, they don’t understand the business. How do you help your team make that link to value?

Payment Methods 196

Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payments 196

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Know who is the foundation of your product and build your product for that user (in Stripe’s case, developers). I’m an execution person.

Scale 157

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 157

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. In fact, more than 80% of Americans in the last year bought through Stripe, but obviously through a business that ran on Stripe. Our team is in Room 111.

Scale 119

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Sales Hiring 119

SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

When Aileen founded Cowboy Ventures in 2012… Aileen Lee: 12, yep. Jason Lemkin: 2012. Personally, our team has been holding back a little bit. I think everyone needs some stability, whether it’s good, bad, or ugly or in the middle to survive. Jason Lemkin: Thank you for coming. Aileen Lee: Yeah.

Investment 164

Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 164