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How to Scale a Platform and Ecosystem to $10B with Atlassian CRO Cameron Deatsch (Pod 611 + Video)

SaaStr

Atlassian’s Chief Revenue Officer, Cameron Deatsch, walks us through how Atlassian grew over the course of 20 years and became one of the most successful startups today. When you buy one Atlassian product and have your compliance requirements checked, you automatically get all the other product compliance requirements.

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Selling into Startups 101: What You Need to Know to Find a Unicorn

Sales Hacker

Back then, in 2011, Lyft was a small Series-A startup called Zimride with under 50 employees. Lyft is one of many companies that began as a small startup but quickly rose to a multibillion-dollar company. The total addressable market continues to grow and is ripe for selling to, but very few startups reach unicorn status.

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The Rule of 40 — Down, But Not Out!

Kellblog

And, despite my headline, well in compliance with the Rule of 40. Rule of 40 could have a lower R-squared than revenue growth alone — in fact, it did back in 2008 and in 2012. In 2012, the explanatory power of both metrics doubled. Keep an eye on this company, I expect it should have a strong IPO [3].

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SaaStr Podcast #400 with Splash CEO Ben Hindman and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin: “The Future of Digital Events”

SaaStr

Secureframe helps startups get and maintain SOC 2 compliance in as little as two weeks. SaaStr was started in 2012 as a blog. Secureframe helps startups get and maintain SOC 2 compliance in as little as two weeks. That’s outgrow.co forward slash s a a s. Saastr listeners get 10% off at secureframe.com/saastr!

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Avoid Trapdoor Decisions: 5 Lessons Learned from Scaling Stripe (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

While most startups do not enjoy processes because it limits freedom, Claire suggests that lightweight processes that are evergreen will put you on the right track to scale. And that’s new integrations, new payment methods, and new compliance schemes around the world. Know your forever user. Manual processes first.

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How To Actually Succeed in SaaS: AMA Part 1 with SaaStr Founder And CEO Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Whether you’re just starting out in SaaS or have a successful SaaS startup, founders and startup teams can learn a lot from those who have found success in the industry through its ups and downs. At SaaStr, Lemkin has written one post a day since 2012, and it used to be two pieces. You also have to do it consistently.

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SaaStr Podcast #217: Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson on The Trapdoor Decisions to Avoid When Scaling

SaaStr

Then they had to integrate with credit card processors, let’s not forget managing PCI compliance, building the auditing and reporting features you need for that, and what about fraud prevention. And that’s new integrations, new payment methods, and new compliance schemes around the world. It’s pretty brutal actually.

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