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5 Hacks to Attract Gen-Z Consumers

Neil Patel

Article sponsored by PayPal. Gen Z’ers, which includes those born between 1996 and 2012, now make up 20 percent of the US population and account for $143 billion in direct spending. This is why offering BNPL options, like PayPal’s enterprise BNPL , is crucial for attracting the Gen Z market. Conclusion. Learn more here.

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The SaaS Org Chart Live with David Sacks (Podcast #491 and Video)

SaaStr

David’s first foray into SaaS was in 1999 when he joined a startup that would become PayPal, starting as the product leader and later as the COO. billion in 2012. In 2008, he founded Yammer, an enterprise software company that David grew to 500 employees and $60 million in sales. Microsoft acquired Yammer for $1.2

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Even More of SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Unveiled!

SaaStr

From 2008-2012 Nick was CEO of LiveOffice which was acquired by Symantec for $115MM). You may have heard of a few of their customers: American Eagle, IBM Cloud, Instacart, Netflix, Paypal, and Gap just to name a few. Nick Mehta’s tenure in tech began as co-founder and VP of marketing for Chipshot.com which he founded in 1998.

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Hear From These Speakers at SaaStr Annual 2020

SaaStr

David Sacks has a long history in tech from his time as a Founder and CEO of Geni.com and Yammer to his stint as COO of Paypal. Prior to South Park Commons Ruchi was an engineer at Facebook, co-founder of Cove which was sold to Dropbox in 2012 at which time she became a VP of Operations at Dropbox. The Deep Dives ??.

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My First 16: Creating a Supportive Builder Community with Plaid’s Zach Perret

Andreessen Horowitz

This was in 2012, and we were based in New York City. And in 2012, if you’ll remember, that was when they kicked all the Zuccotti Park protestors outta Zuccotti Park. When you thought of financial software, it was Mint, PayPal, and then like a few people hadn’t heard of, and that was it.

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What Does ZoomInfo’s Acquisition of Datanyze Signal to the Sales Industry?

Sales Hacker

For many years salespeople at companies like Box, Citrix, Paypal and more have relied on Zoominfo, founded in 2000, as their foundational database of millions of business profiles and contacts when prospecting and sourcing leads.

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Understanding viral growth in SaaS

Point Nine Land

From online surveys at Typeform in Barcelona in 2012, client-facing documents at Qwilr in Australia in 2016, and collaboration videos at Loom in the US in 2017 to more recent communication videos with Playplay in Paris, we’re big fans of these products (and companies).

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