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

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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. In 2008, he founded Yammer, an enterprise software company that David grew to 500 employees and $60 million in sales. billion in 2012. Head of Sales. Head of Product.

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Even More of SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Unveiled!

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Gainsight’s customer success software empowers companies to increase revenue and decrease customer churn. He then led product management for XDegrees and spent over five years rising up through the ranks at Symantec. From 2008-2012 Nick was CEO of LiveOffice which was acquired by Symantec for $115MM).

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

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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. So, myself and my co founder, we were kind of software developers, like kind of engineers by background. We said, “Hey, we’ll publish an API.