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Is Strategy Dead in Tech? The Winners Don’t Think So

OPEXEngine

Growth is what moves the valuation needle and growth depends on innovation, speed and agility, not annual planning processes. They define a bold path to leadership, they make difficult portfolio choices, they allocate resources strategically and they build strong capital structures. Success in tech means defining the future right now.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Matt Garratt, Trisha Price, David Schmaier, Rob Bernshteyn, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

I am Matt Garratt, Managing Partner of Salesforce Ventures, and we will be talking about the secrets to building a $1 billion vertical SaaS company, and we’re very fortunate to have two executives from leading enterprise software companies who have done this. I was amazed by the app exchange. Actually, two. Matt Garratt: Fantastic.

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The Answers to Scaling, Hiring, and Everything Else: A SaaStr Europa AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Pod 585 + Video)

SaaStr

These are categories of software that have existed for 30 or 40 years for a reason. You can mock Salesforce or Oracle or Workday, but these are endemic issues that will always need heavy software. Then a lot of folks will say, “Well, great, another video app. Even compared to where Pipedrive was in 2013, it did less.

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Eventbrite’s Brian Rothenberg on growing a marketplace

Intercom, Inc.

Adam: What was Eventbrite like when you joined back in January 2013 comparted to today? Another learning was that we almost tried to over-engineer the solution to how we acquired supply. Thumbtack used a much more simple but still scalable solution. Brian: I don’t think there’s a perfect, prescriptive solution.

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SaaS in Africa: 10 Things We Learned From Scaling to 1M Users (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

More than half of Kenya’s GDP is now transacted through a mobile, through arguably the most successful mobile banking and payment system called M-Pesa. However, back in 2013, in my previous career as a strategy consultant, I was doing a lot of work with telecoms companies in South Africa. For example, in Kenya.

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A Decade of Learnings from Y Combinator (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

He has been a partner at Y Combinator since 2013, advised hundreds of startups, and has been active in promoting diversity efforts among startup founders. If your payment system works, you’re not going to rip it out. Great start-ups have a system to have hard conversations. and Socialcam.

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Top 50 Women Leaders in Customer Success 2022

SmartKarrot

Her portfolio is gilded with leadership roles like board director, investor, COO, and P&L owner. Dana Soza Customer Solutions CEO, is one of the most prominent and revered Customer Success professionals in California, US. Her leadership is revered by companies going through transitionary phases and well-established firms.