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

OPEXEngine

They define a bold path to leadership, they make difficult portfolio choices, they allocate resources strategically and they build strong capital structures. When Google launched the Android mobile operating system in 2008, for instance, it was a tiny speck in a mobile universe dominated by Symbian OS and Apple’s iOS.

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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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Kellblog 2021 Predictions

Kellblog

In an era where we (vendors) increasingly run our own software, running it is increasingly as important as building it. Leadership matters. I was used to remote work for individual creative positions such as writer or software developer. The ongoing rise of devops. Sometimes, more. Database proliferation slows.

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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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Lessons From a Second-Time Founder: How Brex Went From 0 – $1B in Under 2 Years (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

And the end of 2012, or beginning of 2013, we actually met, and decided to start one called Pagar.me Dashboard, which was a payments company back in Brazil that did payment processing, like Stripe, Braintree, or ePay, all those … That’s you guys’ versions of the company. We know a lot about payments.

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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.