Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

We shared a post about where your money went when buying a $10 Buffer plan back in 2014 — but it was well time for an update. Since 2014 our team has grown from 34 to 78 team members. Our Average Sale Price (ASP) in 2014 was $13, while our total Operating Costs were $3,575,897. Stripe payments make up 98.5

Merchant Services 73

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 73

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Rise of mobile. Inspired by Andreessen’s maxim, in 2014 Benedict Evans coined the phrase “ Mobile is eating the world ,” which in retrospect feels like it downplayed just how much our daily lives have become consumed by our smartphones. . Big tech takes over.

Payment Solutions 259

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Software SaaS Payments 259

Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2019

In 2014, Manny co-founded Outreach in 2014. Prior to Outreach, Manny was the third employee on Amazon’s AWS team, and led the Microsoft mobile division from launch to $50M in annual revenue. Mark joined Outreach in 2014 as its first “employee”, taking the job as a 100% commissioned contractor. Mark Kosoglow.

Scale 58

Scale Engagement Sales AWS 58

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It was around that time about 12 years ago that Jeff Bezos launched AWS, and some of you may remember that, when he did this, Wall Street analysts were looking at him and saying, “Why would you take what’s already a very unprofitable business and drive it further into the red by investing in this AWS initiative?”

Cloud 101

Cloud Scale AWS Machine Learning 101

FastSpring

MARCH 10, 2023

This is 2014 classified right in there you, you in did you pick up consulting clients? I’m sitting in the US, you’re sitting in Germany like this just didn’t, this would have been an international like long distance phone call at like $3 a minute or something paid to some telecom company. It’s interesting.

Consulting 78

Consulting Underperforming Technical Team Interviewing Software 78

SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

So, Aaron and I wrote a book together in 2014 or something. If you haven’t signed up on the mobile app or whatever, it’s cool. And I remember being at that Dreamforce in 2009, which was awful. ” I’m like, that sounds awful. So, we’ve got three of them here. Jason : All right. Aaron : 2016.

Sales Hiring 209

Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 209

SaaStr

JUNE 25, 2019

Now, I have some background with luck because in between some long stints with other companies, seven years at Eventbrite and 15 years at Ticketmaster before, I spent five years of my life playing poker for a living and learned an awful lot about luck and positive outcomes as well. The second decision was the next year, 2014.

Engineering 147

Engineering Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Scale 147