Kellblog

JANUARY 5, 2020

As I’ve been doing every year since 2014, I thought I’d take some time to write some predictions for 2020, but not without first doing a review of my predictions for 2019. Lest you take any of these too seriously, I suggest you look at my batting average and disclaimers. Kellblog 2019 Predictions Review. Database proliferation slows.

DevOps as a Service 64

DevOps as a Service Blockchain Technical Review AI Search 64

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Felix will share insights on how he founded Collibra in Belgium, successfully relocated the company headquarters to New York City, and raised $233 million total in venture capital to become a unicorn company. It was initially compliance focus. Look, this is not just about compliance, it’s about every vertical.

Sales Hiring 174

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Government 174

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Nancy, you weren’t at the company in 2014 when we first partnered together. Some compliance factors had added fuel to our fire in terms of more people wanting to adopt. We saw this opportunity to grow faster, but we needed capital. Venture capital always finds you, even when you’re in Phoenix.

Scale 168

Scale SMB VP of Engineering Leadership 168

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Then also went into venture capital where I invested in API first products. Then we can use the security and compliance and control that IT would actually buy into to control those accounts. For some context as well, I actually worked with Niall when I was at Box back in the day as a founding member of the platform team there.

Payments 118

Payments Scale Scaling Revenue 118