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Busting the Myths About Startup Success with BlackLine’s Founder CEO (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I’ve spent my whole career in B2B software. I retired from SunGard Treasury Systems as their CTO. Bootstrapped because nobody in their right mind would have actually invested in us back then and took it up until 2014 as a bootstrapped company. In 2014, I sold a majority to Silver Lake Sumeru and Iconiq.

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SaaStr Podcast #357 with BlackLine CEO & Founder Therese Tucker: “Busting the Myths About Startup Success”

SaaStr

The transcript for this episode is below: Therese Tucker: I’ve spent my whole career in B2B software. I retired from SunGard Treasury Systems as their CTO. Bootstrapped, because nobody in their right mind would have actually invested in us back then and took it up until 2014 as a bootstrapped company. prem software company?

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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. There are rules in starting an enterprise software company. million in 2014.). million in 2014.). We had a notable funding round in October of 2014. A SaaStr Classic!!

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Three million downloads and counting: Inside Intercom reaches a podcasting milestone

Intercom, Inc.

Rachel Hepworth: In 2014 and 2015, Slack had this incredible growth, but it was growth off a small base, based on very early adopters. And so we hired somebody who had a lot of experience and could recommend ways to build the team. Here’s Rachel. It’s a lot about building those flows. Andrew Chen: Exactly.

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The Ultimate SaaS Pricing Resources Guide

OpenView Labs

Time and time again SaaS companies are promising customers that they will save hundreds of thousands of dollars, but their pricing strategies are only capturing a tiny fraction of that savings. How to Screw Up Your Software Pricing and Packaging Completely. Startup Tips for Enterprise Software Pricing.

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Founder’s Guide to Scaling Applications: When to Build, When to Buy and What Breaks by Algolia Co-founder (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Julian Lemoine, Co-Founder, and CTO of Algolia will share his lessons learned on how to stay focused and innovative as you scale while also avoiding the innovation for innovation’s sake pitfalls. Julien Lemoine | Co-founder and CTO @Algolia. So I’m Julien, Co-founder and CTO of Algolia. We were end of 2014.

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How Buffer Reached $20m in ARR by Focussing on Growing ARPA

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However, as the company grew, their systems started to fail all the time, prompting the team to re-think their approach and look for a scalable solution. In 2014, Buffer started using both Baremetrics and Looker. Joel had what he calls “an honest conversation” with Buffer’s CTO Dan. Click To Tweet. Pick each piece individually.