Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Investing in Instacart was perhaps the hardest decision I had to make as a venture capitalist. It was April 2014, and the company was raising its Series B. We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. It truly has been a team effort.

Marketplace as a Service 139

Marketplace as a Service Scale Underperforming Technical Team Construction 139

SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

So, Aaron and I wrote a book together in 2014 or something. Maria : Yeah, I think, coming from a marketing side and thinking about that as a marketer, marketing is all about investments. And notice that I said investments, not cost or spend. You can’t, you have to invest in that sales infrastructure.”

Sales Hiring 212

Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 212

BetterCloud

AUGUST 16, 2018

Kevin is recognized as a Google Developers Expert and G Suite Top Contributor. . The data was collected as part of Exactis’ service as a “compiler and aggregator of premium business and consumer data,” which they then sell for profiling and marketing purposes. Accounts found: 131,577,763. Your accounts: 10.

Payment Methods 40

Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions Technical Review 40

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The SaaStock team will be landing in São Paulo to run the region’s first Pan-Latin American SaaS conference, SaaStock LatAm. Meet Our Speakers… Patrick Arippol, Managing Director of Early Stage Investments, DGF Investimentos. He is leading DGF Investimentos’ specialized early-stage investment group – DGF Inova.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. Invest in your development internally and externally.

Scale 130

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Rob Gonzalez: Operationally, I look at, in particular, my experience at Endeca, but also another startup that sold to pharmaceutical companies and other life sciences businesses and financial services companies called Cambridge Semantics. And there’s a lot of benefit to running a software as a service, in general.

SaaS Payments 264

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 264

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 10, 2019

Paul’s engrossed in Principles by Ray Dalio, which follows an investment banker’s successes, failures and future redemption guided by a set of ideals. They got a bad rep, but they’ve come through the other end, I think. I remember when I wrote that blog post in 2014, Google Now had just been announced. But it exists now.

Scale 143

Scale Banking Technical Review Systems Review 143