SaaStr

OCTOBER 3, 2019

I’ve been in venture capital for about 20 years, made my first SaaS investment about 18 years ago and have really been focused on this space for a long time. I work at a firm called Shasta Ventures. And Marketo very, very early on had to make a very significant team change in our first VP of sales.

SaaS 149

SaaS Sales Hiring Scale Innovation 149

SaaStr

AUGUST 20, 2019

In this session, Anna and Sameer will highlight SendGrid’s journey from growth stage through acquisition and why focusing on people and culture is mission critical to success as a company goes through the scaling process. Announcer: Please welcome SendGrid CEO Sameer Dholakia and Bessemer Venture Partners Vice President Anna Khan.

Scale 137

Scale Acquisition Scaling Sales Hiring 137

SaaStr

MAY 21, 2019

It had about 100 people in the room and, at the time, it was most of the leading public and private cloud CEOs. Microsoft’s recent appointment of Satya as CEO, he was the head of cloud business and he’s driving the cloud agenda there, which is what’s lead to their massive market cap appreciation. Twice for retail.

Cloud 171

Cloud Scale Finance Retention 171