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3 Incredible SaaStr Sessions with Stewart Butterfield, Co-Founder of Slack. And The End of One Era in SaaS.

SaaStr

At the first SaaStr Annual ever in 2015, Stewart was kind enough to be our final speaker, sharing the stage with David Sacks. And if the winds at some point blow you back into entrepreneurship, in one form or another. Stewart Butterfield announced this week he’s handing the reins over now to Lidiane Jones at Salesforce.

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Investing and Venture Capital in 2023 With SaaStr Founder/CEO Jason Lemkin and Atrium Founder/CRO Pete Kazanjy (Pod 624 + Video)

SaaStr

So, who are these two SaaS leaders, and what experience do they draw from that helps inform their thoughts on capital, the market, and entrepreneurship? . For folks who do seed up to early [Series] A…anyone who has been [investing] since 2015 or so –– they’re excited to invest now.” The Backstory. billion).

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

SaaStock

Jessie moved to Hong Kong in 2015, where she joined Credit Suisse as Vice President. All the while, she was also building up her path in entrepreneurship. in 2015, she made a move to the other side and left banking. These days, Jessie Lam has purple hair and is a Certified Public Accountant. Morgan, and Deutsche Bank.

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18 investors fueling Latin America’s SaaS superstars

SaaStock

Unfortunately, not many bets paid off as the economy crashed in 2015 and stayed in turmoil for another 2 years. The company boasts high-level investors and advisors who assist portfolio businesses with their extensive know-how in sales, technology, business development, entrepreneurship, as well as with networking connections.

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

Hike Labs was founded in 2014, and by 2015, Pinterest had swooped in and acquired the San Francisco-based mobile publishing startup. These acquisitions, which focus more on scope than scale, accounted for 90% of tech deals in 2019 , which is a 40% increase from 2015. Your exit strategy timeline is A LOT shorter.

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PODCAST 121: Lessons From Survival Mode: How to Kickstart Your Business with Matt Rizzetta

Sales Hacker

His wife was pregnant with their first child, and he went out on a limb to try his hand at entrepreneurship. What we’re going to be talking about is, of course, entrepreneurship since you started on North 6th. It’s not 2015. We started to make a concerted decision to invest in those functions about 2015, 2016.

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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

. “To help students earn the trust of employers, we had to first prove our security posture to universities” Adam: The experience came to an end in 2011 when the shuttle program was retired, and I made the jump from aerospace to entrepreneurship. billion in 2020, four times as much as in 2015. Adam: It’s crazy.

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