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What’s New at Automattic and WordPress with Co-founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg

SaaStr

WordPress is its own ecosystem, a vibrant community of hundreds of thousands of people who create add-ons, plugins, and develop sites. Automattic was started in 2005 to democratize publishing, and WooCommerce was purchased in 2016 to democratize e-commerce. Now, Woo is an open-source style Shopify and their largest business.

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The Perils and Pitfalls of the “Been There, Done That” VP: Posers and Mercenaries

SaaStr

Sometimes it’s VP Sales (OK, often, this is the most common mishire — another post here on what a really great VPS can do for you, and how a poor one can wreck your company, coming). The #1 reason to do a start-up is Career Development. Zenefits was the hottest/fastest growing startup from 2013-2016. Only money.

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Four ways customer education helps support the Customer Success team

ChurnZero

Every Customer Success team focuses on keeping customers engaged and ultimately, preventing churn. Customer Success teams typically answer the same questions over and over again as they gain new clients. The bad news: It’s tiresome to answer the same questions day in and day out! Lighten the load CSM’s normally carry.

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The Latest 2023 Napkin Reveal: What it Takes to Raise Capital with Christoph Janz, General Partner of Point Nine Capital (Video + Podcast)

SaaStr

Christoph Janz, General Partner of Point Nine Capital, shares what it takes to raise capital in SaaS, overall investment activity in 2023, and how to develop a convincing AI strategy. In 2016, Janz did research and tried to answer this. It’s not much worse than 2019, and it wasn’t that bad then.

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

The SaaStock team will be landing in São Paulo to run the region’s first Pan-Latin American SaaS conference, SaaStock LatAm. In 2016, André joined Superlógica Tecnologias, a management system designed to service small businesses with a recurring revenue model. She’ll be talking about her approach to sales as a team sport.

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38 Bright Asian SaaS Stars

SaaStock

was created by a team with 25+ years of experience in location-based tech, spanning various services and real-time asset tracking systems. Founded : 2016. Launched in 2005 in New York and Guangzhou, Gizwits has become the largest IoT development platform in China, as well as its first PaaS and SaaS platform. Founded : 2016.

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Marketing to Developers: Core Values and Tactical Tips from GitLab’s Former CMO

OpenView Labs

After college, Ashley joined Twilio and played a key role in helping the company reach, engage, and convert its developer audience. She’s an expert on what works and what doesn’t when it comes to building successful relationships with developer audiences, software marketing teams, and technical CEOs. You can’t lie.”.