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Approaching Half a Million Customers: How to Win in SMB with BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte

SaaStr

Then, in 2017, with around $50M in revenue, BILL added payment capabilities. You have to keep going when you’re doing something that wasn’t done before. There was an inflection point for BILL around 10k customers. The network was growing, and they saw real virality. That was probably 2012. BILL network has 7.1M

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Navan Files for IPO: The Opening of B2B IPO Floodgates?

SaaStr

Strategic Moves Signal IPO Preparation Navan’s leadership appointments read like an IPO playbook. valuation—though leadership maintains no near-term IPO plans) Canva (design software, $48.7B 2025-2026 Anduril 2017 Palmer Luckey Defense Tech $1B $30.5B valuation, targeting 2025-2026 IPO) Figma (design software, $12.5B

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YouTube is My Business’s Biggest Source of Organic Traffic — Here’s How I’ve Streamlined and Monetized It

Buffer Resources

  I quickly burned out when I tried starting a YouTube channel in 2017.   YouTube is generally a strong top-of-funnel marketing strategy, increasing visibility and thought leadership. I lacked strategy, struggled with the technical aspects of video production, and failed to gain traction despite publishing 35 videos.

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How to Write a Blog Post: A Full Breakdown of How We Do it at Buffer

Buffer Resources

  For example, take a look at how our Content team worked together back in 2017 to plan our editorial calendar.   As you can probably guess, we don’t do things the same way anymore. Our blog and writing process have seen many iterations throughout the years. 

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Top 10 Tech Startup Founders in the UK for 2025

Scytale

Before founding Synthesia in 2017, he co-led Immersive Futures, shaping the UKs VR/AR industry and working with the UK government to establish Londons first high-quality volumetric capture studio, Dimension. As co-founder and CEO of Wayve , he is transforming transportation with AV2.0,

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The $4.5B Board Meeting: Inside Snowflake’s AI Transformation and the CEO Who Bets His Company on Their Platform

SaaStr

And we delivered something unprecedented—a live board meeting discussion featuring Snowflake’s leadership and Jeremy Burton, CEO of Observe, who sits on Snowflake’s board and runs a company 100% built on Snowflake’s platform. But this year, attendees wanted something different: a real board meeting.

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GTM 128: The Death of Demos and Selling What Customers Actually Need with Fred Viet

Sales Hacker

With a background that includes leadership roles at AWS, Microsoft, and Lenovo, Fred brings a wealth of experience in building high-performing teams and driving revenue growth. So we’ll jump you in a time machine and go back to whatever moment sticks out in your head. Fred Viet: It’s more an advice that I receive.