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10 Learnings From Jeff Lawson (CEO Twilio) + Byron Deeter (Bessemer Ventures): “Adapt, Plan, Deliver”

SaaStr

He joined StubHub as CTO, but didn’t get nearly as much equity as the other CTO — because he “wasn’t committed enough.” Jeff says he’s realized startups are either “product constrained or distribution constrained “ Make your investments accordingly. Not over the next 5 years.”

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

SaaStock

Because, as she says, building a startup is simply much more fun. She has been around the globe, working in startups and digital agencies in Brazil, Germany, Southeast Asia, and Hong Kong. After five years at Ernst & Young in New York, she served as Vice President at Citigroup in the Big Apple. The reason? Diny Gomes.

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Hear From These Speakers at SaaStr Annual 2020

SaaStr

When the company was first founded, two of its co-founders, Wade and CTO Bryan were freelancing on web projects and soon noticed a pattern around their clients who were asking for more and more integrations built from one app to another This is where the idea for Zapier was born. “The Cadence: How to Turn Your SaaS Startup into an Army.”

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Frontegg Announces $5M Seed Round for First of Its Kind SaaS-as-a-Service Platform Aimed at Accelerating Global SaaS Innovation

Frontegg

Frontegg provides a set of pre-built, essential SaaS product capabilities that easily integrate within any new or existing SaaS application. David Politis: “The 2017 State of the SaaS-Powered Workplace Report”. More at www.frontegg.com , Twitter , LinkedIn , GitHub.

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How 13 SaaS Companies Use Community Marketing to Grow

Natalia Luneva

Announcing new features, increasing customer satisfaction and retention are among the top functions of an online community. . #1 Our community is the best way for us to inform our customers about upcoming updates and new features. For example, before releasing/starting to develop a new feature, we run it by our community first.

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A Canoo for two

ProfitWell

The Athletic , a subscription-based digital sports media company, has officially raised $50 million in a Series D funding round led by Bedrock Capital, now apparently valued at $500 million after this new raise. Brendan Schwartz , Co-Founder and CTO over at Wistia, has spent a lot of time learning to trust his instincts.

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Artificial Intelligence Will Change How You Do Marketing in 2021

Unbounce

I mean the sly, step-by-way manner in which new tech slides neatly into your existing stack and subtly reframes the game on you. Say you’re part of a small team or a startup tight on resources. The good news is that today’s marketers can similarly take advantage of AI-powered recommendation engines on a more affordable scale.