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SaaStr is Turning 10! How a Blog Turned into A Global SaaS Community for 250,000+

SaaStr

2019 saw SaaStr Annual’s biggest event yet – 12,000 global community members came together to take over the Bay Area and it became the event Where the Cloud Meets. We sold out Europa 2019 and were immediately planning for 15,000+ Founders and CEOs to attend Annual 2020. 2019 The Fifth SaaStr Annual: Where the Cloud Meets .

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More of SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Awards List Revealed!

SaaStr

Meet SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders of 2019. Our most popular CEO, COO’s and Presidents that spoke at SaaStr Annual 2019. Every week we’ll be rolling out new winners until we get to the very pinnacle of our list. Dug Song founded Duo Security in 2019 and grew the company as CEO until it’s acquisition in October of 2018.

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Is Seed the new Series A? (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Since 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. The panel that we are in is called Is Seed the New Series A, and this is a question that I’ve been asking informally yesterday and today.

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FastSpring Annual Recap: Reflecting on 2020 and Looking Ahead to 2021

FastSpring

On average, our customers’ revenue grew by nearly 20% relative to 2019. With this new investment, we are already increasing our pace of innovation and have a very exciting roadmap of things to come over the next 12 months. We added three new executives to our team. We helped facilitate record growth for our customers.

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Who is Lenny Rachitsky: Background, Newsletter, Podcast, and More

User Pilot

. “Localmind” experienced steady growth until Airbnb made an acquisition offer in 2012, which Lenny accepted. Following the acquisition, he transitioned from engineering to the product team , marking a pivotal moment in his career. He later branched into hosting podcasts , called Lenny’s Podcast.

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GitLab’s Hila Qu on What B2B Companies Can Learn About Growth from B2C

OpenView Labs

Since 2019, she’s been the Director of Growth at GitLab. In conversation with Blake Bartlett , she walked us through how B2C and B2B growth strategies compare across each phase of the customer journey from acquisition to retention and expansion. At Acorns, my team included user acquisition, CRM marketing, and growth product.”

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How to Use M&A as a Tool to Accelerate Growth Feat. Insight Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

We’re doing it SaaStr Europa bigger and better in June 2019. I used to be a CTO and operator, co-founder of a SaaS start up. And something of insight so we are New York based, global venture and equity investor. So acquisitions could be for a number of reasons. M&A will help you expand your product line.