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Top 10 Tech Startup Founders in the UK for 2025

Scytale

He also co-founded Coincall, a privacy-focused crypto portfolio tracker, later selling it in 2019. a next-generation AI-driven autonomous driving system that adapts to new environments through data-driven learning. Alex Kendall AI entrepreneur and enthusiast Alex Kendall is shaking up the world of autonomous driving.

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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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The Cold, Hard Truths About SaaS In 2023: Part 1 AMA with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

It’s too much to learn on the fly for most new VPs of Sales. So, as leaders, you have to start from scratch and hire new people who weren’t trained in horrible ways or hire people who have been around long enough to know that sales are hard and deals can take six months to close. They wanted a one-call close.

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Doubling Down: Erica Brescia, Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures

SaaStr

“Doubling Down” is a new series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. Jason Warner , who was CTO of GitHub before and during my time as COO there (and a former partner at Redpoint!) Check that out here. What’s your most recent disclosed investment?

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

SaaStock

After five years at Ernst & Young in New York, she served as Vice President at Citigroup in the Big Apple. At the beginning of 2019, she became an ambassador of Moxie Future, an initiative for women investors that facilitates investment in a responsible and sustainable future. Jessie Lam. Diane Mensah. Kathleen Ting. Kandy Yeung.

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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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5 Secrets to Moving Upmarket – How the Right Sales Tax Technology Can Support SaaS Growth

SaaStr

So even the freshest new SaaS startup celebrating their 50th customer may find themselves dealing with sales tax in multiple states. . Expanding into new sales channels is a common growth play. Mark was named 2019’s number one Small and Mid-Sized CEO by Comparably. And, these laws often completely contradict one another. .