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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.” You can’t build a whole new product, but you can tweak what you have. He learned paper millions can go to zero ??. ” A good reminder to us all.

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The B2B Marketplace Funding Napkin 2021

Point Nine Land

So if you’re a US-based startup, you might be able to shoot slightly higher ;) Unlike SaaS companies which have been around for years, B2B marketplaces are a relatively new category and not many investors have invested in them yet. In general, European rounds tend to be slightly smaller and valuations slightly lower than they are in the US.

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Fly the Aircraft First: The Potentially Paralyzing Effects of Fundraising

Kellblog

That means fly the airplane by using the flight controls and flight instruments to direct the airplane’s attitude, airspeed, and altitude … A famous example of a failure to aviate is the December 1972 crash of Flight 401, an Eastern Airlines Lockheed L-1011. five years). Even here, I think it’s wrong to defer the changes [4]. Ineffective.

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PODCAST 123: How to Go From a Transactional Model to a Subscription Model with Brandon Meyers

Sales Hacker

We’ve got two sponsors, including a new one called Sapper Consulting. One, we’ve got first party relationships with a number of enterprises like Marriott, United, American Airlines. That means we need new pricing models, we need to figure out new delivery mechanisms for our data, so on and so forth.

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SaaStr Podcast #218: Twilio Founder, Jeff Lawson & SendGrid CEO, Sameer Dholakia on Why Developer First Is A Maturation In The Supply Chain Of Software

SaaStr

Prior to founding Twilio, Jeff was the Founder & CTO @ Nine Star Inc and enjoyed a spell at Amazon as a Technical Product Manager. How did they formulate and approach creating a new set of values with the 2 companies coming together? Prior to founding Twilio, Jeff was the founder and CTO at Nine Star Inc. Just to name a few.

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PODCAST 93: The Journey from 2x Founder to VC with Angus Davis

Sales Hacker

Although our firm is based in Silicon Valley, I’m based on the East Coast so I spend a lot of time working with founders in New York City, Boston, and London. We were part of the office of the CTO. At that time, Marc Andreessen, the founder was the CTO of the company and there were only three of us in the group.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Justin Bedecarre, Jen Nguyen, Jason Lemkin, and Aaron Levie

SaaStr

And in major hubs like San Francisco and New York, what we’re doing is helping create the vision for a more experiential space, almost like a cafe where they can come and go as they want, they can bring clients, they can bring customers. We’re already in this like a new gen.” This is a new workflow, isn’t it?