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The Future of AI, Open Source, and Enterprise SaaS: Where It’s All Going with Databricks’ CEO, Ali Ghodsi (Podcast #505 and Video)

SaaStr

Open Source is one of the most successful enablers of global innovation in history, and Linux has grown into the most important software platform in the world, dominating every market it enters. For us, the SaaS model Amazon Web Services (AWS) offered was an amazing one to look at. Key takeaways.

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Salesforce’s Mike Kreaden on how to build a platform to drive growth

Intercom, Inc.

And I remember Marc [Benioff] interviewing me, like he did every employee, and painting the vision for what the platform would be. It’s less expensive than it’s ever been in terms of actually getting a product to market, whether it’s leveraging platforms like Salesforce or GCP or AWS or Heroku.

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G2.com’s Ryan Bonnici on selling to educated customers

Intercom, Inc.

I caught up with Ryan for a conversation that ranged from how to articulate your value to educated customers to why he tries to schedule one job interview per day. Ryan is constantly interviewing candidates , because if there’s someone out there who’s better than the current team he’s assembled, he wants them on that team.

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The Sendgrid Journey: Scaling From Growth Stage to $2B Acquisition in 4 Years (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Well, you guys have probably all read Sameer’s bio and his resume and heard about the SendGrid Twilio journey, but I think the reason why I wanted to do this interview with him is because there’s some things that people don’t know about Sameer, which I think are interesting to note. Anna Khan: Awesome. I love Jeff.

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