SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. Retail was mentioned twice, that’s it, and AWS was mentioned 78 times, so it’s probably not surprising that they’re doing this. How long can this last?

Cloud 100

Cloud Scale AWS Machine Learning 100

SmartKarrot

MARCH 2, 2023

The Venture Capital sector has seen substantial expansion in recent times and some VCs have started to podcast and share valuable resources for entrepreneurs, other investors, and those interested in learning more about the industry. The podcast is perfect for anyone interested in startups, venture capital, and technology.

Venture Capital 10

Venture Capital Scale Entrepreneurship EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) 10

SaaStr

MARCH 22, 2023

Ed Lenta, the SVP and GM of Databricks, had the rare opportunity of scaling three hypergrowth companies — VMware, AWS, and Databricks. Silicon Valley-based venture capital companies might tell you to build productivity models around hiring salespeople and scaling your organization that way, but it’s not the way.

Scale 203

Scale Scaling AWS Sales Hiring 203

SaaStr

MAY 23, 2019

There’s a bunch of people across the street who’ve raised 75 million dollars or 150 million of venture capital and they are trying to kill me. ” And, of course, I mean look at all the stuff they’ve done since: AWS, Mechanical Turk, the fulfillment model. But leadership is about doing the right things.

Sales Hiring 119

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Scale Startup 119

SaaStr

OCTOBER 3, 2019

I’ve been in venture capital for about 20 years, made my first SaaS investment about 18 years ago and have really been focused on this space for a long time. I work at a firm called Shasta Ventures. They pioneered things like content marketing, thought leadership. I’ll just do a quick introduction.

SaaS 144

SaaS Sales Hiring Scale Innovation 144

Outseta

MAY 8, 2020

There’s an awful lot of nuance here and the devil is in the details. Your leadership team, collectively, should be on the hook for company performance far more than any individual should be assessed against a given metric. Tech companies are horrible at deploying technology Tech companies are horrible—HORRIBLE—at deploying technology.

Part-Time VPE 102

Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 102

SaaStr

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’m a vice president at Bessemer Venture Partners, which is a venture capital firm, which was very lucky to be a part of SendGrid’s journey. Sameer Dhokalia: It turns out if you do ask those two basic questions of 100 people in your business, you will learn an awful lot about what needs to be focused on.

Scale 132

Scale Acquisition Scaling Sales Hiring 132