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How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Achieved an $11.5B Run Rate by Working Backwards

Hitenism

In 2006, after Amazon Web Services (AWS) helped pioneer what we now call the cloud, product development changed forever. Today, one-third of daily internet users visit websites built on top of AWS. AWS is now an $11.5B run rate business and has made up for an incredible 67% of Amazon’s operating revenue last quarter.

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Product-Led Growth (PLG) For Startups

Mucker Capital

The other dimension you need to think about is the product complexity. If you have a very complicated product–for example you sell AWS or you sell Snowflake–those are infrastructure products. If you're generating something that's brand new, like a brand new category, nobody understands about it.

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SaaStr Podcast #385 with Balsa Founder & CEO Paul Rosania

SaaStr

What does really effective product marketing mean to Paul? When engaging with bottoms up sales models, where does Paul identify the tipping points of going from bottoms up to top down? * Why does Paul believe that the builders are the new pro athletes? How does Paul think about driving really effective change management?

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How to Build Happier Employees – Lessons From HubSpot’s CTO Dharmesh Shah and Chief People Officer Katie Burke

SaaStr

At SaaStr Annual we had a great session with HubSpot Founder & CTO, Dharmesh Shah, and their Chief People Officer, Katie Burke, on building happier employees. ” “I hated Katie at that company meeting, it was awful.” Companies that have great, happy, productive employees do better by every single return.