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. This was anyone from a marketing analyst at a small startup, to a junior analyst at my firm, to a cloud CEO like him. But I’m Anna Khan, as you guys heard.

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SaaStr

JULY 29, 2020

And I remember like AWS was growing really quickly. And at the time there was a big debate of, “Will big companies ever really use AWS?” It’s a startup, it’s normal for people to leave that often. And today, of course, we have a recruiting team. ” Because businesses are what sustain.

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Point Nine Land

JANUARY 30, 2019

Challenges faced by startups during the SaaS installation phase (2000–2010) When you look at the first generation of successful “SaaS first” companies (Salesforce, Zendesk, Workday, Hubspot…), they had to overcome three main challenges to succeed: Market education Infrastructure UI/UX Market education. The timing aspect is crucial.

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