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The Latest in VC Funding + Scaling SaaS: An AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Pod 581)

SaaStr

If you didn’t catch it the other day … and you can read about it on SaaStr …Microsoft and Google Cloud both had extremely strong quarters, Microsoft Azure grew 40% last quarter , and a record number of nine-figure and billion-dollar deals. We are post-term sheet moving along diligence. Nathan, do you have a question?

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Leadership Tips, Team Culture, Choosing First Investor, and more – Mattermark Daily

Mattermark

Natasha Azur of Osage Partners takes a look at trends in venture capital activity ( which we’ve also been digging into lately on the Mattermark blog ) in “ What’s the Pulse on 2017 Midyear VC Investment? Start Your Free Trial. From the Operators.

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PODCAST 78: What this Google Exec Wants You to Know About Success w/ Alison Wagonfeld of Google Cloud

Sales Hacker

Previously, she was an operating partner at Emergence Capital, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that we all probably know about. When I came to Google Cloud, I felt as if we had really strong technology and a massively growing market. And increasingly, Google Cloud is really expanding globally on that front.

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