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10 Lessons Learned Along the Path to $100M ARR with UserZoom CEO Alfonso de la Nuez and CMO Sophie Chesters (Pod 590 + Video)

SaaStr

But you can’t base your business model purely on gut instinct: you need to understand the problem by conducting serious research. But UserZoom’s roots in Europe drove them to be more creative – everything from FFFs (friends, family, and fools), to bank loans, to government grants. Fall in love with “solving a problem”.

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Be the Up in a Downturn: Advice From SurveyMonkey’s Tom Hale

OpenView Labs

So we had to prune back even as we were pivoting the teams and the leadership to chase a new opportunity. But during that time, we adopted a kind of “let’s transform the business” rallying cry—it was a super creative time. We came out with new products, new branding, new packaging, new GTM, new business models.

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From Slooooow Growth to Hypergrowth with Collibra and Insight Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

For Collibra, a cross-organizational data governance platform, the company went from slow growth to hypergrowth. Felix : We specialize in data governance and data cataloging. So you said it took like four years to going to prove out the idea and you know, now the company’s about is a leader in the field of data governance.

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riskmethods Receives an Additional 13.5 Million Euro Growth Capital

The SaaS Garage

Positioned for Continued Growth and Market Leadership: riskmethods Receives an Additional 13.5 MUNICH & BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–riskmethods, the leading provider of solutions to identify, assess, and mitigate global supply chain risk, has successfully completed its Series-B financing round with an investment of 13.5

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The 5 Best Email Marketing Companies of 2020

Neil Patel

And they serve clients from government agencies like Texas Health Resources, to companies such as LandCentral, Airbnb, Jockey, and several others. #3 Fix My Churn specializes in these two areas: Fix My Churn collaborates with tech companies with a monthly subscription business model. Thought Leadership.

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Kellblog Predictions for 2022

Kellblog

I think DAOs are an interesting concept (great primer here ), but the blockchain linkage seems contrived [13] — I could make a Dunbar-number-sized group with organic governance rules and run it via in-person meetings, Zoom, Slack, or of course, Discord. Arguably, Richard Branson did , many times.).

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Top 50 Customer Success Influencers 2021

SmartKarrot

Acclaimed multiple times as a top-notch Customer Success leader, Peter is the Senior Director, Customer Success Enablement and Thought Leadership at Oracle. If you believe in an interwoven community, built truly for Customer Success enthusiasts, you may know about the Atlanta Customer Success Leadership Forum co-founded by James.