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

Hitenism

In a Quora thread , Ian McAllister, Director of Airbnb and former GM of Amazon describes the process: “ For new initiatives a product manager typically starts by writing an internal press release announcing the finished product. Your approach to your customers is a reflection of your company’s mission.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

Are marketing becoming the new sales team with their content being used more and more in the sales funnel? Bret was formerly the CTO at Facebook. I mean, you look around, process is broken, communication is broken. They need to know what is it to be a member of this community. Sam Taylor: And so, I met Bret.

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Top Global SaaS Trends You Should Know with Google Cloud and Zenoss (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

In the last two years there have been so many new services around security, around machine learning that literally did not exist. What is their biggest challenge and what should they be focused on, whether they’re a CEO or a CTO, what would you say they should be focused on today? Who are the new developers?

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Intercom’s Rich Archbold on how to run less software

Intercom, Inc.

If we are actually trying to win our market and be the absolute best customer communications company, we need to make exquisitely good use of our precious engineering resources. Ciaran, our CTO , came up with this magical line. He said, “I want to run less software, not more software.

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Building a sales team that can go from $0-$50M (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I don’t we can communicate that. For instance, my first rep from Marketo, he was the first rep at Marketo in New York. The peak of your day starts around 3:00PM because that’s when New York wakes up. Gaetan Gache t: The fact that you’re new is actually becomes a negative. What’s your ACV today?

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SaaStr Podcast #218: Twilio Founder, Jeff Lawson & SendGrid CEO, Sameer Dholakia on Why Developer First Is A Maturation In The Supply Chain Of Software

SaaStr

Jeff Lawson is the Founder & CEO @ Twilio, the company building the future of communications allowing you to engage customers like never before on voice, SMS, WhatsApp or Video. Prior to founding Twilio, Jeff was the Founder & CTO @ Nine Star Inc and enjoyed a spell at Amazon as a Technical Product Manager.

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From Freemium to Explosive Growth in a Crowded Market – 8 Years of Learnings with Zoom (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

And also, we always prioritize the features requested by our existing customers over the new prospects. Mallun Yen : So, you were an engineer by training and then you became an engineering leader, as the CTO of Webex, and then you became a CEO. Eric Yuan: I think that you really need to communicate well before you hire those people.