Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

Establishing relationships with advisors and/or mentors. Here’s an example: in the beginning, New Relic didn’t see their target customers as developers. They zeroed in on Ruby on Rails developers as their early adopters and became a voice within that very niche community. Seeking financing from friends and family.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

As for Karl, prior to founding the company he spent 6 years at Google in some fascinating roles including Head of Patents, Head of Business Development in China and running Google’s energy investments. How does this requirement change as the company scales? Loving our podcast content? Karl Sun: Oh, that’s a great question.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 20, 2020

343: Kyle Parrish is the Head of Sales @ Figma, the company that helps teams create, test and ship better designs from start to finish. To date the company has raised over $132M in financing from some of the best in the business including Sequoia, a16z, Index, Greylock and Kleiner Perkins to name a few. What worked?

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