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From Stealth to Unicorn in 11 Months: Top 5 Lessons Learned with Drata CEO Adam Markowitz and Cowboy Ventures Partner Amanda Robson (Video)

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The company culture you build. You want your customers to make the payment decision as soon as possible. In that stage, consider harnessing the power of case studies and tell the words in your customers’ words that your product brings real solutions. Lesson 5: Build a successful company culture.

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$1M to $100M in 20 Months, The Hard Part: How Everything Breaks in Hypergrowth with Deel Co-Founder & CRO Shuo Wang (Video)

SaaStr

They focused on building a payment platform that empowers international talent and independent contractors to get paid on time in a compliant way while also ensuring that companies can hire international talent and make payments efficiently. This insight led Deel to focus on solving payments and compliance.

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9+ Ideas for Your Next LinkedIn Carousel (+Examples)

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Share company culture and employee highlights Showcase your company's culture, values, and team members through a carousel. It creates a sense of community and shows that the company values its employees. This can help to attract potential employees and customers who value a strong, inclusive company culture.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chargebee and Glassdoor — November 1, 2019

SaaStr

As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. Billion acquisition is just one milestone in the early innings of the company’s story. Krish Subramanian: We are software engineers by training.

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Going Global: Key Considerations to Drive SaaS Success Abroad

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If you can sell from home – do,” says Daniëlle Keeven, VP of Finance at paddle.com—a merchant of record for software companies around the world. Ideally, a SaaS company would be light on its feet, and not have to register anywhere. If your solution is built to make the world a better place, it naturally extends beyond borders.

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Avoid Trapdoor Decisions: 5 Lessons Learned from Scaling Stripe (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. But we provide a combination of APIs and software. They built their first company and sold it when they were teenagers. Dare I say SaaS.

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SaaStr Podcast #217: Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson on The Trapdoor Decisions to Avoid When Scaling

SaaStr

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. But we provide a combination of APIs and software. They built their first company and sold it when they were teenagers. Dare I say SaaS.

Scale 121