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The Cadence: How to Turn Your SaaS Startup into an Army with David Sacks (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

First, I was the founder or CEO of PayPal during the PayPal Mafia period, and I was a self-taught product person, I learned how to do product management operations there. Those product features should be the centerpiece of marketing events. To me, that’s what the cadence says. I learned this operating myself.

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Decacorns & Unicorns in 2020: Founders Fund Keith Rabois and SaaStr’s Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

There was this joke on Twitter the other day, someone who was pointing out how on your LinkedIn you said PayPal, it exited at a billion and now it’s worth 40 billion or 50 billion. 10, 11 years… I mean, it’s better than we ever thought. So we figured out a long run, but even before you update your LinkedIn and then bam.

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Kellblog Predictions for 2023

Kellblog

Some believe that capital won’t flow again until after an extinction-level event for startups in 2023/2024. Stock-based compensation (SBC) is increasingly controversial. I disclaim that I am not a Musk fanboy and that, in general, I am disappointed by the PayPal mafia , which I once saw as so full of promise.

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How to Acquire a $400B World-Class Company by WePay (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Do they get Silicon Valley and all the different compensation here?” From a compensation philosophy that’s heavily grounded in equity and upside to one that’s different just because you’re at a more mature institution. Am I going to have the same perks? Again, small organization to a big organization.

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Top 9 Best Influencer Marketing Platforms to Consider in 2021

All that Saas

Campaign Management: streamlines a brand’s campaigns by managing its content collaborations, events, and products sent. Influencer Compensation. So, instead of wasting time on payment tracking and compensation, a good influencer marketing platform should have features that help the brand manage the payment of multiple influencers.

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Simple Frameworks For Success (Full Video + Success)

OnStartups

In fact, Shaan, someone asked us to fly to London to come speak at some event or something, and I'll forward it to you, but they're like, "Yeah, it's October." Build a website with a photo and then add a PayPal button, but then make it where the PayPal button can only take $5 max. I don't put a money thing on anything.

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Simple Frameworks For Success (Full Video + Success)

OnStartups

In fact, Shaan, someone asked us to fly to London to come speak at some event or something, and I'll forward it to you, but they're like, "Yeah, it's October." Build a website with a photo and then add a PayPal button, but then make it where the PayPal button can only take $5 max. I don't put a money thing on anything.