SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

Rico Mallozzi: Yeah, I think oftentimes people look at marketplaces as like a storefront, like an eBay, but it’s much more like a PayPal. It’s definitely an investment that requires that kind of executive level visibility. And I would also say, regardless of the field, is how you go about compensating this channel.

Scale 209

Scale Marketplace as a Service Cloud SaaS Payments 209

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2020

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. Some of these businesses, maybe even many of these businesses have started investing more and more in selling online to their preexisting in store customers.

Investment 149

Investment Scale Travel Venture Capital 149

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2020

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. Okay, so the crazy thing is that when I was doing PayPal and Yammer we really just used Excel. Let’s see here, a lot of questions about my investments.

Startup 274

Startup Software Review Scale Systems Review 274

Kellblog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Going forward, while VCs clearly have dry powder , what’s unclear is their willingness to invest it. Some companies treat these as publicity stunts, talking a big vision, but not really investing. Stock-based compensation (SBC) is increasingly controversial. Oracle Network Computer. Informatica Analytic Applications.

Software Review 119

Software Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Scale 119

SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We had built this amazing team that I wanted to make sure that we continued to sort of grow and invest in and kind of keep the band together. Do they get Silicon Valley and all the different compensation here?” How many of you guys sort of are on the investing side? There’s a huge level of excitement and investment.

Payment Services 136

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 136

All that Saas

MAY 1, 2021

The best feature of this app has to be its ‘Return on Investment Analytics. Also, giving suggestions to invest in the right strategies optimizes your ROI. Influencer Compensation. It also should calculate the return on investment for the campaign. Influencer Discovery: lets you search for influencers globally.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services 52

Sales Hacker

JULY 8, 2020

For you, what are the things that you realized you weren’t good at or the skills that it wasn’t going to be worthwhile to continue to invest personally in, but you’re going to need to build people around you that could tackle or accomplish those qualities. What were those for you?

Scale 113

Scale Scaling VP of Engineering Technical Review 113