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Snowflake, CrowdStike and SumoLogic: “How to Leverage the Cloud Giants to Scale to 100 Million ARR and Beyond”

SaaStr

So I think just opening your aperture when you’re thinking about marketplace, not assuming it’s just a small commercial SMB market sales. 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. Rico Mallozzi: Yeah.

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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. Okay, so the crazy thing is that when I was doing PayPal and Yammer we really just used Excel. To me, that’s what the cadence says.

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Kellblog Predictions for 2023

Kellblog

Stock-based compensation (SBC) is increasingly controversial. Companies who sell to SMB may see increased amounts of uncontrollable churn as customers cease operations. 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. Valuations are down.

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Simple Frameworks For Success (Full Video + Success)

OnStartups

And then I met Brian in grad school and we both have this kind of shared passion for SMB. 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. Dharmesh: And there's some value to that, but it doesn't compensate for the opportunity you have.

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Simple Frameworks For Success (Full Video + Success)

OnStartups

And then I met Brian in grad school and we both have this kind of shared passion for SMB. 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. Dharmesh: And there's some value to that, but it doesn't compensate for the opportunity you have.