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The SaaS Org Chart Live with David Sacks (Podcast #491 and Video)

SaaStr

David’s first foray into SaaS was in 1999 when he joined a startup that would become PayPal, starting as the product leader and later as the COO. Positions Needed: Developers (Front-End and Back-End), Client Applications, Core Services/Platform, Analytics, and DevOps. Head of Product. Head of Marketing.

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What is a Segmentation Survey? Questions, Examples & Use Cases

User Pilot

Segmentation is a strategy used in marketing, product development, and customer support. By asking targeted questions, businesses can identify who their customers are, what they need, and how they interact with products or services. To ensure that marketing efforts are appropriately targeted.

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The Growth Mindset: An Overview of Key Growth Strategies and Tactics

OpenView Labs

I was born in Bombay, but grew up in New Jersey and was acutely aware of the juxtaposition of those two places in terms of economic development, politics and culture. The team developed a digital community playbook and created a viral growth engine focused on maximizing lifetime value & minimizing cost per acquisition.

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Product-led growth: AKA what you should be doing | ProfitWell

ProfitWell

The traditional approach to SaaS growth involves building a product, then hiring a sales team to sell the product. Product-led growth is a bottoms-up approach in which your company develops a methodology that enables people to discover and adopt your product on their own. It allows people to try before they buy.

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A Look Back: Slack at $30,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

I remember…I’m pretty old, so 20 years ago I walked into my dad’s office and he’s a real estate developer, and for the first time ever in my life I noticed that everyone at the office had a computer on their desk. We started development in early 2004. The transactions are a little bit more like PayPal.

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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. And, the second system is what I call the product marketing system. To me, that’s what the cadence says.

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SaaStr Podcast #349 with Craft Ventures General Partner David Sacks: “How to Turn Your SaaS Startup into an Army”

SaaStr

David Sacks (Yammer, PayPal) shares how to navigate from 50-500 employees. First, I was the founding era 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. And, the second system is what I call the product marketing system.