SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

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. Director of Finance. VP Finance (13 Employees). Subscribe Please do not fill in this field. David Sacks: SaaS Background and Investments. Microsoft acquired Yammer for $1.2

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SaaStr

JULY 3, 2020

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. The first system is what I call the sales finance system. I was the CEO.

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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. The first system is what I call the sales finance system. So, the first system is a sales finance system, so let’s start with sales.

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

So the ability to do flexible payment plans, financing, retire that pre-committed spend has been a really significant a way for us to accelerate and amplify our transactions. 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.

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SaaStr

JUNE 11, 2019

Keith began his career in the industry as a senior executive at PayPal and subsequently served in influential roles at LinkedIn and as chief operating officer of Square. Early teams of PayPal, LinkedIn, Square, and now GP at Khosla Ventures. And you’ve been on the early teams at several companies now: LinkedIn, PayPal, Square-.

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SaaStr

JUNE 23, 2019

Keith began his career in the industry as a senior executive at PayPal and subsequently served in influential roles at LinkedIn and as chief operating officer of Square. Early teams of PayPal, LinkedIn, Square, and now GP at Khosla Ventures. And you’ve been on the early teams at several companies now: LinkedIn, PayPal, Square-.

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OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 25, 2019

of all senior leadership positions. Ironically, these abysmal numbers stand in direct contradiction to the fact that having women in leadership positions is good for business. Since computer science wasn’t yet a thing, I ended up studying finance and business. In 2018, U.S. female founders raised $2.88 Women are 3.5

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