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80 Founders Share The Moment They Knew … When They Really Had Something

SaaStr

I recently asked on Twitter when folks knew their startup had something … great. What was the moment when you knew your startup was really doing something great? ” — Jason Riedel, founder/CTO of Aspireship. “When on New Year’s Eve, customers kept sending us signed contracts.”

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

SaaStock

Because, as she says, building a startup is simply much more fun. She has been around the globe, working in startups and digital agencies in Brazil, Germany, Southeast Asia, and Hong Kong. After five years at Ernst & Young in New York, she served as Vice President at Citigroup in the Big Apple. The reason? Diny Gomes.

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11 Marketing Instagram Accounts to Follow

Neil Patel

What Jay is Known For: Working with high-profile brands on innovative marketing campaigns, including Kindred Healthcare, Arizona State University, and Hilton. Why Rand is Successful: Rand speaks frankly and with humor, as shown in his book Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Guide to the Startup World. Follower Count: 9,700.

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Navigating Tomorrow: The Crucial Role of Innovation in Technology

Valerian Tech

Introduction Innovation – a term that resonates deeply within the halls of tech firms and startup incubators alike. Innovations lead to new products and services, creating jobs and opening markets. Innovations in healthcare, education, and communication have made services more accessible and efficient.

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Three million downloads and counting: Inside Intercom reaches a podcasting milestone

Intercom, Inc.

Along the way, we’ve interviewed trailblazers, business leaders, makers and doers to share their experience and insights on all things startup strategy, product management, design, marketing, customer experience, and much, much more. For Slack, that was clearly the engineering and dev communities, who love new tools.

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Learning to Love the Art of Sales (As a Technical Founder) with Ross Mason, Founder of MuleSoft (Europa Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

At our inaugural SaaStr Europa last June, podcast host-with-the-most Harry Stebbings sat down with MuleSoft Founder and CTO Ross Mason to discuss the organization’s sales strategy, building a strong company culture, how to think about international expansion, and much more. In a new one, it was tough to keep up. Ross : Yeah.

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An AI Deep Dive with Lightspeed and Typeface: Embracing the Potential, Addressing the Challenges

SaaStr

Alex Kayyal and Julie Kainz, Partners at Lightspeed, shared at SaaStr Annual a framework they developed around how to think about this new era of Artificial Intelligence in SaaS, what opportunities are out there for startups, and how to think about incumbents. CRM wasn’t a new category, but they were done on-premise.

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