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

SaaStr

I met you probably before that, you come out of PayPal and all this, and it’s a change. There’s actually more similarities to PayPal with Zenefits than there are to Yammer. It’s a more operationally intensive company the way that PayPal was. 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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Amplitude Analytics – Features and Alternatives

User Pilot

Amplitude Analytics’ client base consists of practically all the digital disruptors of today’s world, i.e., companies that have designed the most valuable digital products, including Twitter, PayPal, Doordash, Peloton, and Shopify. Using Heap, product marketers can: Define analytics events through a simple, point ‘n’ click interface.

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ChartMogul 2021: Year in Review

Chart Mogul

And we know how important it is for you to be able to track your metrics on the move. They also have a VC feature that lets you track metrics for multiple ChartMogul accounts at once. Exclusion of transaction fees from metrics — added the ability to exclude transaction fees from your MRR and cash flow calculations.

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Top Lessons in Building Great Teams from Khosla Ventures (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

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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The good, the bad, and the ugly: ChartMogul’s Nick Franklin on navigating hypergrowth

Intercom, Inc.

The situations that portend failure are varied and unfortunately common – no product-market fit, no cash, bad product, burnout, to name just a few of the most obvious. Looking around at the market, Nick saw an appetite for content about growing a SaaS business. In this world, growth trumps all other priorities.

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Top Lessons in Building Great Teams from Keith Rabois and Founders Fund (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

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-.