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

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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. In 2008, he founded Yammer, an enterprise software company that David grew to 500 employees and $60 million in sales. Head of Sales. VP Sales (45 Employees). billion in 2012.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Pipe and MessageBird — March 13, 2020

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So at about 13, I set up an eBay business, and we actually used PayPal obviously to process all of the payments. Harry Hurst: So throughout my teens and early 20s, I built companies ranging from fashion distribution, all the way to headhunting and recruitment. Harry Hurst: And that really taught me how to sell in the purest form.