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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). Founder/CEO.

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My First 16: Creating a Supportive Builder Community with Plaid’s Zach Perret

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When you thought of financial software, it was Mint, PayPal, and then like a few people hadn’t heard of, and that was it. And so, in New York, we ended up just going to a lot of meetups, talking to a lot of entrepreneurs, talking to a lot of people that were thinking about building startups generally. How’s this working?”

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

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

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

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315: Harry Hurst is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO @ Pipe, the startup that gives you control of your cash flow by giving you access to the full annual value of your monthly subscriptions, upfront. How does Harry think about when is the right time for a startup to raise VC funding? Do you have to invest in it from Day 1?