SaaStr

JULY 27, 2022

As of 2022, Payfit has reached unicorn status –– after raising $289 million in Series E, the company is now valued at $2.1 Yet, they needed to work out some challenges to support a fully independent journey (e.g., There will be prospects that do want a new solution but will never be autonomous.” .

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In [That Will Never Work](), Marc recounts the early days of the $130B market cap company first started in Santa Cruz and it’s a remarkable story. One in which Redpoint partner Tim Haley has a cameo (Tim led the Series A.). And to a time before streaming video. I’m worried about us. Actually, I’m worried about you.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. So, what is ACTUALLY working? Overall, from a blend of marketing leaders and advisors ranging from Seed to Series C these are 4 core channels providing for strong ROI: #1 In person events. Most times working with another company or two, sometimes alone.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In Episode 3 of the CRO Confidential Series, Sam Blond, partner at Founders Fund, sits down with the SVP of Sales at Gong, Jameson Yung, and CEO of SaaStr, Jason Lemkin, to share their decades of knowledge for those dreamers hoping to find rapid growth and success in today’s world. . If You Create A New Category, Make Sure It’s Awesome.

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SaaStr

APRIL 2, 2023

“I never make the same mistake twice. After receiving my gold watch and Silicon Valley AARP card, I had a chance to reflect on a decade of community-building, cheesy music videos, and #CustomerSuccess. Often, this means working hard to see if they aren’t succeeding in a given role, whether another one would be better.

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Sales Hiring Scale Scaling Customer Success 283

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 17, 2021

Intercomrade Spotlights is a series that features stories of Intercom employees, exploring their careers, interests, experiences, and hopes for the future. I’d watched so many YouTube videos of people that really had managed to train goldfish. So I thought maybe my goldfish would cooperate, but it didn’t work.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2021

On her very first day as Director of Content at 360Learning, she starred as the lead of Onboarding Joei, an original, unscripted docu-series that followed her onboarding experience during her first 90 days. Blog articles, podcasts, ebooks, and videos have been the bread and butter for content marketers for a long time now.

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Content Marketing Innovation Scale Marketing 118

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 4, 2020

To our friends in the Black community, we stand with you, and will never tolerate your mistreatment. We’re very conscious that we have a lot of work to do around diversity and inclusion at Intercom, and we have not always been where we want to be in that regard. — Intercom (@intercom) June 2, 2020. Current reflections.

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Education Leadership Scaling 160

Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Financial transparency is especially close to our hearts, which is why we’re proud to share Open Books, a series of small business owners giving us a peek inside their books in the spirit of being open about finances as well. Lisa Lane never had big plans to be an inventor, or even an entrepreneur.   We make a great team.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 7, 2021

We were fortunate enough to interview CEOs who were in the trenches navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, investors who were advising companies on how best to move forward, and operators who saw explosive growth given the shift to working from home. . Out of its headquarters in Utah, Podium scaled from 5 employees to over 300 employees.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

While it is possible to optimize YouTube SEO to score top results , without an understanding of the YouTube algorithm, SEO alone won’t manifest videos on a potential viewer’s suggested video list. What began as a venture capital-funded technology startup in 2006 is now our go-to spot for all things video. That number is huge.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 2, 2022

She has worked with brands such as Disney World and The Gap, and just last April, she published her first book: The Power of Customer Experience: 5 Elements To Make An Impact. For Elizabeth, the employee experience becomes an overflow onto the customers – the customer experience is never going to be better than the employee experience.

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SaaStr

MAY 9, 2019

Hear his take on the future of work with a decade in learnings from YCombinator. Most people know the YC Accelerator, but YC actually has a number of programs now, including Amook, the Accelerator, a Series A program to help companies raise Series A, and a growth program to help companies expand post product market fit.

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Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Banking 170

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 12, 2021

For Dan, it represents a massive untapped opportunity in business, and that belief keeps driving much of his work today. We power voice, video, messaging, contact center, and the cloud across any device, anywhere in the world. The focus of our series is that growth in scale, so your journey fits right in. AI augments support.

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Revenue Scale AI Search Customer Support 223

Buffer Resources

JULY 24, 2023

Ever scrolled through TikTok and wondered why certain videos gain meteoric popularity while others, seemingly of equal quality, barely get a glance? In this article, we’ll dive into the TikTok algorithm and how you can work with it to enhance your visibility and engagement on the platform. But how does this curation work?

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Social Media Trends Engagement Branding 80

Buffer Resources

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Since the first blog post was published and the first YouTube video was posted, content creation has evolved rapidly. By automating these tasks, the creator can focus more on the creative aspects of their work, such as brainstorming new content ideas or engaging with their audience. Why are systems so crucial in content creation?

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Systems Review Social Media Technical Review Scale 105

SaaStr

JUNE 19, 2020

SaaStr’s Founder’s Favorites Series features one of SaaStr’s best of the best sessions that you might have missed. You can see the full video here. Announcer: This is SaaStr’s Founder’s Favorite Series, where you can hear some of the best of the best from SaaStr speakers. This is where the cloud meets.

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Development Team Review Software Review Management SaaS Payments 163

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 19, 2018

We invested in more social and video content as well to connect with more of you. Significant digits: 240 blog posts, 18 videos. They must uplevel everything they touch such that things work better and/or faster even after they are no longer involved. Putting $125M to work for you, our customers. The best of the blog.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

of my original post published on Baremetrics , converted and updated to a series of articles. This series attempts to give practical advice to SaaS CEOs and Founders on how to organize and automate their financial backend , giving them freedom to spend time with more value-adding parts of their business like financial planning.

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Merchant Services Startup DevOps as a Service SaaS 90

Sales Hacker

MAY 27, 2021

Not to mention, remote work is no longer temporary. Big companies like Zillow, Twitter, and Square have announced plans to indefinitely extend work-from-home and many others are sure to follow. Big companies like Zillow, Twitter, and Square have announced plans to indefinitely extend work-from-home and many others are sure to follow.

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Kellblog

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

We won’t drill into this large topic today, but know that I am working on a PLG post to go up soon. “Get a demo” : in use by most others and typically promising a personal 1-1 demo, but sometimes offering to watch a video or join a weekly webinar. It raises expectations on the demo. Cringeworthy.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It impacts the way we work, entertain ourselves, and stay in touch. Another recent trend is the growth and widespread adoption of video conferencing technology. Approximately six in ten Americans use video chat platforms for social or work purposes. 38% of the six in ten had never previously used video conferencing.

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Communication Technology Artificial Intelligence Social Media 145

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In 2017, she started working as a product lead at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, building their infectious disease program and IDseq, an open-source online platform to spot movement of diseases across borders, the emergence of new illnesses, or the spread of drug-resistant strains. Scale and accessibility are key.

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Scale Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Technical Review 223

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 29, 2021

Fortunately, Mark had quite a bit of experience working and scaling teams in demanding, hypergrowth environments. In fact, in some form or another, he’s been working in sales for most of his career. Well, at the beginning of 2020, no one had the playbook for that. And so, Mark Rudden and his team had to figure it all out by themselves.

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Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team 223

Kellblog

JANUARY 30, 2021

I certainly didn’t have “global pandemic” on my 2020 bingo card and, even if I somehow did, I would never have coupled that with “booming stock market” and median SaaS price/revenue multiples in the 15x range. ” In 2020, Cyral raised an $11M series A, led by Redpoint and I announced that I was advising them in March.

Technical Review 143

Technical Review Payment Services Payments AI Search 143

FastSpring

APRIL 4, 2024

FastSpring provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, video game, and other digital goods businesses, including VAT and sales tax management, payment localization, and consumer support. Jump to video. Podcast Full Interview: Video Transcript Producer 00:00 This is the Growth Stage podcast. Jump to transcript.

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SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2019

Opening video: Hey, all these startups, they have a lot of trouble getting corporate credit cards. I know you all got to see a preview of the video of Brex. Anu: So, without further ado, Henrique, I know that when you first applied to YC, you actually applied with a VR startup idea, but the video showed all about credit card.

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Payment Methods 171

Neil Patel

AUGUST 11, 2020

So the first step in choosing the right digital marketing agency is understanding your goals and what you hope to achieve by working with one. You ultimately want a blog that continuously runs on autopilot with no work required by you. Coaching is more hands-on, so not all video marketing agencies can do this.

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Marketing Web Development Web Developers Social Media 144

Neil Patel

JANUARY 11, 2021

It’s easy to look at your Live video options and think that Facebook is enough, but that just isn’t so — not to say that Facebook Live isn’t important. Live video is such an effective marketing method that I believe everyone should be using it. But first, you need to understand just how powerful Live video can be for your business.

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Sales Hiring Mobile Engagement Consulting 145

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

Despite not even being two years old, Drata has already closed a $100 million Series B, propelling it to unicorn status and making it one of the fastest companies to achieve a $1 billion valuation. Portfolium was eventually acquired, but the team behind it never stopped thinking about a better way to do it. Start early.

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Scale compliance Software Review Technical Review 211

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

They had to work hard for a better life. Sales works the same way. She worked 12+ hours a day, 6 days a week. Grandma Crisia: My grandma Crisia worked as a seamstress in various factory jobs in the Bronx, New York. Despite never learning English, she was a highly proficient Spanish speaker (outside of Italian).

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Buffer Resources

JULY 3, 2023

When did you last pay attention to a generic brand video that wasn’t for research purposes? If you’re anything like me, there are so many things fighting for your attention online that you have to be highly selective about what you give precious minutes, and those videos usually don’t make the cut.

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Branding Social Media Trends Systems Review 99

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Building a sales team that can go from $0-$50M (Video + Transcript). Want to see more content like this? Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020. Laura Bilazarian | SaaStr Venture Partner @ SaaStr and Former CEO @Teamable. Gaetan Gachet | SVP of Sales @Algolia. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW. Laura Bilazarian : Good morning. Stages of growth.

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Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Technical Advisors 141

Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

About My First 16 Our new video podcast series My First 16 features interviews with founders and CEOs of fintech companies about how they acquired their initial customers and the hard lessons they learned along the way. Subscribe to the a16z channel on YouTube and follow this show on our podcast feed so you don't miss an episode.

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Sales Hiring Sales Startup Pricing 89

Neil Patel

JANUARY 13, 2021

Instagram has since added video, but its focus has always been one-off visual experiences that are shareable but sometimes leave marketers trying to figure out how to provide context. The answer has typically been super-long captions, stories, or creative posts that make up a series. Why You Should Use Instagram Guides.

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Travel Social Media Branding Mobile 135

Neil Patel

MARCH 11, 2021

Discord has grown dramatically since it hit the stage in 2015, and while it was primarily dedicated to gamers, digital marketers are finding ways to make it work for them. Building a community is never easy, but doing it on Discord is a great way to provide people with a feeling of exclusivity. What Are Discord Bots? Dank Memer.

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Entertainment AI Search AI Communication 113

Buffer Resources

APRIL 3, 2023

🔓Creators Unlocked Creators Unlocked is a content series that delves into the world of content creators to uncover the stories behind their social media posts. Before I became a solopreneur, I worked for a social media software company directly with the social media teams of Fortune 500 companies like ESPN and L'Oreal.

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Social Media ChatGPT Branding Interviewing 87