SaaS in Africa: 10 Things We Learned From Scaling to 1M Users (Video + Transcript)
Join Anish Shivdasani, CEO of Giraffe, as he provides unique African experiences learned from scaling to 1M users. Want to see more content like this? Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020. Anish Shivdasani, CEO @ Giraffe FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW How’s it guys? You...
How to Build a $18B+ Success Story Far Away from Silicon Valley with Adyen (Video + Transcript)
In this session, the audience will learn about Adyen’s journey from a Dutch payments startup, to a global public company with more than 15 offices around the world working with large global companies like Facebook, Spotify, Uber and Microsoft. Roelant will share...
10 Tough Lessons We Learned Building a Prenicorn Outside of Silicon Valley from Pendo.io (Video + Transcript)
Building a hyper-growth company is hard anywhere, but building one outside the Bay Area comes with its own unique challenges. Learn how Pendo built a product, team, and culture in its Raleigh hometown that could scale coast-to-coast and continent-to-continent. Want to...
SaaStr Podcast #224: Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane on Lessons from Zendesk Beyond $1B ARR
Mikkel Svane is the CEO of Zendesk. Join him as he takes you through his lessons taking Zendesk beyond a billion in ARR. This is SaaStr’s Founder’s Favorites Series. Every Thursday we share one of SaaStr Annual’s best of the best sessions that you...
Top Global SaaS Trends You Should Know with Google Cloud and Zenoss (Video + Transcript)
As a global technology provider powering thousands of SaaS companies, Google is at the forefront of driving exciting and innovative technologies to market. Join us for a fireside chat between Google Cloud and Zenoss, a leader in software-defined IT operations, as we...
Scaling from $1MM to $500MM ARR: 5 Strategies to Drive Your Next Wave of Growth with Intercom (Video + Transcript)
Karen Peacock, COO of Intercom, one of the fastest growing SaaS businesses of all time, has led businesses of all sizes through massive growth. She will share her top 5 lessons learned in building and scaling SaaS businesses from $1M to $500M in ARR including...
Avoid Trapdoor Decisions: 5 Lessons Learned from Scaling Stripe (Video + Transcript)
Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of...
How to Use M&A as a Tool to Accelerate Growth (Video + Transcript)
Teddie Wardi’s, Principal at Insight Venture Partners, session at SaaStr Europa talked all things M&A. While most of us assume M&A happens late stage, Teddie gives a list of reasons why you should use M&A in your growth strategy. Key takeaways:...
Building Great SaaS Companies Everywhere with SaaStr and Point Nine Capital (Video + Transcript)
Jason Lemkin, Founder & CEO at SaaStr and Christoph Janz, Partner at Point Nine Capital, had an opening session at SaaStr Europe earlier this year. They talk about the state of SaaS, pros and cons of SF vs Europe and more. Also, if you didn’t attend SaaStr...
Build A Culture That Scales: Lessons from Algolia, Glassdoor’s Highest Rated SaaS Company
This fireside chat with, Nicolas Dessaigne, CEO @ Algolia and Edith Harbaugh, Co-Founder & CEO @ Launch Darkly, discusses building a culture that scales. In the early days, Nicolas mentions how Algolia’s culture continued to break as he scaled. As of today,...
How to Expand Internationally – Lesson From VP of Growth @ LinkedIn (Video + Transcript)
At SaaStr Annual earlier this year, VP of Growth at LinkedIn, Aatif Awan, had a session on expanding internationally. Has your SaaS startup gone global? If so, what tips and tricks do you feel helped you get to that point? His 6 step framework can be applied to any...
The First 1000 Employees: Building Truly Great Teams with Zuora (SaaStr Europa Video + Transcript)
Last month, we took Paris by storm when we hosted 1600+ SaaStr fans from around the world at our inaugural SaaStr Europa. One of the event’s most anticipated sessions featured SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin onstage with Zuora President Marc Diouane,...
SaaStr Podcast #174: Timo Rein, Founder & CEO @ Pipedrive Discusses How To Make It Big In The US As A Non-US SaaS Startup
Welcome to Episode 174! Timo Rein is the Founder & CEO of Pipedrive, the startup that helps sales people focus on actions that close deals. To date, Timo has raised over $30m from the likes of Atomico, Bessemer Venture Partners, TransferWise Founder Taavet...
Are VC firms in the US willing to invest in overseas startups with huge potential?
Yes. But the later stage you are, the easier it is. (Personally, I’ve invested in the “late seed” stage in companies from France (5), Estonia, UK, Portugal, Sweden, Armenia, etc. Although in almost all cases, the CEO was already here at least part-time.) Once you...
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