SaaStr Podcast #383: Growing Product and Engineering Orgs from Zero to IPO with Twitter and Redpoint Ventures

SaaStr Podcast #383: Growing Product and Engineering Orgs from Zero to IPO with Twitter and Redpoint Ventures

Nick Caldwell has built and grown product and engineering organizations at PowerBI (0 to 300 engineers), Reddit (500M MAU) and Looker ($2.7B sale to Google). Nick will share 5 big lessons he’s learned along the way that you can use as you build your company’s product and engineering functions from its earliest days to its largest successes.

Paradigm Shifts and the Future of Data Infrastructure with Snowflake, Neo4j, and Cockroach Labs

Paradigm Shifts and the Future of Data Infrastructure with Snowflake, Neo4j, and Cockroach Labs

Digital transformation as we know it has come and passed. Companies that prepared for a digital-centric future are flourishing, but those who have been reluctant to change are now faced with serious challenges. Data infrastructure is the backbone of the digital world and its future lies with the technologies that can truly take advantage of all the resources available across the cloud. We take a look at the future of data infrastructure and its importance in the digital-centric world.

Are social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. are SaaS? Are search engines like Yahoo, Google, etc. are SaaS? Messaging applications like WhatsApp, Facebook messenger etc are SaaS? And how?

Are social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. are SaaS? Are search engines like Yahoo, Google, etc. are SaaS? Messaging applications like WhatsApp, Facebook messenger etc are SaaS? And how?

No. “SaaS” has, like “Cloud”, become a term that no longer really reflects its current meaning. Time marches on and while “SaaS” used to be a term that differentiated web software from downloaded or on-prem business software, that on-prem/download world has shrunk...
If a VC firm operates in both the East and West Coast of the US, is it wrong for a West Coast entrepreneur to approach a partner who works in the East Coast?

If a VC firm operates in both the East and West Coast of the US, is it wrong for a West Coast entrepreneur to approach a partner who works in the East Coast?

Possibly. It is worth is to be careful in whom you approach in a large VC firm. Yes, it is all one big firm with shared economics — but partners are judged individually as well (no matter what anyone says) and sourcing and deal flow matter at all but a handful...
What’s bad about SaaS software?

What’s bad about SaaS software?

It is sloppy. The ability to patch and deploy at will is almost certainly a good thing in B2C. Google can roll out test features whenever it wants. But in the enterprise, SaaS also encourages sloppiness that often is at conflict with what is takes to ship an...

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