The Latest From SaaStr: Secrets to Aligning Marketing & Revenue Strategy With Marqeta CMO: SaaStr Podcast 476 and Video

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By Amelia Ibarra · Wednesday, September 1, 2021
 
     
 

Marqeta CMO Vidya Peters discusses the nuances of building a cohesive marketing and revenue strategy and share advice for other organizations seeking to align these functions during a critical time of growth for their companies.

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By Jason Lemkin · Wednesday, September 1, 2021
 
     
 

Recently, I got a stunning investor update from a unicorn that grew 194% YoY last quarter.  Pretty incredible at scale.  But what’s more incredible the year prior, they were only...
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By Team SaaStr · Tuesday, August 31, 2021
 
     
 

In the run up to the 2021 SaaStr Annual, our very own Poya Osgouei sits down with Bryan Elsesser, VP of Sales at SaaStr. Bryan shares tips and his perspective on what's been effective and useful during his first few months as the VP of Sales at SaaStr.

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By Jason Lemkin · Tuesday, August 31, 2021
 
     
 

There’s no question SaaS and Cloud companies scale faster than ever these days.  Databricks just announced it was growing a stunning 75% at $600m+ in ARR!  And Zoom just passed...
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By Team SaaStr · Tuesday, August 31, 2021
 
     
 

There’s something really magical that happens when you gather with your peers. People with the same interests, the same challenges, the same unknowns.  Folks who not only understand you, but...
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Building and maintaining your own cloud platform infrastructure is a huge investment that can divert resources from your most important goal: solving customer challenges. With Platform.sh, the modern Platform-as-a-Service, you can deliver faster solutions and deploy new code in real time. Learn more here

 
 
 

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