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The Google anti-trust trial: A deep dive into the details

Martech

Antonio Rangel, a California Institute of Technology economist, testified that Google’s defaults discourage users from switching, saying switching to a different search engine is not easy. When Google’s lawyer cross-examined Dijk, he was asked why he called a question “stupid and condescending” during his deposition.

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A Look Back: Talkdesk, Greenhouse, Algolia and Gainsight Coming Up On $10m ARR

SaaStr

Algolia went from zero to seven figures in revenue in 12 months, and the launch of their search as a service product, and grew pricing from $19 a month to $100,000, which sounds amazing. Greenhouse followed a similar path to Talkdesk and should cross $10 million ARR later this year, up from almost nothing at the start of the year.

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Funding in the Time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Maybe you want to launch a business. First of all, in the last four weeks, more jobs have been lost in our country than exists in total in California or Texas. California employees about 17 million people, Texas about 15 million. Executives at companies are told, engage with startups, launch new initiatives, be first to market.

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“From Hackathon to Unicorn” Talkdesk Co-Founder Tiago Paiva and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Let me tell you, the first pitch. Jason Lemkin: That’s what drove these last four months as you’re crossing the million in revenue. So when we launched Talkdesk in 2011 on stage. And in the same conference I launched Talkdesk. Michael came on stage, the CEO of Zendesk, and we launched Zendesk Voice.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

How does this change when selling to SMBs vs enterprise? * I’m a California kid from the Bay Area. ” But we also get people going on SMB leads regardless of the segment that they’re there to sell, just so they can get some at bats under their belt as well. When is the right time to hire the first sales rep?

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Jennifer Tejada, Ben Chestnut, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Zipline is a California drone-based delivery company that transports critical medical supplies like blood and vaccines in Rwanda and Ghana. Prior to the pandemic, you had to plan and orchestrate and sell change. So while it may be hard, cross some things off the list. My favorite though is Zipline. for our employees.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with InCountry and Y Combinator — July 19, 2019

SaaStr

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How did Peter make his way into the world of enterprise SaaS with the founding and selling of 6 companies and how did InCountry come about? When is the right time to sell a startup? Harry Stebbings: And then what was the founding moment with InCountry after the bad habit of selling companies?