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    SaaStr 224: Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane on Lessons from Zendesk Beyond $1B ARR

    SaaStr 224: Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane on Lessons from Zendesk Beyond $1B ARR

    FromThe Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors

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    SaaStr 224: Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane on Lessons from Zendesk Beyond $1B ARR

    FromThe Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors

    ratings:
    Length:
    22 minutes
    Released:
    Apr 11, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Mikkel Svane is the CEO of Zendesk and author of "Startupland". Join him as he takes you through his lessons taking Zendesk beyond a billion in ARR. Mikkel founded Zendesk in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2007 before moving the company to San Francisco in 2009. Missed the session? Here’s what Mikkel talks about: The future of the cloud The rise of the public cloud and re-platforming of the tech stack How business applications are sold and delivered leveraging SaaS If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin SaaStr Mikkel Svane
    Released:
    Apr 11, 2019
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    The Official Saastr Podcast is the latest and greatest from the world of Saastr, interviewing the most prominent operators and investors to discover their tips, tactics and strategies to attain success in the fiercely competitive world of SaaS. On the side of the operators, we centre around getting from $0 to $100m ARR faster, what it takes to scale successfully and what are the core elements of hiring. As for the investors, we learn what metrics they hone in on when examining SaaS business, what type of metrics excites them and what they look for in SaaS founders.