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1386 AdTech Platform Acquired by GTCR Doing "Well North of $30m in ARR" May 11, 2019

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Frost Prioleau is the Co-Founder and CEO of Simpli.fi. An experienced online advertising executive specializing in targeting, optimization, and technology, Prioleau focuses on corporate strategy, driving Simpli.fi's growth, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Prior to Simpli.fi, Prioleau was the CEO and Founder of Personifi, a contextual and behavioral targeting company. The firm was acquired by Collective Media in 2008. While at Collective, Prioleau served as General Manager of the Technology Solutions Group. A thought leader in online advertising, Prioleau often speaks on the topic at industry trade shows and in the press. Prioleau is a graduate of Princeton University, where he earned a Bachelor's of Science in Engineering Management Systems.

1385 Atlassian Passes $1B ARR Run Rate, Thinking About Acquisitions of "System of Record" companies May 10, 2019

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Jay is responsible for all revenue-generating activities of Atlassian, including customer success and retention, operations and marketing. Jay joined Atlassian in 2008 as vice president of sales and marketing to lead Atlassian's pioneering efforts to develop a high-velocity, low-touch sales model. He's overseen the company's global expansion, introduction of its Starter License program (a disruptive approach to "freemium" where the company donates all proceeds to a charitable cause), and its growing worldwide customer community and programs. In 2011 Atlassian introduced its cloud-based offering Atlassian On-Demand, an evolution of its fast-growing SaaS platform. Jay has more than 18 years of experience in the software industry. He began his career at Plumtree Software where he held a variety of senior marketing and sales roles. Significantly, Jay oversaw the company's expansion throughout Europe and Asia Pacific. When Plumtree was acquired by BEA Systems in 2005, Jay became vice president of marketing for BEA Systems, which was later acquired by Oracle in 2008. Jay holds a bachelor's degree in political and environmental science from the University of Washington.

1384 CyberSecurity SaaS CarbonBlack Passes $200m ARR Charging $30/Device/per May 09, 2019

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Carbon Black solutions enable customers to defend against the most advanced cyber threats, including malware, ransomware, and non-malware attacks.

1383 Treehouse Moves from $24m ARR B2C SaaS to B2B Helping Companies Scale Dev Teams May 08, 2019

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Ryan Carson is the CEO & Founder of Treehouse, an online technology school with more than 80,000 enrolled students and 850,000 students taught in the past 8 years. Treehouse takes people from zero experience to job-ready in as little as six months. He also founded Carsonified and DropSend.

1382 Bot Controversies Killing this Twitter Growth Company, $12k in MRR, Can't Sell May 07, 2019

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Kevin is the founder and CEO of TribeBoost, the first company to offer Twitter audience growth as a service. He is a serial entrepreneur and has also founded ThoughtFlame, MoSquatch, and others. Early in his career Kevin one of the first employees of USinternetworking – maybe the first SaaS business ever.

1381 When should you shut your agency down to go all in on SaaS? May 06, 2019

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Jon Wuebben is the CEO and Founder of Content Launch. He's also the author of 3 marketing books, including "Future Marketing: Winning in the Prosumer Age"

1380 SaaS Company in Floripa Launches, Passes $5k/mo Helping Websites Scale with CDN Solutions May 05, 2019

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Entrepreneur, journalist, developer and passionate about innovation. More than 8 years building software in Brazil and deep learning how to deliver value to customers through IT. Today I advocate a safer, faster and more scalable internet through entrepreneurship. Have you met Netzei yet?

1379 Live Video for Consumer Brands like Pottery Barn Passes $3m in ARR May 04, 2019

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Internet strategist and entrepreneur Fritz Brumder is the founder and COO of Brandlive, a SaaS live video platform used by brands and retailers to create highly engaging live content for marketing, training and commerce events. Fritz has been developing digital media solutions for the world's best brands for over 10 years.

1378 250 Content Producers Pay Him $6k/yr For Storytelling Drag and Drop Platform May 03, 2019

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Ricky is CEO at Shorthand, maker of the visual storytelling platform trusted by the BBC, Business Insider, Refinery29, Honda UK, Save The Children, Cambridge University and hundreds of other publishers, brands, non-profits and universities. We make it simple for storytelling teams to create memorable stories that audiences want to share.

1377 Moving To Enterprise Reduced Revenue Churn by 50% in Under 12 Months May 02, 2019

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In 2009 I pulled a life 180, quit my sales job, taught myself how to code and launched a profitable SaaS in exactly one year. Seattle native, Texas Hill Country transplant. Working with an entirely remote team across three countries.

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