E901 Twilio SendGrid Sameer Dholakia led $30m to $3b acquisition w/marketing, product, team, culture
发布时间 2019-02-08 19:25:28 来源
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E901: Twilio SendGrid CEO Sameer Dholakia shares how he led $30m co. to $3b acquisition with strategic focus on marketing, product & team, embedded values & scalable culture, aligning with the right partners, knowing what great looks like, & expanding platform that’s already delivered over 1 trillion emails to date
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Show Notes:
0:45 - Jason introduces Sameer Dholakia who shares his experience joining SendGrid as a professional CEO.
3:49 - How to implement good workplace culture and values, and the 4 H’s (happy, hungry, humble, honest) at SendGrid.
11:52 - Jason thanks sponsor Walker Corporate Law. Visit WalkerCorporateLaw.com or talk to Scott Walker, the founder, directly at [email protected] or (415) 979-9998.
13:20 - Competitors like AWS and MailChimp going head-to-head with SendGrid in the transactional email space.
19:24 - Thoughts on Gmail introducing the ‘tabs’ feature as either in user’s best interest or keeping marketers out of inboxes for their benefit.
23:03 - Jason thanks sponsor Kruze Consulting. Visit kruzeconsulting.com/twist to receive a free tax consultation and tax credit white paper.
24:44 - Sameer shares his experiences as an Indian growing up outside of Boston and working in the tech industry, and thoughts on the “move fast and break things” mentality.
30:36 - What SendGrid is doing to mitigate hackers and spammers and how often do attacks happen, and protocol followed by inbox and email service providers when dealing with spammers/bad actors.
33:40 - Going from $30m to $150m and what to focus on when scaling.
38:26 - Jason thanks sponsor Netsuite, by Oracle. Get your free download to NetSuite’s guide “Crushing the Five Barriers to Growth” by visiting netsuite.com/twist and unleash the potential of your business!
39:52 - SendGrid’s road to going public and then announcing their acquisition by Twilio shortly after.
51:45 - Thoughts on the current state of American politics and how immigrants have shaped the country.
56:50 - Sameer reflects on lessons learned and what he would have done differently if he could go back in time, and reasons for email resurgence.
1:02:22 - How Twilio and SendGrid will integrate, and the effects of GDPR on the industry.
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