Twilio had a $200M run rate at IPO, aiming for $1B
Stevie Case · Stevie Case: World's First Female Pro Gamer; Hiring Tips for Sales; PLG vs Enterprise | 20VC #970 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jan 25, 2023 · at 16:56
Stevie Case was an early sales hire at Twilio before becoming CRO at Vanta. She describes Twilio's scale around its 2016 IPO.
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“We, you know, IPO, we were two hundred million dollar run rate. And Jeff had set out this vision of we're gonna get to a billion dollar run rate.”
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