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DHH: Zoom's Hidden Web Server Forced Apple to Issue Emergency Patch
“All the shit that they've done that's kind of on the sly, whether it was last year when they installed this uninstallable web server, just because they wanted to save a click, right? And then Apple all of a sudden had to release this emergency fix to remove th…”
David Heinemeier Hansson Apr 14, 2020 ▶ 45:00 20VC: Basecamp Founder David Heinemeier Hansson on Why It Is The Biggest BS To Chase Being A Unicorn, His Relationship to Wealth and Status and Why Now More Than Ever It Is A Myth Entrepreneurs Have To Raise VC
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Lemkin: Public SaaS companies are re-accelerating growth through AI
“I'm glad to see that just literally this week, we were seeing Mongo even Okta, which had been struggling, Box last, the other day, Zoom, which is, you know, which is not exactly a rocket ship anywhere, but seeing growth re-accelerate because of AI, it's like, …”
Jason Lemkin Aug 28, 2025 ▶ 45:52 Anthropic's $10B Round, Klarna's IPO, Inside a16z's 72 Deal Seed Investment Machine ft. Marc Benioff · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Zoom Founder Eric Yuan Originally Miscalculated Churn by Counting Upgrades
“Eric himself was miscalculating churn. Specifically, he was counting upgrades from, you know, low tier to high tier as churn. He was counting pausing as a churn. And so he was unnecessarily burdening the business with churn.”
Jake Saper Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 4:37 Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Zoom was profitable when Emergence Capital invested in 2014
“It was competitive both because the, there was early growth, but also because the company was profitable. And so we didn't have to raise capital.”
Jake Saper Mar 10, 2025 ▶ 5:21 Jake Saper, GP @ Emergence Capital: "We Sold Salesforce Early and Lost Out on Billions" · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Grady: Zoom founder Eric Yuan required nine visa applications to enter US
“Eric Yuan, as the legend goes, it was his ninth visa application that finally got him into the US, right? Like, he was seeking out a better opportunity for himself, and he stuck with it because he really wanted to see it through.”
Pat Grady Jul 8, 2024 ▶ 20:51 Pat Grady: Sequoia Partner on Investing Lessons from Doug Leone, Roelof Botha and Alfred Lin | E1174 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Tarica: Zoom CEO gave 'Speed of Trust' book to all employees
“Eric has given out that book to every employee in the company. We were all asked to read it. We've been asked to share things about it.”
Mitch Tarica Apr 27, 2022 ▶ 11:08 20 Sales: Zoom's Head of North America Sales on When To Hire a Head of Sales, Why You Should Hire a Head of Sales Before Sales Reps, The 3 Traits to Look for When Hiring Sales Reps & What Sales Leaders Can Do To Make Their Sales Team Feel Like They Are Wi
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