Freshworks
4 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 11, 2024 by Sri Ganesan · said 24 times in 1 episodes since 2024 · across every show →
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Apr 11, 2024 neutral
Most Indian tech talent prefers cash compensation over startup equity.
“I think there's very few companies where people believe in equity. So if you are hiring someone who used to work at Freshworks, they're gonna ask you for more equity, less cash. If, you know, most other, if you're hiring talent from elsewhere, they don't under…”
Apr 11, 2024
Freshworks scaled from $18M to mid-$200M ARR in 4.5 years.
“When we got in end of 20 15, the company was, I think, eighteen million ARR. So, much smaller than today's, I don't know, it's six hundred million plus, I guess. And yeah, we were there for four and a half years seeing it all the way through to mid two hundred…”
Apr 11, 2024 positive
Zoho pioneered the Indian B2B SaaS industry in the early 2000s.
“Zoho which, you know, the Freshworks founder used to work there for 10 years, was one of the very early B to B product companies from India though. So I think they, even as early as early 2000 had their cloud-based SaaS products coming to market, and that is w…”
Apr 11, 2024 positive
Freshworks initially staffed all corporate functions with recent engineering graduates.
“He actually built the business off of initially really, you know, young fresh grads from different engineering colleges, and in specific, I think he went to, you know, one engineering school, kept going there every year to hire talent, and For every function, …”