California
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Sep 20, 2022 by Ben Chestnut · said 22 times in 17 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 7 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode
- Successful Scaling Across Markets, From a Founder Turned VC | OMERS Ventures MP Harry Briggs
- Gusto Co-Founder Josh Reeves: How Focusing on Delivering Customer Value Generates Business Value
- Everything that Breaks on the Way to $1B ARR with @mailchimp Co-Founder Ben Chestnut
- 10 Lessons Learned Along the Path to $100M ARR | UserZoom's CEO and CMO | SaaStr Software Community
- Learnings from Innovating in Underserved Markets with Samsara CPO Kiren Sekar
- Lessons Learned Building a $2 Billion Company from Scratch with Neo4j CEO & Co-Founder Emil Eifrem
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2021 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about California, oldest first
Sep 20, 2022 positive
California wins B2B enterprise, but Atlanta is unmatched for consumer brands
“If you're gonna start a B-to-B enterprise company, California's absolutely the best place to be. B to C, like a consumer brand, you can't beat Atlanta. We've got Coca-Cola, Home Depot, UPS, Delta Airlines, Chick-fil-A, like top, top brands are all right there …”
Nov 8, 2022 neutral
Gusto took 18 months to launch, scoping only to California startups
“You know, in our context, you know, it took from our starting of the company to a public launch, we obviously had some early customers, friends using the product, but to a public launch, it was about a year and a half. And that was time when we obviously were …”