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Microsoft offered to co-fund Radius's integration development and marketing
“They definitely want to help us fund aspects of the development of the integration. They want to help us, you know, with marketing the integration.”
Darian Shirazi Jan 9, 2017 ▶ 21:48 EP 534: 29yo Radius CEO Raises $100M, Helping Expand B2B Sales Pipelines with Darian Shirazi
Assertion Supported
Schwartz recruited an Xbox Kinect creator to build PepsiCo vending machines
“And we actually, our first placement in that division was one of the creators of Xbox Connect at Microsoft to lead vending machines at PepsiCo.”
Matt Schwartz Sep 15, 2016 ▶ 5:09 EP 418: Executive Recruiter Made $1.1M 2015, Super High Profit Margin with Matt Schwartz of MJSearch.com
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LMS365 customers pay an average of $15,000 annually
“And they typically pay us around 15,000 for a solution, that's the average.”
Rasmus Holst Apr 16, 2024 ▶ 3:51 This Danish CEO Hit $30m ARR using Unique 14 Hub Model Selling Software for Microsoft Ecosystem
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Steer: Unvested Yammer equity left behind is worth seven figures annually today
“Well, it's, I'd have to go do some stock math because the, my Microsoft shares at that time were worth a fraction of what they would be better now. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. If you look at the price now is it was a seven figure annual type type of amount.”
Derek Steer Dec 28, 2020 ▶ 2:06 Mode Grows 95% to $19m ARR, Turning Analysis Into Superhero's
Assertion Supported
High Conversion's founding team previously sold startups to Microsoft and Ricoh
“The same team that built this company has built Several other startup companies and you know, those companies were acquired by majors like Microsoft, Rico Corporation.”
Zee Aganovic Jun 30, 2019 ▶ 5:24 1436 How He Used Partnerships To Grow 10x YoY to $6m in ARR
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Treadaway interacted more with Ballmer than Nadella at Microsoft
“I didn't, I interacted actually more with Balmer than I did with Satya, you know.”
Chris Treadaway May 5, 2018 ▶ 13:49 1015 How He's Using $10m In AdSpend to Power New SaaS Offering
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Badshah: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is a close mentor
“Hometown hero Satya Nadella, one of my close mentors, and he's just doing some fantastic things.”
Aseem Badshah Nov 8, 2017 ▶ 15:17 837: SaaS: A Good Reason to Have Flat Growth at $200k MRR
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Satya Nadella was clearly a top Microsoft CEO contender a decade prior
“I think 10 years ago, I had a pretty good idea that he was gonna, gonna be one of the contenders, at least. There were many great candidates within the company, and certainly he was one of the best.”
Hal Howard Aug 9, 2017 ▶ 15:24 746: Bill Gates Was Great to Work With, But This Founder Wanted His Own Thing
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Rein Spent $50k on Microsoft Dynamics in 2002 Before Founding Pipedrive
“I think it was 2002 or three. I'm not wrong. And it was one of the biggest Microsoft with the dynamics program which at that time we thought was really, really good and functional. I think it is, but it just turned out to be a big investment with not as much r…”
Timo Rein Nov 19, 2016 ▶ 2:31 Ep 483: Pipedrive Passes $10M ARR, Helping 30,000 Customers w/ CRM with CEO Timo Rein
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Greg Raiz started Raizlabs with $15,000 to $20,000 in personal savings
“I had about 15, 20 K from when I left Microsoft, so it wasn't a ton.”
Greg Reyes Oct 13, 2016 ▶ 7:39 EP 447: $0 to $13M Agency Revenue in 10 Years with RaizLabs CEO Greg Raiz
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Goel: Earned Slightly Under $200K Annual Salary at Microsoft
“Little, little less than 200.”
Deepak Goel Aug 29, 2016 ▶ 18:07 EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pradhan turned a $5,000 Microsoft stock investment into $20,000
“So, bought 5000 dollars worth of Microsoft stock, and sure enough, it was just that time when it split, and split, and that turned into 20,000 in a matter of, I don't know, couple of years.”
Regina Pradham Aug 15, 2016 ▶ 7:17 EP 387: Restaurant Founder Hits $2m+ Revenue, Doubling Locations
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