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International
Shutterfly’s Strategy: A Conversation with CEO Jeff Housenbold (Part 11)
SM: Pretty much your customer base of 2.4M customers stick around. Do you see much churn? JH: I have been here three years, so 12 quarters; 75-77% of our revenue in each of those quarters is from repeat customers. That is a really good testament to the loyalty of our customers. I get asked a
Building an Ambitious SaaS Company: Taleo CEO Michael Gregoire (Part 12)
SM: How many engineers worked on the new product? MG: We don’t break out how many engineers work on what products. SM: The reason I am asking that question is more intelligent than it sounds. SaaS companies have a big operational overhead to come to market and get established, but then additional products are not
Microsoft, Masterful Maneuverings
Microsoft has been on the roll, lately. First it froze Facebook, and now it has made an unstoppable bid for Yahoo! while the latter is struggling to regain its stride. To finance this high value Yahoo! deal, Microsoft is expected to borrow money for the first time in its history. And recession worries and subprime
Vertical Travel Ad Network CEO Cree Lawson (Part 9)
SM: What is your growth strategy? CL: Growing a network is pretty straightforward. You build out the sales team and you add more publishers. We plan to continue on these core aspects while establishing more specialization, new products and barriers to entry. We have plenty of room for growth both in publisher audience base (there
