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Jay Poe

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
133 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

I was actually still in high school at this time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

But I think what really stood out here was just how the core utility of the product

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

was resonating well with users.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

And I think that that is a really key area.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

Being able to find something that is not only sticky in terms of, oh, this can make money, but really having a stickiness factor among users.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

So if you're consumer-facing, really focusing on that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

And I guess that's something that we saw in the earlier stages in the WE years of 2011.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

And that's kind of where we were.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

And so what did you invest?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

Yeah, the first round was, I think, you know, sub 10 million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

And then over the years, I know they've obviously raised quite a boatload of cash.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

Above 20 million sub-hundred.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

And I hope that's semi-accurate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

Yeah, we've been in there for a while.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

Big yes on that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

There you go.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 99: Will Pinterest IPO in 2016 w/ $4b VC

I'll tell you the exciting things about why we think that's going to โ€“ or why I think.