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Zach Supalla

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
220 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

Yeah, or inventory, you know, and say, like, you got to pay us and, you know, they'll raise their prices and say, you got to pay us more.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

And we're holding on to your inventory until you until, you know, I've seen that happen.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

And we've been by by working to make sure we work with people we trust, we've been able to avoid those problems.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

Jeff Lawson, the CEO of Twilio, is someone I respect quite a bit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

A lot of our business, we're sort of following his path and the things that he figured out about how to build a developer community and build a business off of.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

So I have a ton of respect for him.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

Oh, I'm a huge fan of Slack, but I think everybody is.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

So that one's not super exciting.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

Asana.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

We use Asana a lot and it helps me keep my life organized.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

Uh,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

Um, you know, I think that was the point where I was, that was the moment when I realized that I should have been an engineer and was frustrated at myself and not figuring it out earlier.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

Cause your freshman year in college is when you make all those decisions.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

And it was too late to really pivot.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

Um, I was already had a certain major.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

I was majoring in cognitive science and I was frustrated with that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

And, um, what I've realized since is you don't have to be an engineer to be an engineer.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

You

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

You can get good at engineering in a lot of different ways that don't require a college degree.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 590 :Particle.io Raises $14M, Passes $5M In Revenue, Helping Usher in IoT Connecting Keurigs to Internet with CEO Zach Supalla

So I figured that out later, but it would have been helpful to figure it out sooner.

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