Robert Vis's guest appearances

Robert Vis

The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors

The Scale Lab

Studio Scaleup

Sid Sijbrandij

John McAfee

Sheryl Sandberg

Wade Foster

Keith Rabois

Mike McDerment

Laura Roeder

Ashley Smith

Matt Murphy

Garry Tan

Todd Olson

Ben Uretsky

Brad Feld

Kleiner Perkins

John Doerr

OwlTail

MessageBird

In this episode of The Scale Lab, we deconstruct the entrepreneurial journey of Robert Vis - the founder &amp; CEO of MessageBird. Together with our hosts - Joe &amp; Constantijn - we will follow Robert’s exciting path as a founder. We will dive into the origins of MessageBird, while our guest will be sharing all his learnings about raising funding, building a sustainable company culture, and thinking globally from day one. Listen in to find out what Silicon Valley has taught Robert and which warning red flags he raises for the Dutch tech ecosystem.

In this episode of The Scale Lab, we deconstruct the entrepreneurial journey of Robert Vis - the founder &amp; CEO of MessageBird. Together with our hosts - Joe &amp; Constantijn - we will follow Robert’s exciting path as a founder. We will dive into the origins of MessageBird, while our guest will be sharing all his learnings about raising funding, building a sustainable company culture, and thinking globally from day one. Listen in to find out what Silicon Valley has taught Robert and which warning red flags he raises for the Dutch tech ecosystem.

Episode #10: How Robert Vis elevated MessageBird to over $3 billion valuation

1Password

In Studio Scaleup bespreken inval-host Umar Mirza (co-founder van Ekmekci) en Remy Gieling het laatste nieuws rondom startups, scaleups en de incidentele f*ckups.In deze aflevering:  F*ckups die er een potje van maken zorgen voor opvallende faillissementen Robert Vis - we kennen hem als oprichter van Messagebird - vergroot zijn persoonlijke imperium en stapt in 1Password Dichter bij huis koopt Wehkamp het bedrijf kleertjes.com van ondernemer Claudia Willemsen. Nederlanders zijn daarnaast niet vies van abonnementen, jaarlijks geven we 1.4 miljard euro uit aan abonnementen op producten zoals HelloFresh en Boldking En tot slot: de metaverse, woord van het jaar, je kunt geen techblog meer lezen of het gaat over de metaverse. Zuckerberg duikt er bovenop, maar ook Nadella van Microsoft. Wat is het en wat denken de techbedrijven ermee te bereiken?  Shownotes: Meer opvallende faillissementen dit jaar Robert Vis maakt op LinkedIn bekend dat hij samen met een dream team in 1Password stapt Techjournalist Daniël Verlaan vertelt je op deze site glashelder hoe jij jezelf en je team digitaal kunt beveiligen met o.a. passwordmanagers. Interview van Quote met ondernemer Claudia Willemsen over de verkoop van kleertjes.com Het interview van Casey Newton op The Verge met Mark Zuckerberg over de metaverse - ook beschikbaar als podcast waarin Zuckerberg zelf aan het woord komt. 

In Studio Scaleup bespreken inval-host Umar Mirza (co-founder van Ekmekci) en Remy Gieling het laatste nieuws rondom startups, scaleups en de incidentele f*ckups.In deze aflevering: <ul> <li>F*ckups die er een potje van maken zorgen voor opvallende faillissementen</li> <li>Robert Vis - we kennen hem als oprichter van Messagebird - vergroot zijn persoonlijke imperium en stapt in 1Password</li> <li>Dichter bij huis koopt Wehkamp het bedrijf <a href="http://kleertjes.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kleertjes.com</a> van ondernemer Claudia Willemsen.</li> <li>Nederlanders zijn daarnaast niet vies van abonnementen, jaarlijks geven we 1.4 miljard euro uit aan abonnementen op producten zoals HelloFresh en Boldking</li> <li>En tot slot: de metaverse, woord van het jaar, je kunt geen techblog meer lezen of het gaat over de metaverse. Zuckerberg duikt er bovenop, maar ook Nadella van Microsoft. Wat is het en wat denken de techbedrijven ermee te bereiken? </li> </ul>Shownotes:<ul> <li>Meer opvallende <a href="https://mtsprout.nl/startups-scaleups/de-7-opvallendste-faillissementen-van-dit-jaar-tot-nu-toe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">faillissementen</a> dit jaar</li> <li>Robert Vis maakt op <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robertvis_the-next-chapter-activity-6826426061513859072-Djyu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> bekend dat hij samen met een dream team in 1Password stapt</li> <li>Techjournalist Daniël Verlaan vertelt je op <a href="https://laatjeniethackmaken.nl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">deze site</a> glashelder hoe jij jezelf en je team digitaal kunt beveiligen met o.a. passwordmanagers.</li> <li>Interview van <a href="https://www.quotenet.nl/zakelijk/a37156779/claudia-willemsen-verkoopt-kleertjescom-aan-winstmachine-wehkamp-ik-heb-geen-weemoedig-gevoel-hoor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quote</a> met ondernemer Claudia Willemsen over de verkoop van <a href="http://kleertjes.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kleertjes.com</a></li> <li>Het <a href="https://www.theverge.com/22588022/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-ceo-metaverse-interview" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">interview</a> van Casey Newton op The Verge met Mark Zuckerberg over de metaverse - ook beschikbaar als <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ouoP9Qb96XMgfT5kt5ZEk?si=UYG57oQdQQm75fKOiL_Yew&amp;dl_branch=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcast</a> waarin Zuckerberg zelf aan het woord komt. </li></ul>

Opvallende faillissementen, Robert Vis investeert in 1Password en Zuckerberg presenteert 'zijn' metaverse

The startup journey moves in waves—whether you’re ready or not. After finding funding and product/market fit, your next steps as a founder in the hypergrowth phase can determine the future of your company. Harry Stebbings of Stride.VC and Robert Vis of MessageBird will walk through lessons learned to survive hypergrowth and what will make a difference when it comes to scaling. Hear how to navigate fast growth and how to look ahead as you travel forward. This podcast is from Harry and Robert's  SaaStr Europa 2019 session. You can find the full video and transcript on our blog.

The startup journey moves in waves—whether you’re ready or not. After finding funding and product/market fit, your next steps as a founder in the hypergrowth phase can determine the future of your company. Harry Stebbings of <a href="http://Stride.VC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stride.VC</a> and Robert Vis of MessageBird will walk through lessons learned to survive hypergrowth and what will make a difference when it comes to scaling. Hear how to navigate fast growth and how to look ahead as you travel forward. This podcast is from Harry and Robert's SaaStr Europa 2019 session. You can find the <a href="https://www.saastr.com/5-lessons-for-surviving-hypergrowth-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full video and transcript</a> on our blog.

SaaStr 316: MessageBird CEO Robert Vis on Early Gains, Early Pains: 5 Lessons for Surviving Hypergrowth

Robert Vis is the Founder &amp; CEO @ MessageBird, the company that allows you to talk to your customers via Voice, SMS and Whatsapp. The company raised a monster $60M Series A from Accel and Atomico with only one prior investor being Y Combinator. As for Robert, prior to MessageBird, he was co-founder and CEO of Zaypay.com which focused on driving mobile payments into 50+ countries, enabling 1.5bln users to pay for virtual goods through their phones (sold to Mobile Interactive Group (MIG).  In Today’s Episode We Discuss:  How Robert made his way into the world of startups and SaaS and came to found Messagebird? What was the a-ha moment for him?  Why does Robert believe the most important element of being a founder is “thinking big”? How as a founder do you balance between thinking big with investors and then the day to day in the weeds with the team? How does Robert as Europe’s mentality of thinking big today? Have our ambitions exceeded what they have been before? How does being in Benelux change how Robert thinks about global ambitions and growth ambitions?   What does Robert mean when he tells founders, “don’t try to scale”? How does Robert think about knowing when a business is ready to scale? Where do many founders go wrong in the preparation for scale phase? What does one need to get in place before scaling? Why did Robert wait 6 years before raising any VC money? Why did he decide then was the right time? Once the raise was in, did he feel the pressure of suddenly having a lot of VC funding? How did his mindset to capital allocation change post-raise? How did he see his decision-making process change post raise? How did raising from the US differ from raising in the UK?   Robert’s 60 Second SaaStr:  What does Robert know now that he wishes he had known at the beginning of his time with Messagebird? What keeps Robert up at night?  What are Robert’s strengths and weaknesses?  What advice in SaaS does Robert most often hear that he disagrees with?  Read the  transcript on our blog. If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Robert Vis 

<a href="https://twitter.com/robertdvis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Vis</a> is the Founder &amp; CEO @ <a href="https://www.messagebird.com/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MessageBird</a>, the company that allows you to talk to your customers via Voice, SMS and Whatsapp. The company raised a monster $60M Series A from Accel and Atomico with only one prior investor being Y Combinator. As for Robert, prior to MessageBird, he was co-founder and CEO of <a href="http://Zaypay.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zaypay.com</a> which focused on driving mobile payments into 50+ countries, enabling 1.5bln users to pay for virtual goods through their phones (sold to Mobile Interactive Group (MIG).  In Today’s Episode We Discuss: <ul> <li>How Robert made his way into the world of startups and SaaS and came to found Messagebird? What was the a-ha moment for him? </li> <li>Why does Robert believe the most important element of being a founder is “thinking big”? How as a founder do you balance between thinking big with investors and then the day to day in the weeds with the team? How does Robert as Europe’s mentality of thinking big today? Have our ambitions exceeded what they have been before? How does being in Benelux change how Robert thinks about global ambitions and growth ambitions?  </li> <li>What does Robert mean when he tells founders, “don’t try to scale”? How does Robert think about knowing when a business is ready to scale? Where do many founders go wrong in the preparation for scale phase? What does one need to get in place before scaling?</li> <li>Why did Robert wait 6 years before raising any VC money? Why did he decide then was the right time? Once the raise was in, did he feel the pressure of suddenly having a lot of VC funding? How did his mindset to capital allocation change post-raise? How did he see his decision-making process change post raise? How did raising from the US differ from raising in the UK? </li> </ul> Robert’s 60 Second SaaStr: <ol> <li>What does Robert know now that he wishes he had known at the beginning of his time with Messagebird?</li> <li>What keeps Robert up at night? </li> <li>What are Robert’s strengths and weaknesses? </li> <li>What advice in SaaS does Robert most often hear that he disagrees with?</li> </ol> Read the <a href="https://www.saastr.com/saastr-podcasts-for-the-week-with-messagebird-and-gainsight-october-18-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> transcript</a> on our blog. If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonlk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Lemkin</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harry Stebbings</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/saastr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SaaStr</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/robertdvis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Vis </a>

SaaStr 274: Messagebird CEO Robert Vis on Scaling To A $60M Series A, Why You Should Not Try To "Scale" & Why You Need To Build Your Business Like A House