David Politis's guest appearances

David Politis

The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

Punk CX with Adrian Swinscoe

Move: The Go To Market Podcast

David Cancel

Nick Mehta

Guy Kawasaki

Marc Benioff

Khosla Ventures

Seth Godin

Todd McKinnon

Scott Belsky

Ed Sim

David Sacks

Sid Sijbrandij

Jennifer Tejada

Leah Busque

Joe Chernov

Todd Olson

OwlTail

David Politis is the Founder &amp; CEO @ BetterCloud, the company that helps IT discover, manage and secure the digital workplace. To date, David has raised over $186M in funding with BetterCloud from the likes of Accel, Warburg Pincus, Greycroft, Flybridge and Dropbox to name a few. Before founding BetterCloud, David was an early employee of Cloud Sherpas (acquired by Accenture), where he led the company to become the leading cloud services partner to SMB worldwide. Prior to Cloud Sherpas, David was a founding employee and General Manager of Vocalocity (acquired by Vonage), which he grew into one of the top providers of cloud PBX technology.  In Today’s Episode We Discuss:  How David made his way into the world of SaaS and came to found BetterCloud? How has David seen the rate of cloud adoption within enterprise over the last 5 years? Has it been faster or slower than he thought?  People often suggest operators are suited to certain stages of a company lifecycle, does David agree with this? What are the leading indicators an individual is struggling to scale? How does one communicate that to them effectively? How does David think about the decision to move an individual to another role vs release them?  What does radical transparency really mean to David? How does the ability to have radical transparency within your org change when the org is 10 people vs 100 people? What are the biggest challenges of scaling transparency? From a meeting structure view, what can leaders do to encourage transparency?  How does David feel about the method of OKR setting? How has his mindset changed towards OKRs? What does the decision-making process look like for deciding which OKRs to focus on? What OKRs do they focus on at BetterCloud? How does one know when they need to change their OKRs?  David’s 60 Second SaaStr:  What would David most like to change in the world of SaaS? How has David seen himself emerge and develop as a leader? What is the biggest challenge of David’s role within BetterCloud today?  Read the full transcript on our blog: https://www.saastr.com/saastr-podcast-341-with-bettercloud-founder-ceo-david-politis/ 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 David Politis

<a href="https://twitter.com/davepolitis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Politis</a> is the Founder &amp; CEO @ <a href="https://www.bettercloud.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BetterCloud</a>, the company that helps IT discover, manage and secure the digital workplace. To date, David has raised over $186M in funding with BetterCloud from the likes of Accel, Warburg Pincus, Greycroft, Flybridge and Dropbox to name a few. Before founding BetterCloud, David was an early employee of Cloud Sherpas (acquired by Accenture), where he led the company to become the leading cloud services partner to SMB worldwide. Prior to Cloud Sherpas, David was a founding employee and General Manager of Vocalocity (acquired by Vonage), which he grew into one of the top providers of cloud PBX technology.  In Today’s Episode We Discuss: <ul> <li>How David made his way into the world of SaaS and came to found BetterCloud? How has David seen the rate of cloud adoption within enterprise over the last 5 years? Has it been faster or slower than he thought? </li> <li>People often suggest operators are suited to certain stages of a company lifecycle, does David agree with this? What are the leading indicators an individual is struggling to scale? How does one communicate that to them effectively? How does David think about the decision to move an individual to another role vs release them? </li> <li>What does radical transparency really mean to David? How does the ability to have radical transparency within your org change when the org is 10 people vs 100 people? What are the biggest challenges of scaling transparency? From a meeting structure view, what can leaders do to encourage transparency? </li> <li>How does David feel about the method of OKR setting? How has his mindset changed towards OKRs? What does the decision-making process look like for deciding which OKRs to focus on? What OKRs do they focus on at BetterCloud? How does one know when they need to change their OKRs?</li> </ul> David’s 60 Second SaaStr: <ol> <li>What would David most like to change in the world of SaaS?</li> <li>How has David seen himself emerge and develop as a leader?</li> <li>What is the biggest challenge of David’s role within BetterCloud today?</li> </ol> Read the full transcript on our blog: <a href="https://www.saastr.com/saastr-podcast-341-with-bettercloud-founder-ceo-david-politis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.saastr.com/saastr-podcast-341-with-bettercloud-founder-ceo-david-politis/</a> 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/davepolitis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Politis</a>

SaaStr 341: Leading Indicators Individuals Can/Can Not Scale with the Company, What Radical Transparency Truly Means and How To Implement It & Enterprise Adoption Of Cloud During COVID Times with David Politis, Founder & CEO @ BetterCloud

Today’s interview is with David Politis, who is founder and CEO of BetterCloud, which provides critical insights, automated management, and intelligent data security for cloud office platforms. David joins me today to talk about proactive customer service, putting it into practice, how they make it work for their company and how it is allowing to differentiate themselves from their competition. This interview follows on from my recent interview – Innovation, customer experience and co-design partnerships with your customers – Interview with Gary Miles of Amdocs – and is number 156 in the series of interviews with authors and business leaders that are doing great things, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to their customers.

Today’s interview is with David Politis, who is founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.bettercloud.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BetterCloud</a>, which provides critical insights, automated management, and intelligent data security for cloud office platforms. David joins me today to talk about proactive customer service, putting it into practice, how they make it work for their company and how it is allowing to differentiate themselves from their competition. This interview follows on from my recent interview – <a href="http://www.adrianswinscoe.com/innovation-customer-experience-and-co-design-partnerships-with-your-customers-interview-with-gary-miles-of-amdocs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Innovation, customer experience and co-design partnerships with your customers – Interview with Gary Miles of Amdocs</a> – and is number 156 in the series of <a href="http://www.adrianswinscoe.com/category/interviews/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">interviews</a> with authors and business leaders that are doing great things, helping businesses innovate and delivering great service and experience to their customers.

What you do when proactive customer service is in your DNA - Interview with David Politis of BetterCloud

Why do some companies become great and others disappear? Short answer: execution. In this one we talk to David Politis, founder and chief executive of BetterCloud, about how execution, not vision, is the one thing that keeps a company from failing.

Why do some companies become great and others disappear? Short answer: execution. In this one we talk to David Politis, founder and chief executive of BetterCloud, about how execution, not vision, is the one thing that keeps a company from failing.

42: Execution vs. Vision: A No-Brainer w/ David Politis

David Politis is the Founder &amp; CEO @ Bettercloud, the first ever unified SaaS management platform. Bettercloud have raised over $40m in funding from some of today's best investors including past guests from Accel, Greycroft Partners and Flybridge Partners, just to name a few. Before founding BetterCloud, David was an early employee of Cloud Sherpas (acquired by Accenture [NYSE: ACN]) where David led Cloud Sherpas to become the leading Google Apps services provider and reseller to SMBs worldwide. Prior to Cloud Sherpas, David was the founding employee and General Manager of Vocalocity (acquired by Vonage [NYSE: VG]), which he grew into one of the top providers of cloud PBX technology.   In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Dave came to found Bettercloud? What was the a-ha moment for him? 2.) Why does David like to invest in everything but perks? What are the challenges of incentivising a team with Perks? What are the alternatives? 3.) What are the limits to transparency? Can there ever be too much transparency? How do you engender a culture of radical transparency within the workforce?  4.) How was the fundraising process for David? how did it alter and develop with every round? What did he do well and what would he improve upon? 5.) How can founders optimise the on boarding process for new hires? What is fundamental? What are the common mistakes and how can this be hacked for success? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: David's Fave Blog: Recode David's Fave Book: Banker To The Poor  As always you can follow  Harry,  The Twenty Minute VC and David on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Pearl believes the latest automotive technology should be available to every driver – whether it’s time for you to buy a new car or not. RearVision is our first step in driving this commitment forward. Pearl RearVision is the only wireless backup camera and alert system that installs in minutes and updates throughout its lifetime. Pearl literally takes less than 10minutes to install and is completely wireless because it’s solar powered. Since RearVision is software based, we’re able to push updates and new features over the Pearl App in the exact same way you receive updates for other apps on your phone. Pearl RearVision is perfect for anyone who wants to upgrade their car in minutes. Pearl RearVision is $499.99 and available at PearlAuto.com. It’s also available on Amazon and through Crutchfield. Xero is beautiful, easy-to- use online accounting software for small businesses. With Xero, you can easily manage your accounting anytime, anywhere from your computer or mobile device.When you add Xero to your small business you are able to: Send online invoices and get paid faster. Get an instant view of your cash flow. Track your payroll and keep tabs on your inventory. Partner with your accountant and bookkeeper in real time whenever you like. You can also customize your Xero experience with over five hundred business apps, including advanced solutions for point-of- sale, time tracking, ecommerce and more. Sign up for a free thirty-day trial at xero.com/20vc

<a href="https://twitter.com/davepolitis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Politis</a> is the Founder &amp; CEO @ <a href="https://www.bettercloud.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bettercloud</a>, the first ever unified SaaS management platform. Bettercloud have raised over $40m in funding from some of today's best investors including past guests from Accel, Greycroft Partners and Flybridge Partners, just to name a few. Before founding BetterCloud, David was an early employee of Cloud Sherpas (acquired by Accenture [NYSE: ACN]) where David led Cloud Sherpas to become the leading Google Apps services provider and reseller to SMBs worldwide. Prior to Cloud Sherpas, David was the founding employee and General Manager of Vocalocity (acquired by Vonage [NYSE: VG]), which he grew into one of the top providers of cloud PBX technology. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Dave came to found Bettercloud? What was the a-ha moment for him? 2.) Why does David like to invest in everything but perks? What are the challenges of incentivising a team with Perks? What are the alternatives? 3.) What are the limits to transparency? Can there ever be too much transparency? How do you engender a culture of radical transparency within the workforce?  4.) How was the fundraising process for David? how did it alter and develop with every round? What did he do well and what would he improve upon? 5.) How can founders optimise the on boarding process for new hires? What is fundamental? What are the common mistakes and how can this be hacked for success? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: David's Fave Blog: <a href="http://www.recode.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Recode</a> David's Fave Book: <a href="http://amzn.to/2ijRb5Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Banker To The Poor</a> As always you can follow <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCAQFjAAahUKEwjK5ovknZDJAhWGWRQKHTOwD6E&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fharrystebbings%3Flang%3Den-gb&amp;usg=AFQjCNH6KlmFwsIYJkOKRioQuLqGOR0U0w&amp;sig2=0SA_UtadAekFAQGpTKS-eA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Harry</a>, <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CB8QFjAAahUKEwipwoT4nZDJAhWK1hQKHXuECAc&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ftwentyminutevc%3Flang%3Den-gb&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcygppyqTNaiuOUOohQIk-Qg-1jQ&amp;sig2=kQcaARp7XfhSS_LKHOr93Q&amp;bvm=bv.107467506,d.d24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Twenty Minute VC</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/davepolitis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David</a> on Twitter here! <a href="https://www.snapchat.com/add/hstebbings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.</a> Pearl believes the latest automotive technology should be available to every driver – whether it’s time for you to buy a new car or not. RearVision is our first step in driving this commitment forward. Pearl RearVision is the only wireless backup camera and alert system that installs in minutes and updates throughout its lifetime. Pearl literally takes less than 10minutes to install and is completely wireless because it’s solar powered. Since RearVision is software based, we’re able to push updates and new features over the Pearl App in the exact same way you receive updates for other apps on your phone. Pearl RearVision is perfect for anyone who wants to upgrade their car in minutes. Pearl RearVision is $499.99 and available at <a href="http://PearlAuto.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PearlAuto.com</a>. It’s also available on Amazon and through Crutchfield. Xero is beautiful, easy-to- use online accounting software for small businesses. With Xero, you can easily manage your accounting anytime, anywhere from your computer or mobile device.When you add Xero to your small business you are able to: Send online invoices and get paid faster. Get an instant view of your cash flow. Track your payroll and keep tabs on your inventory. Partner with your accountant and bookkeeper in real time whenever you like. You can also customize your Xero experience with over five hundred business apps, including advanced solutions for point-of- sale, time tracking, ecommerce and more. Sign up for a free thirty-day trial at <a href="http://xero.com/20vc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">xero.com/20vc</a>

20VC: What VCs Really Mean They Say 'Stay In Touch', Why Incentivisation Through Perks Is Lazy & Why Founders Should Always Under-Promise & Over-Deliver with David Politis, Founder @ CEO @ Bettercloud 