Mark Ghermezian @Markgher Twitter profile

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

Today @Braze is officially a publicly traded company on @Nasdaq . What an incredible journey. #grateful #brazeipo 🙏🙌👊🚀

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

I am thrilled to announce that @gynger_io has raised $21.7 million in Seed funding to help drive the growth of our business. We have been quietly building over the past year, incredibly grateful to now share what we are all about.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

When raising for @Braze I had the 24 hour rule with VCs. If after our call or meeting I did not hear back or from them within 24 hours I knew it was a pass. The 24 hour rule is real!

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

11 months

Nothing can stop us. Nothing. #AmIsraelChai

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

1 year

I’m excited to share that we officially launched @mxvcapital today with the close of our over-subscribed $52MM debut fund. Over the past 18 months, we have made 15 investments, incubated two companies and did two SPVs. We are focused on pre seed / seed B2B SaaS.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

I always hated when funds passed on @braze . I took it personally. It’s hard not to as a founder. You feel like you let your whole team down too. Take that energy, convert it into grit, hear why they are passing and focus on the next one. You want investors who believe in you!

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

💪🙏🙌👊🚀 @Braze Q3 earnings review: $256M quarterly revenue run rate, 63% YoY revenue growth, 93% subscription revenue, 1,247 total customers up from 841 as of October 31, 2020. Full earnings release below.

Braze Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2022 Results

Braze Q3 Earnings press release

www.businesswire.com

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

4 years

Interesting how Musk wants to lift lockdowns ie people can start driving. And how Zuck wants a slow lift on the lockdown. Ie stay home and use social networks and messaging apps. 🤔

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

New decade, new challenge! I am excited to announce that I’ll be joining @americandream as Co CEO. My team from @wearefourpost will be joining me as we embark on this new chapter together. 🙏👊🙌

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

We announced this a couple days ago but I wanted it to soak in a bit before I shared this myself. Really special yet humbling to see us hit this milestone. Congrats to my entire team @Braze you all deserve this.

Braze reaches $100 million in annual recurring revenue

In the summer of 2017, Braze leadership drew a line in the sand, projecting that Braze would hit $100 million ARR by the end of 2019. Learn more about how Braze made it happen in this exclusive piece...

www.braze.com

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

In Q1 2016 we were raising our Series C at @Braze , the market crashed, SaaS multiples declined to their lowest levels, many investors backed out of meetings/calls, but we kept pushing. Keep you head up founders remember why you started your company, you got this!

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

4 years

@nikitabier I called Pepsi had a soda machine delivered to my school. All checks were sent in my name to my home till the school caught on (after a year). Parents not thrilled. 🤷‍♂️

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

Super honored to have made the list. Thank you founders and LPs 🙌

Signature Block

@signatureblock_

2 years

Introducing 2022's Emerging 50: The venture industry's newest fund managers as nominated by their LPs and the founders they've backed.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

1 year

A note to my portfolio companies: Im sure many of you saw the news about Hopin selling its assets with its core business now being worth several hundred millions of dollars. Hopin was once valued at $7.8B! Same goes for Clutter who sold for pennies on the dollar and I'm not

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

When me and my co founders started @Braze we were the “unknowns” in the market. The Underdogs. There were MANY other founders and players with much more cred then us. Being the underdogs is what allowed us to win. As a founder you always want to keep that underdog mentality.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

1 year

Hearing the news mere hours after returning from Israel with my family, we are in utter shock and outrage by the barbaric violence perpetrated by Hamas. Beheading of babies, rape of women, kidnapping of children, all attacks on innocent civilians, this is what pure evil looks

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

@yarbroughcam This is all healthy as it’s pushing you for a good balance. But what’s missing is what your partner is going through to enable you to do what you do. Both mentally and physically. I feel a lot of folks dismiss this. Cheers to our significant others!

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

@erica_wenger 🙋‍♂️ early stage(pre seed / seed) b2b SaaS $250k - $1MM checks. Mark at mxv dot vc

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

Shana Tova (happy new year) to everyone celebrating Rosh Hashana. Wishing you all a special year filled with health, blessings and true friendships. 🙌

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

Incredibly proud of team @Braze 🙌 FY23 Q1 earnings review: $310M quarterly revenue run rate, 62% YoY revenue growth, 94% subscription revenue. Check out the full earnings release below.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

This past quarter (Q3) we made five new investments: 2 core. 1 access and 2 follow ons. One of our cores was our largest check into a single company. We’re leaning in.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

In the early days of building @Braze I was invited to a happy hour. While there a ceo/founder of a company in our space came up to me ranting about how a competitor of ours is kicking our ass and how terrible of a company we are. Neither his company or the competitor exist today.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

I wanted to share that @gynger_io officially launched on @ProductHunt . The support from the @Twitter community would go a long way. 🙌. Please check us out and ✅ thank you!!

Gynger - Product Information, Latest Updates, and Reviews 2024 | Product Hunt

Gynger is a financing platform that provides immediate access to non-dilutive capital for software & infrastructure purchases. Get underwritten in minutes, have your vendors paid the next day, and...

www.producthunt.com

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

1 year

No Pipe no Sales, its that simple. I see so many companies saying they want to hit $X in net new customers in a quarter. But have 15% of the pipe to get there. You typically want to see a 3:1 ratio in your pipe to hit your numbers. In the early days I would go as high as 5:1. If

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

One of the hardest things for a founder is delegation (me included). You naturally want to be in the weeds with just about everything. That does not scale - at all. The best startup founders know how and when to delegate. Become a master delegator, trust your team to execute.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

Today @gynger_io financed a customers @Braze contract. Super special for me personally to see the two come together. 🙏 🙌 👊

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

1 year

@NWischoff You should pin this post. Special. Thanks for sharing.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

Over the weekend my brother @AllenGher together with @MrBeast opened the first @MrBeastBurger at @americandream if you thoughts IRL was dead think again! Congrats guys 🍔🚀🇺🇸🛌

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

See you tomorrow $BRZE

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

So many investors said NO. Who are you? How will you compete!?!? This is how. Thank you @alex01 @brucetaragin @thomashpeterson @dougpepper @NeerajVC @mjacobson1003

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

9 years

"The most complete MMA solutions we found are @Appboy & @Adobe , ticking off 16 of the 17 features" @VentureBeat

9 things you should know about the mobile marketing landscape — right now

VB Insight It’s the “3-foot device”: most peoples’ smartphones are never more than three feet away from them. It’s the most intimate and individual piece of personal mobile technology most people...

venturebeat.com

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

I’d like to express my sincere gratitude to our investors, @GradientVC , @upper__90 , @VineVenturesLP , @QuietCapital , @Deciens , @mxvcapital @benln @darian314 @ericmreiner and our early customers and of course my entire team!! LFG!

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

1 year

King of Cloud! Thank you @WizLikeWizard 😛

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

1 year

@pitdesi @aubreystrobel Best night lights ever. Have them all over my home

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

1 year

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

SDR/BDRs are the backbone of any SAAS business. Treat them well, mentor them, work with them. 🙌

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

car wash multiples are higher than SaaS multiples 🤷‍♂️

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

6 years

thank you to all our early investors, customers, and partners, a big congrats to my co founders @jon_hyman and @billmag and the entire team @braze 🙌

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

This is when I started to think about building @Braze (Appboy). The iPhone changed my life. I wonder if Steve Jobs knew how impactful the iPhone would be. @braze today has over 1200 FTE. Is Public. This is just one company born from the iPhone.

Jon Erlichman

@JonErlichman

2 years

On this day in 2007: iPhone released

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

4 years

Thank you! All about our amazing Dream Makers and partners. 🙌

blooloop

@Blooloop

4 years

Congratulations to @Markgher of @americandream In our #blooloop50 #ThemePark Influencer List 2020

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

That’s a wrap. Thank you to all the founders, operators and investors who joined us tonight. #velocityhour #mxv

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

First pillow was a gift @bfreece got me in the super early days of @Braze . Second pillow is what @Eli_Gher got me at the IPO. Now they both sit in our @mxvcapital office. LFG!

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

4 years

Everyone's WFH, this is not WFH its WWF, "Working With Family", its a continuous balancing act between work, home, kids, wife, partner, yourself, your mind/body, its hard. Know that you are not alone and work with your family and ppl you love. 🙏

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

Pretty awesome yet humbling feeling starting two companies where we share customers who use both platforms. @Braze + @wearefourpost 🙌🙈👊🙏

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

37 years ago today my mother gave birth to me. Happy Birthday Mom! You are the Besy :)

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

Shana tova to everyone celebrating. Use this time to reflect on yourself. How can you grow and make a positive impact on yourself, family, friends and the world. 🙏

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

@KateClarkTweets if you can keep growth flat for 2020 thats a huge win and VCs know that (or they should).

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

What a rollercoaster of a week, make sure to use the weekend to refresh, get your mind cleared up and ready for next week. Spend time with family/friends. Sign off for a bit. Tell your team its ok to sign off. See you on the other side. 👊

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

About to go on stage at @siliconslopes LFG!

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

@BrianNorgard While NY is morphing from financial to engineering/startup hub 💪

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

Every time @Braze announces earnings I think about the early days and grit we all had. Congrats on another quarter! Braze FY23 Q2 earnings review: $344M quarterly revenue run rate, 95% subscription revenue, 55% year-over-year revenue growth.

Braze Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2023 Results

Second quarter revenue grew 54.5% year-over-year to $86.1 million Achieved dollar-based net retention of 126% for the trailing 12 months Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE) a leading comprehensive customer engage...

investors.braze.com

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

Never underestimate your competitors but at the same time don’t chase them.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

8 years

Why I Bought 100 Pairs of Sneakers for My Team at @appboy via @Entrepreneur

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

When you’re in the zone. You’re in the zone. Love building! LFG!

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

8 years

And a special thanks to the @Appboy team for your hard work, dedication, and expertise. Keep it weird. Boom!

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

Walking with my Appboy (aka @Braze ) tee on. Someone ask me if I am Mark, I say yes, then he asks me if Appboy is still around, I smile and say yes it is. 😉

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

@semil @fredwilson Some of my best investors and now friends were the ones I built relationships with over time sometimes years prior to them becoming investors in my startup(s) @dougpepper @NeerajVC @alex01 @brucetaragin @laureltouby @arjunsethi @bipulsinha @lpolovets @chadbyers to name a few 🙏

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

4 years

Was @Quibi just a Quibi?

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

@jmj Unfortunately this happens all the time. We experienced it at @braze . Comes from the top down.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

“Sorry We’re Closed” - My 9 year old’s latest daily cartoon 😂 #QuarantineLife #earthisclosed

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

4 years

My kids don’t call it school anymore they call it zoom. “Only three more days of zoom!”

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

4 years

My kids now know two enterprise SAAS solutions, @Braze and @zoom_us 🤷‍♂️

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

Instilling confidence into your sales team is key. It can make or break the team. I always loved digging in with my sales team @Braze . Hearing what was working vs not. Once a BDR / AE feels unstoppable nothing can stop them. Your competitors will feel it too.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

I dont believe in coincidence, everything happens for a reason. What an amazing journey which was brilliantly executed by my team and co founders at @Braze , lets keep pushing ahead! Thanks for the intro @bipulsinha 😉

Bipul Sinha

@bipulsinha

5 years

Serendipity, vision, talent and drive are how @Braze is built - I accidentally ran into @billmag and @jon_hyman on a Manhattan street corner on the way to @TechCrunch Disrupt, connected them with @Markgher and the rest is history.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

Sales tip: When selling and trying to set up times for a meeting with prospects. Always offer times first instead of asking the other party for times that work for them. In most cases you will lock in the meeting quicker.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

👋 I’ll be attending @saastr next week in SF. Ping me if you’ll be there as well. Would love to meet up 👊

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

@erica_wenger @NWischoff @WizLikeWizard @jslishi @ericmreiner @nakul and me 😉

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

Meta made a MASSIVE bet on the Metaverse. Completely missing the boat on AI. AI is coming for Google and Meta.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

@rrhoover @ericmreiner @NWischoff @jmj @jslishi @bobakemamian @WizLikeWizard + more…to name a few 👊

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

A🧵on what you should be thinking about when pitching early stage VCs:

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

6 years

So many new brands, ideas, concepts, products, makers, experiences, stories, creators in the world. Retail is not dead. Let’s empower them. Fourpost is here leading the way, follow us through this shift. #retail

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

8 years

Mobile marketing startup Appboy seeks scale with infusions from Battery Ventures, Citi Ventures via @FortuneMagazine

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

5 years

Why do we only appreciate people after they pass away 💔

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

10 months

Happy Hanukkah! Our light will always be shining!

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

9 years

Big day at @Appboy , breaking every bar hitting new milestones. love love my team!

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

@jaminball @Braze 👀

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

6 years

Last night we (Fourpost) officially opened our doors to our community of 25+ local, emerging, digitally native and international brands in the Twin Cities at Mall of America. We are removing the “why not” of retail and building a platform focused on our f…

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

You need to be operating in "Beast Mode" all day everyday to win. Or another beast will eat you alive.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

4 years

“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” - Mike Tyson

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

4 years

Who do you know that kicks ass with product design, UI/UX and Branding? looking for an individual for full time or contract work. Please DM or @ them below 👊

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

Being creative > being smart

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

Back in March, I spoke on SaaStr Build about my journey /learnings building Braze. The founding story, how I met my founders, grit, hiring, underdog mentality, fundraising, 2 weeks of payroll left, our ah-ha moment and more. Let me know what you think.

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

@jasonlk 🚀🙌💪

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

@NWischoff NYC

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

It’s all about the GRIT

Sheel Mohnot

@pitdesi

2 years

Cute story- TALK TO YOUR CUSTOMERS

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

8 years

Now its official, thank you @Forbes @BessemerVP @salesforce for choosing @Appboy as a Cloud100 Rising Star

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

For those unfamiliar with Gynger, we are a software and infrastructure financing platform that helps businesses buy the tools they need to grow. By enabling businesses to purchase these tools with flexible payment terms–regardless of what their vendors offer

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

4 years

Momentum is King/Queen. Without it you are dead in the water.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

LinkedIn DMs trying to recruit me to be CEOs of other companies 🤪

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

6 years

A lot of people talk about the importance grit and persistence in the early days of a startup and throughout the journey. But not many speak about intuition. Don’t be afraid to lean on your intuition.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

9 years

Could not ask for better @Appboy #founders #friends #family . Thank U @billmag @jon_hyman we built something special

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

6 years

@EdmontonJack @EdmontonOilers Really liking Kassian on the top line w McDavid

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

4 years

Bittersweet unsubscribing from an email newsletter thats powered by @Braze 😜

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

Our mission is simple: combine software with capital to enable businesses to scale with the technology they love.

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

4 years

@Mazzeo We are doing that @americandream have Nickelodeon Universe, Dreamworks Waterpark, and Big Snow Ski dome. 😉

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

9 years

We’ve been global since our inception, but now we’re making it official. @Appboy has opened shop in London. 🇬🇧

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

1 year

@jmj I call everyone bud 🙁

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

2 years

@MrBeast Let’s go! 🍔 🚀🇺🇸🛌 @americandream

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Mark Ghermezian

@Markgher

3 years

Asked how to stay in the “Underdog” mentality: Staying humble. Knowing someone is thinking better, stronger then you, celebrating your wins but learning from your losses. Always looking to learn and get better. But staying humble and aware is key.

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