Plenty of companies turn a profit. Many companies experience high growth. Some companies are able to accelerate growth even after they reach massive scale.
But it is the rare company indeed that somehow manages to accomplish all three at once. Only the best of the best are able to remain efficient while growing rapidly at a massive scale.
Zoom is one of those companies. A few months ago, the teleconferencing giant filed its S-1 and the SaaS community could not contain its astonishment at the data. Zoom grew from $150M in revenue to $330M? While being profitable?! With a 9-month payback period!?! Now those are metrics that will make startup founders, executives and investors envious. no such people are Mike Volpe and Rebecca Morrison, Lola.com’s CEO and VP Finance & Operations, respectively. They sat down a few weeks ago to comb through Zoom’s financials and explain what exactly makes the figures so enviable.
Put another way: They geek out over Zoom’s beautiful numbers.
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REBECCA MORRISON:
As VP of Finance and Operations, Rebecca Morrison oversees financial reporting and analysis, forecasting, and budget management for Lola.com. Previously, she was VP, Global Finance and Operations at Midaxo, a leader in M&A software, where she oversaw all back-office operations including finance, operations, HR, and admin. Rebecca spent four years at HubSpot holding various roles with the Sales Strategy and Operations team, as well as the Finance organization. Prior to her time at HubSpot, Rebecca spent nine years in various finance and operations roles at EMC and RSA, the Security Division of EMC, including a three-year stint in Singapore. She has a bachelor's degree and master's degree in finance from Bentley University.
MIKE VOLPE:
Mike Volpe is the CEO at Lola.com, the corporate travel SaaS platform that helps companies stop wasting time and start saving money on their business travel program. He has been asked to speak at numerous conferences on sales, marketing, and growth, as well as people operations, leadership, hiring and culture and is a strong advocate for building great teams with a wide range of talent.
Previously Mike was CMO at Cybereason, a cybersecurity SaaS company, where he helped the company increase sales pipeline by 650% in a single year and grow revenue by five times during his tenure. He was also part of the founding team at HubSpot, where he spent eight years growing the company from five people to over 1,000 employees, $175m in revenue, and a successful IPO.
Mike is well-known and active in the Boston SaaS and startup communities as a member of the board of directors of Validity and Privy, and as an angel investor in more than 30 startups. He holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a BA from Bowdoin College. Check him out on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.