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David Barrett, CEO of Expensify: Good Intentions, Bad Advice: How to Keep Your Board Aligned with Your Vision (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

The session that I’m talking about is basically about the board dynamic and about how to survive this valley of death and bring not just yourself and your team but your extended team, including your board, across that until you cross the $1 million mark, and then the $10 million mark and keep going beyond. There we go.

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Memories of the bad old days

The SaaS Garage

And no, this gatherng was not triggered by the current crisis but, needless to mention, we did spend some time mingling about the “bad old tmes” of the post Sept. A very similar situation in 2007/8 with the proliferation of the financial crisis. . 11 and Neuer Markt aera. Dos and pot. Don’ts.

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Finding the Next Wave of Growth: S-Curves and Product Sequencing

Casey Accidental

The Summit gathered ~40 CPOs and product leaders to chat through topics centered around product development and product-led growth. Most companies have a primary acquisition loop that drives this scalable growth, and unfortunately, there aren’t that many acquisition loops that really scale. What they stop doing is leaving.

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Memories of the bad old days

The SaaS Garage

And no, this gatherng was not triggered by the current crisis but, needless to mention, we did spend some time mingling about the “bad old tmes” of the post Sept. A very similar situation in 2007/8 with the proliferation of the financial crisis. . 11 and Neuer Markt aera. Dos and pot. Don’ts.

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From AE to CEO: Entrepreneurial Life Lessons with Asad Zaman

Sales Hacker

Join us for an entrepreneurial conversation about how to modernize your talent acquisition approach for both high growth and long-term growth. 4 ways to modernize talent acquisition. 4 ways to modernize talent acquisition [22:26]. Sales development school, marketing school, and more for your entire team.

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How Yelp drove down churn by building up customer success

Intercom, Inc.

It’s time to start thinking about retention at scale and bring onboard a customer success team. She joined the company in 2007 back when it was just 30 people and has been instrumental in helping the company scale both its team and its market share over the years. Why you need a customer success team.

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The Things Nobody Tells You About An $8B Acquisition with Ryan Smith from Qualtrics (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Join Qualtrics Co-Founder and CEO alongside SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin as Ryan reflects on the survey software maker’s acquisition by SAP this year. Ryan Smith: The backstory here is we turned down an acquisition offer for $500 million in 2012. And the team deck doesn’t say who the CEO is? Ryan Smith: No.