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Intercom’s Rich Archbold on how to run less software

Intercom, Inc.

The concept was the foundation for his popular talk and ultimately his classic, long-form blog post. Over time I had eight different jobs there and progressed from an engineer, to technical project manager, to technical program manager, to manager, to a manager of managers. We will use only a specific set of AWS data stores.

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

That question has been on Will Larson ‘s mind for a long time. For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better.

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What’s New at ZoomInfo with CEO Henry Schuck

SaaStr

Instead, what Henry does is focuses the sales team’s time on expanding current enterprise customers. For example, Google and AWS are already ZoomInfo customers, but only certain sub-segments within those businesses – not the entire org. Second, AI is changing how ZoomInfo ranks and prioritizes accounts.

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Unlocking Agility and Scalability: Harnessing the Power of Cloud Computing

Valerian Tech

In this blog post, we will delve into the world of cloud computing, exploring recent trends and developments. Serverless platforms, such as AWS Lambda and Azure Functions, automatically scale resources based on demand, providing agility and cost optimization. It provides flexibility and scalability for cloud-native applications.

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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. ” We didn’t do any annual contracts.

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Founder’s Guide to Scaling Applications: When to Build, When to Buy and What Breaks by Algolia Co-founder (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Julian Lemoine, Co-Founder, and CTO of Algolia will share his lessons learned on how to stay focused and innovative as you scale while also avoiding the innovation for innovation’s sake pitfalls. Julien Lemoine | Co-founder and CTO @Algolia. So I’m Julien, Co-founder and CTO of Algolia. Want to see more content like this?

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Product-Led Growth (PLG) For Startups

Mucker Capital

If you have a very complicated product–for example you sell AWS or you sell Snowflake–those are infrastructure products. Obviously if you target enterprise customers, you usually have a very large ACV (Annual Contract Value) and the product usually is complex. I recently wrote a blog post about PLG published on Lenny's Newsletter.

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