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Top 5 Lessons Learned from Databricks’ Journey from $400M to $1.5B+ with former VP of Product Nadim Hossain

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Now, he shares his top five learnings during his time at Databricks. Lesson 1: Innovating with First Principles First principles is when you make an assumption about something and then break down that idea into its fundamental parts to find solutions. They’re fulfilling their vision of a unified data platform.

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Top 10 Mistakes Getting to $100M ARR with LaunchDarkly’s Co-founder Edith Harbaugh (Pod 668 + Video)

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It seems simple enough, but it’s not always easy, as founding CEO and co-founder of LaunchDarkly, Edith Harbaugh, learned firsthand as she took the company from zero to over $100M. The lesson — Don’t hire someone just because they have a great pedigree. Startups experiment and make mistakes. And it was true.

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Successes and Setbacks on the Road to $1B with Alessio Artuffo, President and COO at Docebo

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Alessio Artuffo, President and COO of Docebo , shares lessons learned, misconceptions, and what he would have done if he could do it all over again. For context, Docebo is a learning management platform addressing the needs of corporations that train an audience internally and externally. Let’s dive into it.

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6 Questions Founders Should Ask Themselves to Drive Value from Generative AI with Base10 Partners

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TJ Nahigian, co-founder and Managing Partner of Base10 Partners, and Luci Fonseca, Partner, deep dive into the current GenAI landscape, incumbents vs. startups, and the six questions founders should ask themselves to drive value from GenAI. By observing these segments, you can glean lessons if you’re building in the same category.

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15 Most Popular SaaStr Annual 2022 Sessions (So Far!). See You Sep 13-15!!

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5 Critical and Company-Altering Learnings from B2B Startups with Y Combinator : Anu Hariharan , Managing Director at Y Combinator, will share key learnings from top B2B startups and how these pivotal lessons help founders build in any sector. If you haven’t already, sign up here for tickets before we sell out.

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Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta Shares His Top 10 Mistakes In 10 Years: Part 2 (Pod 657 + Video)

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So let’s jump into part two of Nick’s ten mistakes and lessons learned over the years. The Lesson: End every relationship in a human-first way. Instead, recognize it’s likely a systemic issue and have a retro-meeting to learn rather than to finger-point. This is true for employees and churn. Put some thought into this.

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Top 10 Mistakes In 10 Years From Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta

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hits, in no particular order: Mistake: Not holding my leaders to the highest standard One of our company values is the Golden Rule—treat people the way you’d want to be treated. But what I learned, after years of procrastinating on tough moves for our leadership team, is that the leaders’ teams suffer greatly through that inaction.