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Product Power Breakfast #2: Thomas Interviews Dave

Kellblog

Well, we just finished the first episode (“ Dave interviews Thomas “) of our Enterprise SaaS Product Power Breakfast series and wow, was it crazy. A surprise cameo from Dharmesh Shah , cofounder and CTO of HubSpot (who I think Jason pulled up [1]) — thanks for coming!

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The 9 Worst Sales Mistakes Founders Should Avoid

Point Nine Land

Trying to Figure It All Out Yourself Without a Sherpa-Guide Okay, so you’re a technical or product founder. The best-performing startups led by technical or product founders also have investors or advisors who guide them through the early days (and often later years) of their journey. Which are you?

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SaaS Churn: Myths, Benchmarks, and Strategies to Retain More Revenue

FastSpring

To investigate, Ryan Law, former CMO and cofounder of Cobloom, performed an analysis of six recent churn reports or studies and found that there is no consensus on the average churn rate for SaaS companies. Qualitative Data Gathering: Surveys and Exit Interviews. Check out the interview here. But is this purely anecdotal?

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15 Communities for Creators to Help You Connect, Learn, and Find Brand Partnerships

Buffer Resources

“While the Kitchen offers both, our main value, according to members, is the live and asynchronous coaching and collaboration with the Kitchen’s cofounders and other experienced, creative peers to ensure you produce stronger work.” According to their site, the community is a hybrid that goes beyond community and classes.

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21 Digital Marketing Tools You Need When Starting a Business

Neil Patel

It uses AI to help you find a cofounder, additional member, or advisor based on a certain set of criteria. CoFoundersLab intends on helping to create a large ecosystem of business owners, entrepreneurs, consultants, and advisors so it’s that much easier to find whatever you need at the current stage in your business.

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Career Decisions: What To Look For In a Software Startup

Kellblog

If you’re CXO/VP-level, make sure you spend time with this team during your interviews [1] and make sure you think they are “good people” who you trust and who you’d want to work with for a long time [2]. You might well be doing so. Strong investors. Clean cap table. 9] i.e., hoping the other company screws up. [10]

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Lucidchart and Wrike — February 28, 2020

SaaStr

Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Karl. I started my training on the technical side, thinking I wanted to be a scientist or engineer, in particular, thinking I wanted to do research. What works?