The Complete Guide to Becoming an Authentic Thought Leader
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NOVEMBER 30, 2023
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After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. Solvers tend to be reactive to what leadership is really worried about. But the work is still there, it still needs to happen.
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The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear. What does a business leader do in this situation? It provides findings and recommendations intended to foster a mutual understanding between business and software leaders, shedding light on the current state of your technology and your team.
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My App Stack: Udi Ledergor, Chief Evangelist at Gong
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I always learn a lot from these — they are in essence a best practices list from each leader. Udi Ledergor is a five-time Marketing leader at B2B start-ups and currently the Chief Evangelist at Gong. As Chief Evangelist, Udi oversees Gong’s market leadership through new product launches and thought leadership.
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How to Use Thought Leadership Marketing With Paid Ads
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Thought leadership marketing is a powerful thing. Now, how do you transition from being a nobody to becoming a reliable thought leader? Let’s learn more about how you can use paid ads to build your personal brand as a thought leader. What Is Thought Leadership Marketing?
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Management coach Lara Hogan on perfecting the leadership craft
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Lara Hogan is an author, public speaker, and coach on management and leadership. Over the years, she worked in jobs such as Engineering Director at Etsy and VP of Engineering at Kickstarter, growing emerging tech leaders, demystifying public speaking , and championing engineering management. And the book was born.
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Ditch Alcohol and Maximize Your Leadership Potential: Advice from James Swanwick
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That quote is from James Swanwick , Founder and CEO of Alcohol-Free Lifestyle , my guest on this episode of the B2B Leadership podcast. 14:27 - Attractively packaged poison - James expands his thoughts on what this means. At the B2B Leaders Academy, you can gain access to monthly leadership training and live coaching.
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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership
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The 7 Biggest Mistakes CMOs Make (And How to Avoid Them) with the CMOs of Databricks, Zoom, and Okta
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So you need context from leadership to what you ultimately need to deliver on in your function to be successful. When you get everyone on the leadership team in a room to come up with the best ideas, those people take ownership of the ideas. He admits, “I thought I was being a really great leader. What do we value?”
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Understanding Leadership Within a Hyper-Growth Company with Jennie MacDougall
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Understanding Leadership Within a Hyper-Growth Company with Jennie MacDougall
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In this episode of the B2B Leadership podcast, best-selling author and leadership coach Nils Vinje speaks with Jennie MacDougall, Director of Engineering at Reprise. 2:57 - First leadership position - Jennie explains her first position as a "wild ride.". Learn more about your own leadership style at: [link].
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My App Stack: Chandar Pattabhiram, CMO at Coupa
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I always learn a lot from these — they are in essence a best practices list from each leader. In 2017, he was named by LinkedIn as one of the top 5 CMOs in the world to follow for thought-leadership in the digital marketing domain. This week we have Chandar Pattabhiram, CMO at Coupa! #1. What’s your core stack of apps today?
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The 5 P’s of Sales Leadership w. VP of Sales at Crunchbase
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Before we get into it, curious to hear your thoughts on last weeks Sales Hacker/GTMnow announcement ?! Ang shares her 5 P’s of Sales Leadership: Professionalism Preparation Process Performance Play More on these below. She previously served as a Sales Leader for Amazon, Knotel, and Stack Overflow. What did you learn?
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How Stack Overflow Harnesses the Power of Flexible Leadership
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Exploring the Potential of Conscious Leadership with G2’s Godard Abel
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Godard had gone to business school, worked as a consultant, and knew a lot about business strategy, but he still felt like he was missing a key part of the leadership puzzle. He found that missing piece within a practice framework called conscious leadership. . What is Conscious Leadership? Starting with Self Awareness.
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In the Spotlight: 100 Outstanding Sales Leaders to Watch
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After reading this article, you can expect to learn about 100 top business, sales, and marketing leaders who are experts in the field of sales leadership. These thought leaders provide valuable insights and inspiration to help you enhance your understanding of sales leadership and gain a broader perspective on the subject.
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My Top 10 Mistakes in 10 Years: Andy Byrne, CEO at Clari
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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. Early on, I tried to apply the same mantra to leaders. Lesson: I need to hold our leaders at Gainsight to the highest possible standard.
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How SaaStr Adapted to the Pandemic with Inside Support
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What’s been crazy, in 12 years of doing this, we’ve been known for our flagship SaaStr annual event, which took place every year in the San Francisco Bay every year area 15,000 people showing up like the biggest and best of big thought leaders. They want to be able to speak about their topic and about leadership. Scary times.
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Nick Mehta, CEO Gainsight: My Top 10 Failures as a SaaS CEO & What I’ve Learned (Video + Podcast)
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Failure #1: Not Holding Leaders To The Highest Standard As a founder, CEO, or leader, you need to hold other people to the standards you hold for yourself. In leadership, there’s a great expression that “to those who much is given, much is expected.” The Takeaway: Hold your leaders to the highest standard possible.
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Conversational support is business critical – insights from Forrester research
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Nearly 7 in 10 support leaders believe that the strongest customer relationships are built through personalized support experiences. Only 43% of support leaders believe they can deliver personalized support experiences with their current tech stack. Get your copy of the thought leadership paper. Ready to get started?
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7 Things to Do When You’re Struggling
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Having struggled a lot myself in the early days several times … just a few thoughts to summarize my learnings: 1. And if you can, just go hire 1 great leader, one great VP or even 1 incredible individual contributor. And if you can, just go hire 1 great leader, one great VP or even 1 incredible individual contributor.
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What’s Going on in Venture Capital in 2023? A Conversation with SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin and 20VC Host Harry Stebbings (Pod 631+Video)
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Practical Thoughts on Branding for Software Startups
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In this post, I’ll use a six-point branding framework and share my thoughts on how each element applies (or doesn’t) to startups. Let’s share some quick thoughts on each. We took the last-generation leader and made it better (e.g., Thought leadership — are we seen as a thought leader?
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Committing To Transformational Leadership In Customer Success: An Interview With Peter Armaly, Oracle’s Sr. Director of Customer Success Enablement
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Developing A Transformational Leadership Approach. A major factor that will guide and drive the path forward is to champion transformational leadership. A major factor that will guide and drive the path forward is to champion transformational leadership. Can you tell us more about your efforts and focus in this area?
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So, who are these two SaaS leaders, and what experience do they draw from that helps inform their thoughts on capital, the market, and entrepreneurship? . Kazanjy stresses that SaaS leaders did what was expected of them, to spend capital and fuel growth instead of sitting on money. Thoughts For Founders Seeking Funding in 2023.
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What Exactly Do You Mean by Anal? Thoughts on Leadership and Self-Awareness
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I remember one time having an argument that went like this: Dave: I don’t think you’ve thought through the details on this one. There’s no underpinnings, there’s no rigor in the thought process. In fact, I thought I was supremely flexible because I was capable of moving. Dave: No, there’s not.
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Talk Clearly, Proclaim Leadership, and Grow Fast: Advice for Standing Out in a Crowded Market
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APRIL 22, 2021
Listen to the episode below, or scroll down to read the three key insights she shared about her success as a go-to-market (GTM) leader in the data security space. As one of Andrea’s mentors at Cyral says, “The key to success at a startup is talk clearly, proclaim leadership, and grow fast.” Challenge #1: Carving out your space.
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CRO Confidential: Sales Recruitment in 2023 For Candidates and Hiring Managers With Founders Fund Partner Sam Blond and Flexport Fund’s Ben Braverman (Pod 629 + Video)
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Great Companies Attract Great Talent Blond and Braverman have enjoyed successful careers as sales leaders in high-performing companies. Your network can be thought of in three categories: Investors: Your investors should be helping your business bring on talent for critical roles, particularly in sales. “If Use your best judgment.
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Reduce Your Employee Burn Rate to Improve Your Startup’s Burn Rate: 5 Tips for Talent Retention with Secureframe COO Seema Kumar
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In a special presentation, Secureframe COO Seema Kumar shares common leadership challenges in today’s modern workforce, best practices, and tips for talent retention. Startup Leadership Challenges. But the modern workplace presents a few key leadership challenges that must be overcome to boost employee retention.
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Is Being a Top Sales Rep … Better Than Being a VP of Sales?
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JANUARY 19, 2023
So the other day Colin Cadmus, who was VP of Sales at Aircall, summarized a career question I’ve thought about many times over the past 10+ years. You can build and spawn the careers of many leaders. You get to be part of the leadership team, work directly with the founders and investors, and so much more.
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Does Your VP of Sales Need to be An Expert In Your Product?
SaaStr
MARCH 25, 2023
Many of the comments said it was more important a VP of Sales understand process and leadership more than the product itself. I get that in bigger companies it’s more about process, there is more support, and you often see sales and sales leadership not really be product experts. Not just with buzzwords.
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4 Common Myths That Every Leader Should Challenge with Don Schmincke
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APRIL 26, 2023
On this episode, best-selling author and leadership coach Nils Vinje speaks with Don Schmincke , Strategic Growth Advisor, Author and Keynote Speaker at Schmincke Research Alliance. What started with a story about being shot off an aircraft carrier evolved into a discussion about the 4 common myths that every leader should challenge.
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How to Truly Stand Out in Any Job Interview, from SDR to COO
SaaStr
OCTOBER 3, 2023
And it’s not just me: “I was hiring a head of partnerships in my last role and Eric Melchor was the only candidate who showed up not only with a robust understanding of our leaders, and our team but also had an entire slide deck of how he planned to run different partner motions. Usually works pretty well.”
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Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta Shares His Top 10 Mistakes In 10 Years: Part 2 (Pod 657 + Video)
SaaStr
MAY 5, 2023
Put some thought into this. Mistake 10: Not Being Yourself A lot of leadership success is figuring out who you are and leaning into whatever you’re good at. So take the information that resonates, and then see how it fits with who you are as a leader. Create nice offboarding materials. No, you don’t.
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7 Drivers in Building to a $7 Billion Company with 1Password CEO Jeff Shiner and 1Password Advisor Carilu Dietrich (Pod 556 + Video)
SaaStr
MAY 19, 2022
Jeff Shiner, CEO of 1Password, is the leader in passwords and secret management. slow down the pace of your company’s growth, the growth will be more thoughtful and sustainable. Organize AMA sessions with the leadership. It’s the people working together who make a company, not just the leadership.”.
Top 25 SaaStr Podcasts of All Time – Part 1 (#25-#13)
SaaStr
DECEMBER 2, 2021
With 500+ episodes and almost 5 years behind us, we thought this would be a fun time to share the Top 25 episodes of all time. A lot has changed since 2016, but SaaStr is still bringing you the best advice from industry leaders, and we don’t plan on stopping. Today, we’ll dive into 25-13.
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