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How to Hire A Great VP Sales: The Full Video and Transcript

SaaStr

As part of that, we wanted to look back at some of our most iconic content and sessions. One of the first what How to Hire a Great VP of Sales at the New York Enterprise Tech Meet-Up (thank you to John Lehr and Work-Bench for setting this up). I’m doing this thing for the first time. SaaStr is Turning 10!

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The Founder’s Guide to Developer-led Growth with WorkOS (Video)

SaaStr

Developers act, think, and behave differently than your average customer. As an API-first company, WorkOS focuses on selling primarily to developers. Doing Business with Developers. Developers haven’t typically been the buyers in enterprise software, so why should you build for developers?

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SaaStr Podcast #356 with Atrium Co-Founder Pete Kazanjy

SaaStr

When is the right time to hire their first sales reps? What are the most common mistakes founders make when hiring their first reps? What can be done to minimize ramp time of new reps? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin.

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Intercom’s Rich Archbold on how to run less software

Intercom, Inc.

It means reducing choices amongst engineering teams and standardizing technology, so our team can spend as much time as possible delivering value to customers. Rich Archbold , Senior Director of Engineering, has been at the forefront of codifying and scaling this philosophy over the past few years.

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SaaStr Podcast #413 with SafeGraph CEO Auren Hoffman: “How to Build a Unicorn in 8 Simple Steps”

SaaStr

Ep: 413: Join four-time Founder and CEO Auren Hoffman as he breaks down how businesses can become the right model for explosive growth, emulate their strategy, and join the path to Unicorn potential in eight simple, hand-made steps. So hopefully we’ll have a lot of time for questions. This is also true with people you hire.

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The Genius With 1,000 Helpers

OpenView Labs

It’s a great time to be a founder. Let’s qualify that statement: It’s a great time to be a founder of a revenue-generating, venture-funded company. These are optimistic times. A founder, on the other hand, has deep institutional knowledge, and many times only they know what they know.

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Engineering Your Own “Luck”: The 3 Key Rules of Building Globally Distributed Teams with Eventbrite (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

But with it comes immense benefits and competitive advantages such as the diversification of ideas, speedier product development, and representation in important regions and time zones. We got a chance to celebrate our initial public offering on the New York stock exchange back in September, which was a really exciting time for me.