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How to Retain Employees For 10+ Years with Alf Ruppert

FastSpring

And for the past 17 years, Alf has grown the company without any external funding and maintained a strong employee retention rate. And then there was this big ERP dying, which was shot after the first ecommerce new academy scene was going down for 2000 2001. And the problem was, I have no clue in software development.

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Q&A with Maria Pergolino, Anthony Kennada, Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Aaron : Well, also, as someone who went through this, especially like the 2000, 2001 times. If something bad happens, you’re going to have to cut your burn, probably. Maria : Oh, I’ll take the number one thing to improve your culture. And we didn’t know that these companies would last decades, right?

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The Top 5 Questions Every CEO Wrestles With – Lessons From Host Analytics (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Do I have the right team? And also because some people are good at different phases of the company. And just because someone was a right member of the team last year doesn’t mean they’re a right member of the team next year. So second question, do I have the right team? But your team needs to be full.