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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Matrix Partners and EZPR — February 21, 2020

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David then joined Matrix from SilverStream Software, which he founded in June 1996. How does one know when is the right time to hire your first sales reps? What have been his lessons on optimizing payback period for sales reps? How should founders think about sales rep compensation? Three of these companies went public.

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The Things Nobody Tells You About An $8B Acquisition with Ryan Smith from Qualtrics (Video + Transcript)

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Join Qualtrics Co-Founder and CEO alongside SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin as Ryan reflects on the survey software maker’s acquisition by SAP this year. And we were about a $50 million sales run rate, but I’d never done a media interview. And the team deck doesn’t say who the CEO is? Ryan Smith: No.