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Paid Search Management For SaaS Start-ups - An Interview With Soren Ryherd, CEO, Working Planet

Outseta

Before we get into the interview, a bit of background - I have hired Soren’s team at Working Planet multiple times. In 2003 we realized that CMOs were really struggling with the auction-based nature of media buying in Search and we knew that was a math problem we could solve in a way that would tie directly to their business success.

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PODCAST 90: Key Mistakes Companies Make while Building their Skills or Revenues w/ Justin Welsh

Sales Hacker

Creating a culture of winning means investing in employees. Justin helped build the sales team in ZocDoc. He then went on to help build PatientPop to over 60 million in recurring revenue and now he’s consulting to SMB businesses. Top mistakes companies make (hint: it’s hiring). How to manage downwards and upwards.

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What’s New at Automattic and WordPress with Co-founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg

SaaStr

SaaStr was created in 2012 to democratize learning and how to build B2B companies, and WordPress was started in 2003 to democratize publishing. What’s the Business Model Behind Automattic and WordPress? A year later, they created Automattic as a commercial services business around WordPress.