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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Domo and Gorgias — April 24, 2020

SaaStr

How does John think about the role of leadership in a crisis such as this? Where does John believe many leadership teams go wrong in times such as this? How can leadership teams ensure that a crisis is not self-fulfilling and how can one prevent that mindset? You’ve got executive people who want thought leadership.

Scale 212
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Top 10 Lessons Learned in Getting to $100M ARR with Adaptive Insights (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

We sold that to IBM in 2003, and it was a fantastic experience. So, at the end of that day, as a leadership team, we gathered and we said, as horrible as today is, there are lessons that we will take from today. The first was if you had a great trend, if you had tailwinds in the business, that really helped. Setting goals.

Scale 140
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Beyond the Downturn: Recession Strategies to Take the Lead

OPEXEngine

These long-term trends will harden the divide between winners and losers, favoring those who act before the downturn. Headed into the global financial crisis a decade ago, a group of almost 3,900 companies worldwide that we ran through Bain’s Sustained Value Creators analysis posted double-digit earnings growth, on average, from 2003 to 2007.

Scale 59