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5 Business Books I Wish I’d Read Sooner

OpenView Labs

However, it’s hard to argue that something is genuinely new in human endeavors like leadership, politics, and business. While it may be on-trend to make a list of 10 or seven, this list is limited to five. The Long Tail by Chris Anderson (Published 2006). This is everyone in a leadership position.

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8 Tough Lessons from Closing 12,000 Customers at WebPT (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

The WebPT store starts in 2006. We started building in 2006. It included this thought leadership, hey we need to put this out there because in general, physical therapists are not recognized for their expertise in the greater health care industry landscape. That’s exactly what we did. We launched the company in 2008.

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The Midas List Live (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

So we’re constantly looking at interesting new trends. So when are trying to partner invest in pin Duo Duo and tells us this interesting trend and we should watch out for it. I think we are literally part of one of the big trends that I’m seeing right now, which is virtual conferences. Alex Konrad: Awesome.

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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. John Deere, the farm and industrial equipment manufacturer, managed working capital more actively from 2006 on, to increase free cash flow and build resilience against demand volatility.

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HubSpot’s Michael Redbord on staying in touch with your customers as you scale

Intercom, Inc.

In a company’s early days as a lean, mean, business machine, it’s fairly easy for leadership to stay in sync with their users. We coined the term way back in 2006 when we founded the company, and a lot of our story, historically speaking, has been around marketing. You might say it’s one of the strongest advantages a startup has.

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5 Key Steps to Evolving Your Offering Into a Platform with Eventbrite and Stripe (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

We started in 2006, so it shows you that you can go a long way without having a great developer experience, except that expectations have changed a lot. When you build on Stripe, that integration will work over time, but what’s interesting is the trends of payments.

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