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Forecasting Fintech’s Future and Keeping Culture Alive: A Q&A with the CEOs of BILL and Mercury

Andreessen Horowitz

At a16z’s recent Connect/Fintech event, a16z Partner Alex Immerman sat down for a broad conversation with Immad Akhund , co-founder and CEO of banking startup Mercury , and René Lacerte, founder and CEO of financial services company BILL. I’ve been an entrepreneur since 2006. GenAI comes in to make employees efficient.

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The Playbook to Hiring Your First VP of Sales and Not Screwing it Up…….with Cassidy Ventures Founder Brendon Cassidy (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Brendon introduces his playbook to hiring the first VP of Sales from his experiences as VP of Sales at LinkedIn, EchoSign, Talkdesk and more. Learn the dos and don’ts to make the correct hire the first time and not rush into hiring the wrong VP of Sales, which can cost the company months or even years. Roughly 90%.

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A Decade of Learnings from Y Combinator (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Michael Seibel is CEO and a partner at Y Combinator and co-founder of two startups – Justin.tv He has been a partner at Y Combinator since 2013, advised hundreds of startups, and has been active in promoting diversity efforts among startup founders. If your payment system works, you’re not going to rip it out.

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Understanding the SaaS business model

ProfitWell

And with the field having undergone a couple of “ knockout expansion years ,” with more revenue pouring into SaaS than ever, it has never been a better time for a young SaaS company. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing.

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Top 30 SaaS Companies in India

SmartKarrot

A report from Bain & Company predicted that “Indian SaaS companies will reach $30 billion in revenue by the year 2025”. Found by Manohar Chapalamadugu in 2013, Agile CRM is an Indian SaaS company known for its sales and marketing solutions designed for SMBs. India has seen exponential growth in SaaS investments in the last decade.

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PODCAST 127: Leadership Lessons From 10 Years of Democratizing Youth Sports w/ Brian Litvack

Sales Hacker

Today on the show, we’ve got Brian Litvack, the first person that ever hired me as a sales consultant and my fast friend. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sam Jacobs: Today on the show, we’ve got Brian Litvack, the first person that ever hired me as a sales consultant and my fast friend. We’re on iTunes.