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Andreessen Horowitz

We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. a16z has long had an investment theory that we should invest behind strengths of a business model and opportunity, not lack of weakness. It truly has been a team effort.

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

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Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. Innovating for People. Here are the best books on selling (and related disciplines) that can help you hit your goals and develop your career. Sales Models and Fundamentals. Selling to Big Companies. Top of Mind.

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

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And the team deck doesn’t say who the CEO is? We called ourselves a team of four, actually, who operate and make decisions, and it’s just how we rolled. I mean we targeted the academic market, which is a horrible business model. We had it, we knew we could innovate. Ryan Smith: No. That’s it.