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GTM 71: Writer CEO Tells All: Securing Enterprise Customers with a PLG Motion | May Habib

Sales Hacker

May Habib started her career in banking at Lehman Brothers in 2007, a very interesting time to be in the frontlines of that world. Writer is an AI writing tool that helps teams write in the same tone and style so that all of the company’s communications are consistent and representative of the brand. May started Writer in 2020.

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Even More of SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Unveiled!

SaaStr

Caput A/S, a communications framework company was Mikkel Svane’s first tenure as a founder in 1996. Mikkel later founded Zendesk in 2007 while living in Copenhagen, Denmark. Zendesk went public under ticker $ZEN on the NYSE in 2014. He served as CEO for the company until 2002 before moving on to Materna.

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How to Renegotiate When Your Deal Seems Lost

Sales Hacker

You’ll also want to leave channels of communication open so you can continue working with them. A walkout of practically all TV and movie writers started in November of 2007. Plan how you’ll approach the customer. You want to leave the door open for any future projects, so make sure you finish on good terms. Real-Life Examples.

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How to Think of R&D Spend

Andreessen Horowitz

Imagine if, in 2007, Netflix decided to follow the 70–20–10 rule. Adding more people—in this case more engineers—requires exponentially more communication and vision alignment, and can also become a drag on productivity. (In In the most extreme cases, a 10% moonshot can suddenly become the company’s core focus and 80% of R&D spend.

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5 Business Books I Wish I’d Read Sooner

OpenView Labs

Have there been other works that have gone deeper into accountability, trust, vulnerability, and communicating with clarity? For that audience, Lencioni has written a how-to manual on building a cohesive team and a self-help book on communicating as one. A year later, in 2007, Steve Jobs made the phone your browser.

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Chargebee vs. Zuora: A Detailed Look

Baremetrics

Users enjoy automatic back-end operations such as invoicing, discount management, payment collections, tax applications, and customer communications, saving them time and effort. Zuora Founded in 2007, Zuora is an enterprise billing and invoicing company that helps businesses launch and manage their subscription-based services.

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What's table stakes in SaaS, anno 2015

The Angel VC

The point that I made was that most of the tactics which smart SaaS entrepreneurs developed around 2007-2009 – inbound marketing, conversion optimization, lifecycle marketing, etc. – While a Tweetstorm is a nice way of gently breaking the 140 character limit, I thought it would make sense to follow-up with a blog post.