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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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The Playbook to Scaling High-Performance Teams with Gusto COO Lexi Reese (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Lexi Reese, Gusto COO uses her 20+ years of experience to provide advice on building high performing teams using authenticity, empathy and logic. Lexi explains the importance of team trust, driver and passenger mindsets, and much more. So the time that I was at Google was 2007, so pre the 2008 recession. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Jennifer Tejada, Ben Chestnut, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Join PagerDuty’s CEO, Jennifer Tejada, as she discusses the need for agility and innovation and how automation is aiding adaptability and allowing enterprises to surge ahead. Jennifer Tejada: So it’s not all terrible bad news because Winston Churchill told us, “Never waste a good crisis.” Sound easy? Not so much.

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

Sales Hacker

Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. Innovating for People. Wooden on Leadership. Here are the best books on selling (and related disciplines) that can help you hit your goals and develop your career. Selling to Big Companies. B2B Is Really P2P.

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Evernote vs Onenote? Or High Time to Move to New-Age Playbooks?

SmartKarrot

Today’s super dynamic B2B environment mandates everyone in the leadership to be more innovative to get things done! It offers you a detailed account of the strengths, weaknesses, and value propositions of these digital superpowers. Microsoft launched OneNote in 2003, and it became a part of its Microsoft Office suite in 2007.

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Venture capitalist Harry Stebbings on getting into venture

Intercom, Inc.

I love media, I love content, and I love the team here. You probably will be quite bad when you start. ” And I’m like, “No, but you will get better and better and better, and you will look back and realize that you’ve grown and developed, and that is how we are. I get quite bored doing one thing only.

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Busting the Myths About Startup Success with BlackLine’s Founder CEO (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

With 3 full days of sessions, featuring over 300 speakers from the best SaaS companies around the world, SaaStr Annual will be filled with actionable thought leadership to help grow your business. We’re continuing to innovate. My marketing team wanted me to do the world’s most boring video. background music].

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