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How to Think of R&D Spend

Andreessen Horowitz

Most growth-stage CEOs I work with know how to tell if they’re efficiently allocating capital in every part of their budget with one glaring exception: research and development (R&D). G&A), especially in tougher market conditions, is often a matter of assessing office space, worker productivity, legal costs, etc.

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Instacart

Andreessen Horowitz

We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. First, there was a LOT to like about the company: The market size was, and remains, huge. It truly has been a team effort. And by the time we saw the pitch, they already had multiple term sheets.

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Finding the Next Wave of Growth: S-Curves and Product Sequencing

Casey Accidental

The Summit gathered ~40 CPOs and product leaders to chat through topics centered around product development and product-led growth. After product/market fit, most companies’ obsession is not thinking about how to create their next amazing product. When you find product/market fit, problems don’t go away. So subscribe here.

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From AE to CEO: Entrepreneurial Life Lessons with Asad Zaman

Sales Hacker

The importance of listening to the market instead of pursuing growth. Sales development school, marketing school, and more for your entire team. Finally, Outreach — the only engagement and intelligence platform built by revenue innovators for revenue innovators. Product marketing, customer success, etc.

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The New User Journey: Follow Your Users to Understand how to Excel at Go-to-Market

OpenView Labs

This means that the product is doing some of the heavy lifting that used to belong to marketing and sales and giving them new areas of focus. . This also means that the typical go-to-market playbook SaaS experts used to follow (below) isn’t as relevant as it used to be. You need marketing, right? Hard to know.

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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.”

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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. 80/20 Sales and Marketing. 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. Top of Mind.

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