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

SaaStr

So the time that I was at Google was 2007, so pre the 2008 recession. You’re passionate about diversity and you hire an all white male leadership team. So in our executive leadership meeting two days ago, recency matters, specificity matters. We had 5,000 employees and $14 billion in revenue. So how do you do that?

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Disrupting the Desk Phone: How and Why We Made a $50M Acquisition with Dialpad (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

With one startup acquired by Yahoo in 2005, another acquired by Google in 2007 and a background as an M&A lawyer, Craig’s perspective on M&A is insightful for any startup founder looking to acquire another company. You then started another voice company, which was acquired by Google in 2007. I joined actually as a COO.,

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Venture capitalist Harry Stebbings on getting into venture

Intercom, Inc.

Back in July, Harry interviewed Intercom’s Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Des Traynor , on the origins of Intercom, common startup myths, startup strategy, and his approach to angel investing. So why didn’t I interview these people?” So why didn’t I interview these people? Liam: Well, this is it.

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PODCAST 98: The Importance of Product-Led Growth and Focus For A Startup w/ Blake Bartlett

Sales Hacker

He spends most of his time trying to advance the product-led growth movement, both through thought leadership and investing at pioneers like Expensify and Calendly. He’s been a VC since 2007, and prior to OpenView was at Battery Ventures, where he invested in companies like Glassdoor, Wayfair and Optimizely. What You’ll Learn.

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Founder Interview: Gaurav Bhattacharya. Co-founder and CEO, InvolveSoft

Mucker Capital

The first, launched in India in 2007 while they were teenagers, created radiology software that helped fight female foeticide. “My first interaction with her was, ‘I think you’re in the wrong class,” Bhattacharya said, noting the error of his ways. She got really mad.”. But he managed to smooth things over.

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7 B2B Sales Techniques that ACTUALLY Work (Based on 5 Years of Research)

Sales Hacker

Which is why I dedicated 5 years to interviewing top sales professionals and researching 50 books on business, behavior change, and selling. There are so many great books on behavior change, influence, negotiation, leadership, and decision-making. Collins, 2007. Are you looking for B2B sales techniques that actually work?

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

Sales Hacker

Wooden on Leadership. I’ve followed Jill Konrath since 2007, when I subscribed to her “Selling to Big Companies” blog. Then a mentor’s invitation from the other side of the world powerfully transforms everything as Joshua embarks on the journey of discovering leadership secrets of strategic selling. Steal Like an Artist.

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