FastSpring

MARCH 10, 2023

Our former Director of Content and Community spoke to Alf about managing a happy team, how he’s grown his company without external funding, the history of developing in the Mac ecosystem, and running a consulting and software business. Like the iPhone is 2008. And the problem was, I have no clue in software development.

Consulting 78

Consulting Underperforming Technical Team Interviewing Software 78

SaaStr

JULY 20, 2021

It’s a brutal, awful slog in the start. I would say, it’s always good to call out just how awful it is to be a founder, to be an entrepreneur, because that is a unique perspective that you bring to the board room that no one else shares. They’re a very important part of the team. Is that about the…?

Underperforming Technical Team 245

Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring AWS Business Model 245

SaaStr

JULY 29, 2020

Michelle : During the economic downturn right after the financial crisis in 2008. So we’re really proud of that and our whole team is really proud of that. And I just remember Matthew and Lee and I, and our team of the original eight people who really worked on this idea. And I remember like AWS was growing really quickly.

Sales Hiring 173

Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Scale Sales Recruiting 173

SaaStr

JULY 10, 2020

I have seen my fair share of storms and or crises from the early days of the dot-com boom and bust to 2008, 2009 crisis and then having a front row seat at some of these turnarounds at iconic brands like Evernote, and more recently on the board at Gap, which is undergoing its own transformation. And what’s the best case?

Scale 187

Scale Sales Hiring Pricing Sales Recruiting 187