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Mental Models to Help You Grow

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

The list below shows the different categories of mental model in this post: Planning Prioritisation Problem-Solving Innovation Getting Work Done Growth Economics Psychology Learning Planning 1. Customer > Team > Individual During my time at HubSpot, the leadership team shared this mental model to help with decision-making.

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Is Strategy Dead in Tech? The Winners Don’t Think So

OPEXEngine

Growth is what moves the valuation needle and growth depends on innovation, speed and agility, not annual planning processes. They define a bold path to leadership, they make difficult portfolio choices, they allocate resources strategically and they build strong capital structures. Success in tech means defining the future right now.

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From Slooooow Growth to Hypergrowth with Collibra and Insight Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

How does a startup that launched during the financial crisis in 2008 become a unicorn company in 2019? So we started in 2008 June, 2008 I think and in three days we would celebrate our 11th birthday. It’s interesting to see how much has changed over the last 10 years, but in 2008 it was a very different time I think.

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PODCAST 179: Cultural Insight on Operating a Regional Office with Paula Shannon

Sales Hacker

Join us for an engaging conversation about language, sales, career success, and embracing cultural differences in leadership. With over 35 years of sales and leadership experience, she’s an accomplished linguist and knows a lot about how companies should expand regionally to maximize growth. powered by Sounder. What You’ll Learn.

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SaaSOps Stories With Lauren Tibbs, Global IT Director at KeepTruckin

BetterCloud

When the economy collapsed in 2008, I was unemployed for about 11 months, which was pretty brutal, but I took the time to start learning IT from some friends. I decided I needed to fill the leadership void on my own. So my leadership style is to focus on what my staff wants. KeepTruckin is a pretty innovative company.

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International Women’s Day 2021: Choose to Challenge

InsightSquared

I transitioned from education to software in 2008, and I have held roles in everything from project management to sales. I pursued a leadership path that eventually led to a consulting role, where I built my client management and data analysis skills. Amy Noack – Field Enablement Director.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with PagerDuty and Gusto — April 17, 2020

SaaStr

But as time went on, I could really see the level of innovation that was coming out of Silicon Valley, in particular, but SaaS companies more broadly, so managed to find my way to the West Coast of the U.S. in about 2008. Other members of our executive leadership team do and they post that to the company.

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