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Be the Up in a Downturn: Advice From SurveyMonkey’s Tom Hale

OpenView Labs

Those who went through the 2001 and 2008 economic downturns emerged with valuable lessons on navigating a crisis—not to mention a heck of a lot of resilience. So we had to prune back even as we were pivoting the teams and the leadership to chase a new opportunity. Put your best talent and leadership on transformation.

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

OPEXEngine

They define a bold path to leadership, they make difficult portfolio choices, they allocate resources strategically and they build strong capital structures. Since 2008, its revenue has tripled and its stock price has soared 14-fold in response. What they don’t do is get bogged down in process or complexity.

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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. Then mobile devices come along.

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

SaaStr

I was running corporate comms for Orange, the large French mobile operator. Mobile was really booming at that time. in about 2008. Other members of our executive leadership team do and they post that to the company. We had 200,000 employees and were part owned by the government. We were getting into digital TV.

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Subscription Rockstars: How HubSpot Went From Zero to $500+ Million in Annual Revenue

Chargify

2008: 317 customers. 2008: 42 employees. Most notably, $5 million in VC funding from General Catalyst in 2007, $12 million in VC funding from Matrix Partners in 2008 and $16 million in VC funding from Scale Venture Partners in 2009. So, they chose to focus on growing fast and achieving industry leadership in their space.

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

Its focus is on businesses in Big Data, mobile, and SaaS. Talk: SaaS.City Bootcamp: Sales Leadership. Talk: SaaS.City Bootcamp: Sales Leadership. Talk: SaaS.City Bootcamp: Sales Leadership. However, her path changed in 2008 when she took on a new challenge: an MBA in Business and Management. Business Consultancy.

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Why Social Media is ‘Pay to Play’ in 2021 (And How to Get the Best Bang for Your Buck)

Neil Patel

Just look at Facebook’s audience growth since late 2008. Meanwhile, over on LinkedIn, thought leadership drives the best results. Decision-makers are spending more time each year consuming thought leadership content, with most doing so for at least one hour a week. Design Your Posts for Mobile.