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I Asked 13 Buffer Leaders for Advice on Succeeding in My New Role

Buffer Resources

Given that their guidance is so universal — both for people just stepping into new roles and those at fast-paced companies like Buffer — I thought I’d share their wisdom here. Joel Gascoigne, founder & CEO 📍Started at Buffer in October 2010 as a Founder & CEO 🌎 Location: Colorado, U.S.

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Who is Lenny Rachitsky: Background, Newsletter, Podcast, and More

User Pilot

Renowned for his tenure on Airbnb’s product team, Lenny’s professional journey truly began in 2010 when he served as the CEO of a budding startup named “Localmind.” Before starting his own venture, Lenny worked in the product and engineering teams of companies like Airbnb and Neustar.

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers. Will Larson , CTO of Calm.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

Are marketing becoming the new sales team with their content being used more and more in the sales funnel? But I got an introduction from a former colleague to Salesforce, and that was about a decade ago in 2010. Sam Taylor: On my first leadership role, I was the first enterprise sales rep, a manager of mid-market team.

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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others

User Pilot

of leadership roles. I wanted to learn more about what challenges are deterring women from entering leadership career paths in tech. Sima Banijamali : “I started in tech in 2009, and in 2010 I moved to Sweden from Iran and started studying. Again…Why? Maybe because it’s harder for them. Else : “Yeah absolutely.

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Woven CEO Tim Campos on how to spend your most important asset

Intercom, Inc.

Tim has spent his entire professional career focusing on productivity, from Sybase to TLA-Tencor to Facebook where, over his six-year tenure (2010 – 2016), the amount of revenue per employee doubled to $1.8 Tim: I was hired in 2010, when Facebook was what I like to call a “teenage company”. million apiece.

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SaaStr Podcast #218: Twilio Founder, Jeff Lawson & SendGrid CEO, Sameer Dholakia on Why Developer First Is A Maturation In The Supply Chain Of Software

SaaStr

Prior to founding Twilio, Jeff was the Founder & CTO @ Nine Star Inc and enjoyed a spell at Amazon as a Technical Product Manager. Sameer joined the company in 2010, when Citrix acquired VMLogix, where he served as CEO and doubled revenues during each year of his tenure. How do they distinguish between culture and values?