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Master the Art of Knowing Who to Call and How to Ask with Tito Bohrt

Sales Hacker

In the highly competitive B2B tech space, it’s easy to market your offer with so many tools and channels available. But, we can’t help but notice the increased interest in referrals as more and more companies realize that word of mouth is the path to growth. AltiSales takes company culture quite seriously.

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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

Adam: Thank you, it feels a bit surreal still, mainly due to just how quickly the company has gone from seed to series, all in under a 12-month span. Our prior company was founded here in San Diego almost 10 years ago, and it was a very different tech ecosystem back then. Liam: The whole area is a new space.

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SaaStr Classic: Jyoti Bansal of Harness.io and AppDynamics; Dev Ittycheria of MongoDB (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I still remember the very first time I met Dev back in 2011 and I was this engineer turn first-time founder, CEO running the business. The reason I contemplated doing it because I really want to be involved in cutting edge technology and work with smart people. And so those depending on the stage of company, those have varying factors.

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The Toughest Roadblocks When Breaking Through to $15M ARR

SaaStr

I co-founded Talkdesk in 2011. Talkdesk is a cloud call center platform for enterprise companies. Right now the company is more than 300 people based between Lisbon Portugal and Porto as well in San Francisco. This is very technical. And so we exist for five years now. And that was all our day to day.

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SaaStr Podcast #341 with BetterCloud Founder & CEO David Politis

SaaStr

Before founding BetterCloud, David was an early employee of Cloud Sherpas (acquired by Accenture), where he led the company to become the leading cloud services partner to SMB worldwide. If we’re being honest, I think a lot of that is due to just a lot of inertia. “Here’s the review.

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

His first career steps were at Seer Technologies and Monitor Company in the 1990s. Afterward, Patrick founded several businesses in diverse sectors, including tech, healthcare, and finance. After a BA in Technology and an MBA, André Baldini made his first steps into IT, working in companies like Stefanini and Itaú Unibanco.

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Human-Centered Design Network’s Gerry Scullion on inclusive architecture

Intercom, Inc.

I got an opportunity in 2011 working at Cochlear, which provides solutions for the profoundly deaf. Too often, we just designed for that sweet spot, that piece of people who are competent technically and they’re able to do these things. It’s close to what people would call a bionic ear.