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What’s Happening in B2B SaaS in 2024 and Beyond with Zapier CEO Wade Foster and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Zapier has been a fully remote company since its inception in 2011 when remote wasn’t mainstream. They used the competitive advantage of recruiting out of the Midwest, where they knew the markets and the people better. As a manager, you have to do things differently. Remote vs. In-Person: Which is Better?

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

SaaStr

They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. As two CEO who love the art of sales and scaling, this one really was special. And now it’s all about like, can you really scale and execute? Dev Ittycheria : Thank you.

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Meet your first wave speakers for Customer Success Summit 2018

Totango

Nicolle has been architecting, scaling, and leading client-centric organizations for 15+ years, creating effortless experiences that deliver value for clients and profitability for shareholders. Manager, Partner & Customer Experience. Dante is the Manager of Partner & Customer Experience at Google Cloud. Dante Otero.

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The First Generation of the Talent Software Wars

Tom Tunguz

Both companies eventually offered talent acquisition, performance management, and learning tools for human resources teams. Taleo initially focused on recruiting tools and SuccessFactors on performance management. As the chart above shows, both companies scaled revenue rapidly, reaching $100M in revenue 7 years after founding.

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PODCAST 86: Strategic Vs Tactical Approach in Sales Planning with Mary Rogul

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Mary Rogul , a VP Sales Consultant, who’s currently an Enterprise Sales Advisor at Crayon. Fresh out of college, Mary started out in accounting, but it didn’t take long before she began a 20-year sales career that led her through Monster.com, HubSpot, and several others.

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How to Hire A Great VP Sales: The Full Video and Transcript

SaaStr

One of the first what How to Hire a Great VP of Sales at the New York Enterprise Tech Meet-Up (thank you to John Lehr and Work-Bench for setting this up). The Number One Thing You Can Do to Accelerate Your Business Post-Initial Traction is Hiring a Great VP of Sales. I don’t know anything about sales. More power to you.

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Meet your first wave speakers for Customer Success Summit 2018

Totango

Nicolle has been architecting, scaling, and leading client-centric organizations for 15+ years, creating effortless experiences that deliver value for clients and profitability for shareholders. Manager, Partner & Customer Experience. Dante is the Manager of Partner & Customer Experience at Google Cloud. Dante Otero.