Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

You were the shoulder I would go and cry on anytime I would have some sort of executive-level problem or executive recruiting problem. We’re coming at it from the lens of not being recruiters. And when you’re in the executive recruiting process, feeling is not scientific. Tell me what the priorities are.”

Sales Recruiting 91

Sales Recruiting Technical Advisors Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 91

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2021

Sam : We funded all three of these companies in our Winter 2012 batch. PlanGrid builds beautiful, simple software for the construction industry. I want to come be your VP of sales and, you’re going to meet me for the first time. If they’re saying, “Hey, this thing in recruiting is really messed up.

VP of Engineering 278

VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team 278

SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Founded: 2012. Thanks to them, merchants can make more successful sales and win happy customers. Toast ’s all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform helps power and grow restaurants. Founded: 2012. During 2018 Black Friday/Cyber Monday, sales through Shopify reached a record-breaking $1.5+

SaaS Payments 271

SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 271

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

Does Bob agree with the notion that channel sales have completely died in the world of SaaS? Bob Moore: And I was t nerdy engineer in college, so getting the opportunity to have to pitch, it’s really a sales job at the end of the day. Or hey, we missed our sales numbers last quarter, it’s got to be a management issue.

Sales Hiring 133

Sales Hiring Scale Outsourcing Services CTO Hire 133

SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Founded: 2012. Thanks to them, merchants can make more successful sales and win happy customers. Toast ’s all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform helps power and grow restaurants. Founded: 2012. During 2018 Black Friday/Cyber Monday, sales through Shopify reached a record-breaking $1.5+

SaaS Payments 100

SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 100

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

To give an example, I was talking to one founder before his B2B SaaS company, and he’s like, “Well, I want to hire a VP of sales to prove what our cost of acquisition is and our payback, et cetera, et cetera.” So our stats is … since 2012, median size of the run is almost tripled and the valuation as well.

New CTO 152

New CTO Sales Hiring B2C CTO Hire 152