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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

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. Matt Oberhardt: So, we have metrics that kind of roll up as a team. We’re coming at it from the lens of being advisors.

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SaaS Office Hours at Redpoint with Bill Macaitis

Tom Tunguz

How do I create the right kind of recruiting process? On November 4, we’ll chat with Kenny van Zant, the creator of high velocity inside sales techniques and flywheel business models. Two weeks later, SaaS Office Hours will host Pete Koomen, founder of Optimizely to talk about product management from the very earliest days.

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My First 16: Creating a Supportive Builder Community with Plaid’s Zach Perret

Andreessen Horowitz

This was in 2012, and we were based in New York City. And in 2012, if you’ll remember, that was when they kicked all the Zuccotti Park protestors outta Zuccotti Park. The 2012 New York startup community was very small, and it was very tight. So we had this little tiny office about a block off of Union Square.

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Lessons From a Second-Time Founder: How Brex Went From 0 – $1B in Under 2 Years (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

And the end of 2012, or beginning of 2013, we actually met, and decided to start one called Pagar.me And can you talk a little bit about touching on the hiring point, because you did say that you focused a lot on talent, and recruiting. ” But it was basically for awareness, and recruiting, and we thought it was a good investment.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Crossbeam and Podium – January 10, 2020

SaaStr

Before that Bob co-founded RJ Metrics, where he built a global base of online retailers leading to their acquisition by Magento Commerce in 2016. What were the core mistakes that he made with RJ Metrics? Does Bob agree with the notion that channel sales have completely died in the world of SaaS? Loving our podcast content?

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The top SaaS companies ruling the East Coast

SaaStock

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+

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Q&A with Maria Pergolino, Anthony Kennada, Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

And so, she can, and Anthony just finished up basically going from the first sales hire at Gainsight at almost 100 million in revenue and has just retired. And at some point between year 2012 and 20 of the bull run, there may not be as good as it is today. You can’t, you have to invest in that sales infrastructure.”