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Key Lessons from a $5B SaaS Category Leader (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

To me, companies will always be trying to innovate around how do they serve their customers better and their employees better in order to build their businesses and drive more revenue. And those of us and those of you who are involved in these companies, even the successful ones look an awful lot more like this.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Bringing Sales & Leadership with Heart and Ladies Happy Hour to the sales community. I went through a VP of Sales Program with SaaSy Sales Leadership — the moment I realized I didn’t want to be a VP of Sales. She is a Speaker and Hostess for LinkedIn Live. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

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The Answers to Scaling, Hiring, and Everything Else: A SaaStr Europa AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Pod 585 + Video)

SaaStr

I’m going to get the numbers wrong, I think Amazon has 10,000 open positions out in AWS. Even compared to where Pipedrive was in 2013, it did less. Shall we innovate more in marketing or in products, kind of unique features? There’s always room for innovators, even if they’re niche solutions.

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10 Years In Tech

Outseta

I’ve been working remotely since 2013, when I walked into the office of the best boss I’ve ever had and asked for permission to work remotely. The ultimate irony here is that while this hurry can breed innovation, more often than not it’s actually hurtful to entrepreneurs and their chances of becoming successful.

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It’s a Rough Time to Be a Startup – Here’s What You Can Do About It

OpenView Labs

That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). SaaS companies now report 9 competitors on average , up from just 2 back in 2013. It takes sustained resources, focus and executive leadership in order to master it.

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It’s a Rough Time to Be a Startup – Here’s What You Can Do About It

OpenView Labs

That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). SaaS companies now report 9 competitors on average , up from just 2 back in 2013. It takes sustained resources, focus and executive leadership in order to master it.

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It’s a Rough Time to Be a Startup – Here’s What You Can Do About It

OpenView Labs

That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). SaaS companies now report 9 competitors on average , up from just 2 back in 2013. It takes sustained resources, focus and executive leadership in order to master it.

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