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In the Vault: Placing Multiple Bets on a ‘Mosaic of Solutions’ With Former Global Payments CEO Jeff Sloan

Andreessen Horowitz

ABOUT IN THE VAULT “In the Vault” is a new audio podcast series by the a16z Fintech team, where we sit down with the most influential figures in financial services to explore key trends impacting the industry and the pressing innovations that will shape our future. Follow this show on our podcast feed so you don't miss an episode.

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

Sales Hacker

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. Invest in your development internally and externally. Hang Black.

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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

Turns out a founding team of six MBAs creating a full suite of products sold solely to SMBs can become a multi-million dollar public company in nine years – and continue growing rapidly ($77.6 million in 2013 to $115.9 This is the revenue growth for HubSpot leading up to the IPO. Double the revenue. We did that.

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10 Years In Tech

Outseta

What I’m hoping this post provides is an objective look at the world of technology start-ups—the good, the bad, and the ugly. Before I lived it, I thought of the tech world as being very business oriented—a place owned by analytical types and developers writing rigid blocks of code that looked like gibberish to me.

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PODCAST 135: Pushing Through the Zone of Discomfort Towards Personal Growth with AJ Bruno

Sales Hacker

If RFPs are slowing down your sales team, you need to check out Loopio. Have you applied to Revenue Collective yet? Prior to that, he led sales teams all over the country, and we’re incredibly excited to have on the show. And every week we’re onboarding three to four to five teams. AJ, welcome to the show.

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

OpenView Labs

Salesforce, which turned 20 in March, surpassed $13 billion in annual revenue this year. 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 is now ubiquitous. They aren’t alone.

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

OpenView Labs

Salesforce, which turned 20 in March, surpassed $13 billion in annual revenue this year. 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 is now ubiquitous. They aren’t alone.

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