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From 2 Weeks of Runway to a $1.5B Valuation: The Founder Playbook with Loom’s CEO & Co-Founder, Joe Thomas (Pod 669 + Video)

SaaStr

In June of 2016, the beginnings of Loom, called OpenVid, became the number one Product Hunt that day, and the following day, they launched more videos than the day before. As you grow, you build a team that adopts that mindset, growing the company culture alongside the business. They had made it.

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What It Takes to Forge Your Own Category with Braze Co-Founder and CEO Bill Magnuson (Pod 601 + Video)

SaaStr

Even after their first five years, when Braze pursued Series-C fundraising in 2016, every single round only netted one term sheet. Navigate market dynamics over time—from employee base to customer investment—instead of making hasty decisions. Braze has witnessed other companies lose focus in trying to claw up the growth curve. “As

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Top 10 Mistakes In 10 Years From Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta

SaaStr

And if you didn’t invest proactively in systems like CPQ early, you create a byzantine mess that’s impossible to scale. Invest in back-office systems early. Mistake: Not investing in Digital Customer Success early The cobbler’s kids often have no shoes. And then at Pulse 2016, I decided to take another leap.

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

Meet Our Speakers… Patrick Arippol, Managing Director of Early Stage Investments, DGF Investimentos. His first career steps were at Seer Technologies and Monitor Company in the 1990s. He is leading DGF Investimentos’ specialized early-stage investment group – DGF Inova. He will be the chairperson at SaaStock LatAm.

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Master the Art of Knowing Who to Call and How to Ask with Tito Bohrt

Sales Hacker

He also shares how company culture impacts productivity and morale, primarily within sales teams. Finally, we asked Tito to talk about how he got into angel investing and his consulting endeavors. Company : AltiSales Noteworthy : Tito is an expert in sales development and all things sales. I started in 2011.

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The Employee Experience Equation: 6 Data-Driven Ways You Can Drive An Exceptional Employee Experience

Valuize Consulting

Investing in Employee Experience results in higher employee retention and increased performance. In fact, companies that prioritized Employee Experience achieved 1.8 Fortunately, investing in your Employee Experience also has a far-reaching impact on your Customer Experience motion. Exceptional EX Drives Exceptional CX.

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Sharing Intercom’s values

Intercom, Inc.

As we’ve grown from a tiny team when I joined in 2016 to the 160 or so folks we have today, there’s still this incredible empathy, kindness, and desire to lift each other up and see each other succeed.”. We invest in building for the long term and we learn from experimenting in the short term.