Buffer Resources
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Given that their guidance is so universal — both for people just stepping into new roles and those at fast-paced companies like Buffer — I thought I’d share their wisdom here. I've always been one to jump on the new thing as soon as I discover it. Social Media is always changing, and platforms come and go.
OpenView Labs
APRIL 12, 2019
It became clear after a month that our young team had a lot of enthusiasm, but lacked senior leadership. Does a new senior member have the right to challenge a historical decision made by a junior developer? We needed a CTO. But we can hire 3 x junior developers for the cost of a CTO!” Let’s talk about the CTO.
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SaaStr
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Are marketing becoming the new sales team with their content being used more and more in the sales funnel? Sam Taylor: On my first leadership role, I was the first enterprise sales rep, a manager of mid-market team. Bret was formerly the CTO at Facebook. And so I was their first sales leadership hire.
SaaStr
JANUARY 10, 2020
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. With more companies launching and thriving outside of Silicon Valley, regions such as ‘Silicon Slopes’ in Utah and ‘Silicon Alley’ in New York City are gaining traction within the startup scene.
SaaStr
JULY 21, 2020
Your investors and others will learn a lot more hearing about sales from your VP of Sales, your CTO co-founder … and not you. But there are 1,000+ new firms since 2016 alone. All-hands meetings, board meetings, whenever. Yes, you are the CEO. But everyone hears from you all the time. Bring Your Investors Together.
Intercom, Inc.
JULY 21, 2022
Adam Risman , a former host of the podcast, asked Rachel what made that point when Rachel joined Slack in 2016 the right time to invest in growth marketing? For Slack, that was clearly the engineering and dev communities, who love new tools. Historically, Slack relied heavily on virality for its growth. And it was very successful.
Intercom, Inc.
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Tim has spent his entire professional career focusing on productivity, from Sybase to TLA-Tencor to Facebook where, over his six-year tenure (2010 – 2016), the amount of revenue per employee doubled to $1.8 At the enterprise level within companies, this is why you’re always going to need technology leadership.
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