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Building a sales team that can go from $0-$50M (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

So you were the first sales hire. Talk to me about the sales hires that you made back in the early days and talk to me about how it changed through the different stages. So my first sales hire was beginning of 2015. The very first few sales hire are I would say not your typical reps. Laura Bilazarian : Awesome.

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From Freemium to Explosive Growth in a Crowded Market – 8 Years of Learnings with Zoom (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Mallun Yen : So, you were an engineer by training and then you became an engineering leader, as the CTO of Webex, and then you became a CEO. You’ve got to learn about sales, about marketing and, otherwise, you need to hire a lot of other people around you to help. Mallun Yen : So, when did you hire employee 34?

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How QuikNode is Handling Growth in the Blockchain Industry

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Background In 2017 and 2018, many new blockchain projects started offering their tokens for sale. While blockchain technology was spearheaded by Bitcoin starting from 2008, using the technology for other applications became popularized around 2017. Table of Contents. There are so many things that can be evolved,” says Shklovsky.

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My First 16: Welding Yourself to Early Customers with Marqeta’s Jason Gardner

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So we didn’t have product market fit for that. How did you think about, who do I want to target for that product given where we are now. So that’s where we found product market fit and product market fit is not binary, it’s more of like the stars align and you’re just like, Oh my God.

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The Ultimate SaaS Pricing Resources Guide

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Time and time again SaaS companies are promising customers that they will save hundreds of thousands of dollars, but their pricing strategies are only capturing a tiny fraction of that savings. At the enterprise level, discounting SaaS contracts is expected, not optional. Learn how they succeeded the second time around.

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CEOs of Zapier, Walkme and Dialpad: How to Build Your First Management Team (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

As part of the run up to 2021 SaaStr Annual in the SF Bay Area Sep 27-29, we’re taking a look back at some of our top sessions of all times. In 2017, Zapier, Walkme and Dialpad were all beginning to break out. Which role should you hire for first? Get best price tickets here!!! And for good reason. Mallun : Sure.