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10 Learnings From Jeff Lawson (CEO Twilio) + Byron Deeter (Bessemer Ventures): “Adapt, Plan, Deliver”

SaaStr

He joined StubHub as CTO, but didn’t get nearly as much equity as the other CTO — because he “wasn’t committed enough.” Jeff says he’s realized startups are either “product constrained or distribution constrained “ Make your investments accordingly. Not over the next 5 years.”

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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.

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Hear From These Speakers at SaaStr Annual 2020

SaaStr

Well, we did the heavy lifting and highlighted a few here for you… “When to Hire and When to Automate” with Zapier CEO Wade Foster. After building their initial prototype, the team presented at Startup Weekend in Columbia and won. “The Cadence: How to Turn Your SaaS Startup into an Army.”

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Three million downloads and counting: Inside Intercom reaches a podcasting milestone

Intercom, Inc.

Along the way, we’ve interviewed trailblazers, business leaders, makers and doers to share their experience and insights on all things startup strategy, product management, design, marketing, customer experience, and much, much more. We spent most of 2017 building it out. It’s a lot about building those flows.

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The Ultimate SaaS Pricing Resources Guide

OpenView Labs

Patrick Campbell deconstructs and walks through the elements of a pricing strategy that enables startups to more effectively acquire customers. 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.

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How QuikNode is Handling Growth in the Blockchain Industry

Baremetrics

QuikNode is a Miami-based startup powering blockchain applications with lightning fast Ethereum, Bitcoin, Polygon, BSC and xDai nodes. Background In 2017 and 2018, many new blockchain projects started offering their tokens for sale. A simple control panel brings it all together and makes infrastructure management easy.

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How 13 SaaS Companies Use Community Marketing to Grow

Natalia Luneva

Of course, our team is involved to an extent, and we have an external part-time moderator for support. 5 Sebastian Schaeffer, CTO at dofollow.io (B2B PR SaaS) says: “ Our community is primarily on Facebook and Linkedin and it has been live for over a year. What’s the most essential thing for an early-stage startup?