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How to Build Happier Employees – Lessons From HubSpot’s CTO Dharmesh Shah and Chief People Officer Katie Burke

SaaStr

At SaaStr Annual we had a great session with HubSpot Founder & CTO, Dharmesh Shah, and their Chief People Officer, Katie Burke, on building happier employees. We hire remarkable people, and we give them a lot of freedom for how they’re going to get their work done. Who actually knows stuff and does things?”

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Busting the Myths About Startup Success with BlackLine’s Founder CEO (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I retired from SunGard Treasury Systems as their CTO. We decided at that point to bite the bullet and say everything we’re going to do, whether it’s how we architect the software, how we go to market, how we actually contract everything is SaaS from here on out. Your big money is going to go into hiring your employees.

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How Buffer Reached $20m in ARR by Focussing on Growing ARPA

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Buffer’s suite of tools helps you engage customers on social media. Buffer’s mission is to empower their customers to build their brand and engage their audience on social media. Joel had what he calls “an honest conversation” with Buffer’s CTO Dan. A smaller team allows us to be more productive and move quicker.

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How 13 SaaS Companies Use Community Marketing to Grow

Natalia Luneva

With Off the Ledger, we are creating a valuable resource that both engages and informs our community. ”. Of course, our team is involved to an extent, and we have an external part-time moderator for support. Volume of overall engagement. Overall, it has proven to be a valuable resource for the community members.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Crossbeam and Podium – January 10, 2020

SaaStr

Prior to Crossbeam, Bob founded Stitched, a powerful ETL service built for developers that was acquired by Talend in 2018. Loving our podcast content? * How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? 298: Startup success is not exclusive to Silicon Valley.

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How Buffer Reached $20m in ARR by Focussing on Growing ARPA

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Buffer’s suite of tools helps you engage customers on social media. Buffer’s mission is to empower their customers to build their brand and engage their audience on social media. Joel had what he calls “an honest conversation” with Buffer’s CTO Dan. A smaller team allows us to be more productive and move quicker.

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Why 2019 Is The Year Of Growth Engineering In SaaS

Hull

These roles are filled by engineers that roll up to the CMO/COO (not CTO) as part of a growth team. Ad tech and our B2C peers have been able to precisely profile and engage consumers for years. If you go to any conference discussing outbound sales techniques, (lack of) engagement comes up again and again.