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What Order Should You Hire Your Management Team In?

SaaStr

IME, rough order to make hires in: VPM: $0.2m — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) July 21, 2019. He asked which to hire first. If you have a few nickels in the bank, and you somehow find a great VP a half stage or even full stage early, just hire her. Hiring is so hard as it is. Make the hire now.

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SaaStr is Turning 10! How a Blog Turned into A Global SaaS Community for 250,000+

SaaStr

2019 saw SaaStr Annual’s biggest event yet – 12,000 global community members came together to take over the Bay Area and it became the event Where the Cloud Meets. We sold out Europa 2019 and were immediately planning for 15,000+ Founders and CEOs to attend Annual 2020. 2019 The Fifth SaaStr Annual: Where the Cloud Meets .

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SaaStr Podcast for the Week with Automation Anywhere and Algolia — January 17, 2020

SaaStr

How does Yousuf advise CIOs to approach pricing strategy when pitching CIOs? What other elements of the contract should startups really spend a lot of time focusing on? This podcast is an excerpt from Julian’s session at SaaStr Europa 2019. What are the biggest red flags CIOs see when startups are pitching them?

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

Chart Mogul

Early in 2019, I had an epiphany moment. Joel had what he calls “an honest conversation” with Buffer’s CTO Dan. At the end of the day, that’s our revenue and drives a lot of other strategic decisions such as hiring and other spend. Improving our analytics set up allowed us to identify a solid strategy to implement.

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

SaaStr

How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? Where do most startups go wrong both in hiring for partnerships and in the engagements themselves? This podcast is an excerpt from Eric’s session at SaaStr Europa 2019. 298: Startup success is not exclusive to Silicon Valley. Harry Stebbings.

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How 13 SaaS Companies Use Community Marketing to Grow

Natalia Luneva

It has been running since November of 2019 and now has a membership of over 1,500! Of course, our team is involved to an extent, and we have an external part-time moderator for support. We use the community from time to time to promote our services. We have 2592 community members now (and counting) ”.

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The Cold, Hard Truths About SaaS In 2023: Part 1 AMA with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Startups come in all shapes and sizes on various stages of a timeline, yet it’s not surprising how many have the same questions and concerns about how to scale from x to y to z, the right time to hire and fire, and how to keep a team motivated during hard times. Do I have a plan or strategy if I get rid of my VP of Sales?

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