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Andreessen Horowitz

We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. a16z has long had an investment theory that we should invest behind strengths of a business model and opportunity, not lack of weakness. billion from 2019 to 2020. billion to $20.7

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with B Capital Group and Bessemer Venture Partners — February 7, 2020

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Prior to joining the world of venture, Karen was a Senior Director at Apple and before Apple, Karen spent an incredible 9 years at Box as a founding member of the executive team, where she was responsible for defining and leading Box’s Industry GTM strategy. What is the ability of the company to continue to build an incredible team?

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Wartime SaaS Forecasting: Fighting Uncertainty by Accounting for Unknowns

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With a pandemic underway, software-as-a-service businesses, in normal times the beneficiaries of relatively stable compounding growth, are now facing an existential threat: recurring revenue streams are drying up, at least in part. Was that the last wave of bad news?’ ‘I’m How bad will it get? Arrested attention. Click To Tweet.

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“7 Tips and Tricks to having happy customers at Scale” New Relic EVP, Roger Scott (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Join us at SaaStr Europa 2020. That’s not a bad start. We are the world’s most complete and comprehensive instrumentation platform on the marketplace today, that is cloud-based, that is SaaS-based. We work with mostly modern teams. Want to see more content like this? Roger Scott | EVP @ New Relic.

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There are No Shortcuts: 5 Hard-Won Lessons from Zenefits CEO Jay Fulcher

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In August 2020, Zenefits CEO Jay Fulcher posted on LinkedIn , saying, “Success takes work, study, time, grit, courage, experimentation, resilience, and a belief in yourself that may not always be steady but never goes completely away … there are no shortcuts.”. That’s exactly what got the former Zenefits leadership team into trouble.

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Wartime SaaS Forecasting: Fighting Uncertainty by Accounting for Unknowns

Chart Mogul

With a pandemic underway, software-as-a-service businesses, in normal times the beneficiaries of relatively stable compounding growth, are now facing an existential threat: recurring revenue streams are drying up, at least in part. Was that the last wave of bad news?’ ‘I’m How bad will it get? Arrested attention.

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

Sales Hacker

Here they are… The 97 Best Sales Books in 2020. Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. Wooden on Leadership. Here are the best books on selling (and related disciplines) that can help you hit your goals and develop your career. Top of Mind.

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