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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

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Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. ” We didn’t do any annual contracts.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Lucidchart and Wrike — February 28, 2020

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As for Karl, prior to founding the company he spent 6 years at Google in some fascinating roles including Head of Patents, Head of Business Development in China and running Google’s energy investments. Where it makes sense to invest your precious resources when to outsource, and how to save yourself money without cutting corners.

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SaaStr Podcast #364 with Figma Head of Sales Kyle Parrish

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Does Kyle agree that it has to be the founder who develops the sales playbook? I said, fundamentally, the founder has to develop the sales playbook before bringing in reps and you can’t expect them to develop it willy-nilly in their own creativity. * Why is it so hard moving from 0-1 in sales? What is the balance?