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A CEO’s Guide to Hiring Executives—According to Someone Who Has Hired Hundreds

OpenView Labs

For every qualified candidate, there are myriad recruiters trying to snatch them up. But if you consider a regional lead, such as a SVP of North American Sales, says Steve, they may be owning 75% of the company’s revenue target. Recruiters are fighting for a coveted slice of your time. But you’d be wrong, says Steve.

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The $8 trillion opportunity

ProfitWell

Using CB Insights' tech insights platform, the team there, analyzed signals—like patent and investment activity, executive chatter in earnings transcripts, and media mentions—to identify the top 14 tech trends to watch in 2020. And you claim that sales should be hired last when dealing with a product-led growth initiative. Why is that?

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Seed Investing Today: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t with Aileen Lee and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

What Nobody Tells You About Seed Investing with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Cowboy Ventures Founder and Partner Aileen Lee. I think it gives us a perspective that maybe we don’t get in some other places, in addition to many great investments over the years. You have two partners and one or two other investing?

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Starting Up In A Downturn with Cloudflare COO and Co-Founder Michelle Zatelyn (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

And today, of course, we have a recruiting team. We have a great recruiting team and they partner with the hiring managers. But even to this day, hiring managers are responsible for building their teams. And again, we have a much bigger organization today and the recruiters partner with them to build great people in.