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Q&A with Maria Pergolino, Anthony Kennada, Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

There’s none of the brands that you’ve seen get to an IPO or continue on to a Fortune 500 company that is not making some significant investments there. And I remember being at that Dreamforce in 2009, which was awful. If something bad happens, you’re going to have to cut your burn, probably. Aaron : No.

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To Manage a Call Center Efficiently see what Employees Really Think

Upscope

A couple of them our team did. Working as a apple tech was awful but for the rude customers I would put on hold while I went outside to chat with co workers or grab something from the vending machine. Managing primarily by metrics would be a sad way to build a company and work with other people. What can we learn from this?

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The Top 5 Questions Every CEO Wrestles With – Lessons From Host Analytics (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Do I have the right team? And also because some people are good at different phases of the company. And just because someone was a right member of the team last year doesn’t mean they’re a right member of the team next year. So second question, do I have the right team? But your team needs to be full.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Tidelift and Cloudflare

SaaStr

Why does Bridget believe the best starting point for customer success is “company culture and value”? How does company culture impact the quality of customer success? Where do most teams go wrong in implementing the role out of their CS strategy? In practice, what can one do to improve it? Who has done this well?

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The Art of Ensuring Customer Success During Mergers and Acquisitions

SmartKarrot

It is crucial to start by getting to know your new customer success team. Before taking action to prevent departures, you must meet with each team member and quickly assess the likelihood that they would leave and the potential harm that would result if they do. Have a consistent compensation model for customer success teams.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Justin Bedecarre, Jen Nguyen, Jason Lemkin, and Aaron Levie

SaaStr

And so, when thinking about yesterday’s workplace, which is really important to touch on before we get into the future workplace, you have built workplaces for some of the most iconic brands in the world; Pinterest, Zynga, Tesla, what has been your experience? What have you learned from building yesterday’s workplace?

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Airtable and Shopify Plus — October 25, 2019

SaaStr

Before Assist, Liat spent 6 years at Twitter where she first hand saw their hyper-growth, managing a team of 40 across New York and SF and also Liat achieved 102% to quota on average every year. How does it impact messaging and brand? As for Liat, prior to Airtable, she was the Chief Revenue Officer @ Assist. Product roadmap?