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David Barrett, CEO of Expensify: Good Intentions, Bad Advice: How to Keep Your Board Aligned with Your Vision (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

It’s a brutal, awful slog in the start. I would say, it’s always good to call out just how awful it is to be a founder, to be an entrepreneur, because that is a unique perspective that you bring to the board room that no one else shares. They want to have a big exit for the company. Is that about the…?

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How to Retain Employees For 10+ Years with Alf Ruppert

FastSpring

Yeah, what else have you done over the years that have sort of created that culture. And harder today that we have to compensate for talents. So in today’s world, while so many people are working removed, company culture is often getting lost. Alf Ruppert So we have to calculate, and this is even more true today.

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The Art of Ensuring Customer Success During Mergers and Acquisitions

SmartKarrot

Have a consistent compensation model for customer success teams. Various compensation models can present a related challenge. Every organization has a unique set of cultural norms, values, and preconceptions that guide how employees interact with one another and behave themselves.