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How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Achieved an $11.5B Run Rate by Working Backwards

Hitenism

In 2006, after Amazon Web Services (AWS) helped pioneer what we now call the cloud, product development changed forever. Today, one-third of daily internet users visit websites built on top of AWS. AWS is now an $11.5B Today this mentality is hardwired into the company. Focus on the Things that Don’t Change.

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Hello Sydney – a giant leap for Intercom’s remote APAC team

Intercom, Inc.

When new hires joined the APAC Alliance, they would fly to our San Francisco or Dublin offices for two weeks of onboarding, as it’s an awesome way to get immersed in our company culture, meeting Intercom leadership and new colleagues while experiencing our values first hand. You’re free to rock your pyjamas all day long if you please.

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The Pros and Cons of the Backdoor Search

Kellblog

Think: I have this great opportunity with a high-growth data workbench company — but I can’t tell you who it is. They erode trust in the company culture. I’ve run sales for 18 months across two startups in this mode and I learned a ton.). Call me when you can.). Run with an interim.

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

SaaStr

And so, she can, and Anthony just finished up basically going from the first sales hire at Gainsight at almost 100 million in revenue and has just retired. Maria : It’s like saying, “Hey, you want a sales rep to carry 10 times the quota they do today. You can’t, you have to invest in that sales infrastructure.”

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How to Retain Employees For 10+ Years with Alf Ruppert

FastSpring

And then at project management and at opportunities for making estimates and doing sales stuff and all this is linked up together and you only need one solution which Jaya, it has changed, I think, as a special specialist in that area would say, this was my maybe attracted me because it was the idea of the 90s. And Daylite does exactly that.

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Scaling to $5B with Cockroach Labs’ CEO Spencer Kimball’s Formula for Sustained Growth and Resilience

SaaStr

How Much Does Culture Matter, And How Do You Build One That Pays Dividends? We hear this everywhere — culture is everything. Company culture is a difficult thing to get right because it’s intangible, yet you have to establish it early. What does company culture do for a company?

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To Manage a Call Center Efficiently see what Employees Really Think

Upscope

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. I don't have a thick skin, which probably made it about 15 times worse, but I still can't think about it without having awful flashbacks. What can we learn from this?