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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

I’m referring to the full spectrum of business execution, from product management to design to engineering to marketing to sales to support and all the other functions needed to scale a business. As we were able to benefit from the pace of AWS innovation (and adopt AWS Aurora when it came along) we got 5x throughput at a 30% cost reduction.

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How to Build Happier Employees – Lessons From HubSpot’s CTO Dharmesh Shah and Chief People Officer Katie Burke

SaaStr

” “I hated Katie at that company meeting, it was awful.” It will absolutely go viral, it will be easy for people to refer people who are just like them. Katie Burke : So, one of my favorite interview questions at HubSpot isn’t “What’s your favorite slide out of our Culture Code?”

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Former Moveworks CIO and Lucidchart Co-Founder/CEO — December 13, 2019

SaaStr

Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Yousuf. And what that has resulted in is that you have CIOs and their leadership teams are basically involved in architecting systems across the company and what those basically mean. Harry Stebbings. Yousuf Khan. Harry Stebbings: Totally.

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The Sendgrid Journey: Scaling From Growth Stage to $2B Acquisition in 4 Years (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Well, you guys have probably all read Sameer’s bio and his resume and heard about the SendGrid Twilio journey, but I think the reason why I wanted to do this interview with him is because there’s some things that people don’t know about Sameer, which I think are interesting to note. Anna Khan: Awesome. That was perfect.

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

SaaStr

I remember about three years ago, Marc Benioff gave some interview and he said his biggest regret was not continuing to hire sales professionals through 2009, his number one regret. And I remember being at that Dreamforce in 2009, which was awful. ” I’m like, that sounds awful. You just don’t know when.

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

SaaStr

Why does Liat reject the notion of “hands off leadership?”. Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Liat Bycel or you can jump to the transcript of Jason’s interview with Loren. It’s so important to have a rigorous recruiting process, including checking references and back channels.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Bringing Sales & Leadership with Heart and Ladies Happy Hour to the sales community. I went through a VP of Sales Program with SaaSy Sales Leadership — the moment I realized I didn’t want to be a VP of Sales. She is a Speaker and Hostess for LinkedIn Live. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

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