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Mastering Partner Marketing: What NOT to Do and How to Excel with Drata CMO Sydney Sloan

SaaStr

AWS can’t support 20 partners equally. When partnering with big folks like Drata does with AWS, you have to bring business to them. Drata was one of three companies mentioned on stage by AWS’ Head of Partnerships because they did the most transactions on the marketplace than any other company. That’s a high value for AWS.

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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

Here, we trace some of the biggest trends and stories in technology over the past decade, and try to find a narrative to make sense of it all. There is a great responsibility to ensure it trends towards the former, not the latter. Big tech takes over. Rise of the cloud and SaaS businesses.

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State of the Cloud 2019: Europa Edition with Alex Ferrara, Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Bessemer Venture Partners’ Alex Ferrara takes a look at trends and predictions for the cloud industry in 2019. Retail was mentioned twice, that’s it, and AWS was mentioned 78 times, so it’s probably not surprising that they’re doing this. and, now, Salesforce buying Tableau, so that trend has continued.

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Drop the poker face: Why salespeople need to embrace authenticity

Intercom, Inc.

Products like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the rise of engineering talent globally have reduced the barrier of entry for software startups in recent years. Building a culture of transparency needs to start at the leadership level if you want it to cascade through every part of the organization.

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The SaaS Trust Crisis with Godard Abel (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

My background as a SaaS entrepreneur, and then share the big trends we’re seeing in the world of SaaS, both what we’re seeing over the next few years and then also zeroing in on what has changed in the last few weeks in the middle of this COVID crisis. This was a 30 year mega trend into the future.

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Sales Engagement Book Available for Pre-Order!

Sales Hacker

Of all those huge shifts in how sellers will do their jobs, I think the three biggest trends to watch will be: Relevance overtaking personalization. It’s for all roles in the revenue organization from Demand Gen, to Sales Development, Ops/Enablement, Management, Leadership, Account Executives, and even Customer Success. Mark Kosoglow.

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Jul 27 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Role: Head of Customer Success Location: San Francisco, CA, US Organization: Turn/River Capital As a Head of Customer Success, you will work with the leadership teams at 2 to 3 of the Turn/River portfolio companies to develop and implement retention and growth strategies and build operational best practices.