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PR for Startups : Interview with PR Expert Julija Jegorova

Teamgate

I was planning to become a war correspondent, as was my role model and inspiration Anna Politkovskaya , but when the time came and I was invited to join a group of journalists from a very reputable broadcasting team to go to Palestine in 2010, when I was still at university, unfortunately, I had to reconsider my life choices.

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Ultimate Guide to B2B Sales Hiring and Management

OpenView Labs

Those with experience in both B2B and B2C sales know that B2B is a lot tougher—the deals are bigger, there’s often more than one decision-maker, and the competition is intense. What Interviewing 600+ Sales Reps Taught Me About Team Building. What’s your biggest weakness? The last thing you can afford is a bad sales hire.

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Scaling Faster, Part 2: An AMA with SaaStr Founder & CEO Jason Lemkin (Pod 583)

SaaStr

And also on the side, doing a strategy of pure, just changing our ICP and fully picking it and making it super narrow and super focused, and having 25% of the team doing that. And 75% of the team continuing business as usual. No one has an engineering team with the time to build anything. Jason Lemkin: Yep. So, thanks.

Scale 208
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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers.

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The Latest in VC Funding + Scaling SaaS: An AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Pod 581)

SaaStr

So clearly there are areas of our economy that are slow growing and B2C has its challenges. Jason Lemkin: So you have like a great profile irrespective of what your startup’s doing. There’s dealing with your startup that was growing 80% last year and is growing 0% this year, and has 12 months of cash.

Scale 191
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It’s a Rough Time to Be a Startup – Here’s What You Can Do About It

OpenView Labs

That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). This begs the question: how much room is left for emerging startups? The median growth rate of startups with $1-2.5M They aren’t alone.

Scale 70
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It’s a Rough Time to Be a Startup – Here’s What You Can Do About It

OpenView Labs

That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). This begs the question: how much room is left for emerging startups? The median growth rate of startups with $1-2.5M They aren’t alone.

Scale 51