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Dear SaaStr: What Happens if One Founder Wants to Quit When the Startup Has Just Raised VC Funding?

SaaStr

options: Find a replacement “founder” While this isn’t literally possible, by that I meant someone who can operate at a very senior role and carry the founder-level emotional and leadership role. If you have a few million in the bank, your vision is interesting, and you are charismatic — you can figure this out.

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Best Practices for Writing a Sales Leadership Resume

Sales Hacker

If you’re looking to move up the ladder into a sales leadership role, your resume is key to getting your foot in the door. In this article, I’ll share my 3 ground rules of resume-writing, cover the parts of a leadership-level resume, and share a sample resume that will help you take your career to the next level. Leadership skills.

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Should I Sell for $50m … Or Push On And Try to Build a Unicorn? Especially … Today?

SaaStr

Making $2m, $5m, $10m if you have $0 in the bank is so insanely significant. Probably, your bank account is $0 or negative. Acquisitions are way, way down: So saying no is so risky. Generally speaking, there is no sane reason not to take the first, good exit. You have $0 now. And those extra few millions beyond that?

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The Plaid Journey with Co-Founder and CEO Zach Perret (Pod 561 + Video)

SaaStr

Plaid builds the infrastructure that empowers consumers to digitally interact with and manage their bank accounts. In the backend, they’ve integrated with over 11,000 banks and financial institutions. For one thing, they had a hard time winning banks over for integration. Plaid’s Current Relationship With Banks.

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GTM 86: Learnings From 6 Successful SaaS Exits with Katrina Wong

Sales Hacker

20:29) Narrowing down your ideal customer profile (ICP) without breaking the bank. (22:49) 25:49) Unlocking potential: a leadership journey. (27:33) Highlights: (05:54) Unlocking the secrets to successful startups and exits. (08:19) 08:19) Operational excellence: the key to startup success. (13:38)

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The Secrets to Scaling and Growth in Uncertain Times with monday.com Co-Founder and Co-CEO Eran Zinman

SaaStr

Picking Your Core Verticals and Selling Outside of “Tech” 70% of Monday’s customers are non-tech — real estate, banking, construction, and even churches. That’s more cash in the bank than they ever raised from VCs or the public market. And then measure when the cash came back into the bank from those customers.

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Dear SaaStr: If You Just Received a $10m-$15m Funding Round, What Should You Actually Use It For?

SaaStr

With $10m+ in the bank, you can start making those hires now. A great VP of Sales to keep the engine scaling A great VP of Marketing to keep the leads coming in A great VP of Customer Success to make all those hard won customers happy After $5m-$6m in ARR or so, it’s really hard to scale without a strong VP heading most core functions.

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