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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

You were the shoulder I would go and cry on anytime I would have some sort of executive-level problem or executive recruiting problem. We’re coming at it from the lens of not being recruiters. And when you’re in the executive recruiting process, feeling is not scientific. Tell me what the priorities are.”

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95% of VPs of Sales Won’t Thrive at Your Startup

SaaStr

So we’ve talked so much over the years on SaaStr on how to hire a great VP of Sales, the difference they’ll make, and how the level-up comes quickly. And VPs of Sales do, too. Don’t hire a VP of Sales that isn’t truly comfortable selling to your buyer persona, especially in B2D and fintech. Be careful.

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Narrative Economics and the Power of Stories

Tom Tunguz

If I start a salacious tweetstorm that our local bank is running out of money, that rumor will circulate quickly. Eventually, the rumor will trigger a bank run. By tomorrow, the bank will face insolvency, even though it was business as usual at the bank this morning. This is the idea behind Narrative Economics.

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GTM 71: Writer CEO Tells All: Securing Enterprise Customers with a PLG Motion | May Habib

Sales Hacker

May Habib started her career in banking at Lehman Brothers in 2007, a very interesting time to be in the frontlines of that world. Tips for recruiting the best possible team members and how patience factors into that. 31:07) A consultative sales process and messaging considerations. (36:56) May started Writer in 2020.

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10 Things That Would Have Helped Me Go From $1m to $10m Faster with Less Stress

SaaStr

I thought it would be worth drilling down deeper into each of them, and sharing the learnings and mistakes: 1/ Spending less time fixing things, more time recruiting senior folks to own them. No one spends enough time recruiting as it is, after $1m ARR or so. Yes, you can manage the sales team yourself. You can do this.

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Narrative Economics and the Power of Stories

Tom Tunguz

If I start a salacious tweetstorm that our local bank is running out of money, that rumor will circulate quickly. Eventually, the rumor will trigger a bank run. By tomorrow, the bank will face insolvency, even though it was business as usual at the bank this morning. This is the idea behind Narrative Economics.

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5 Predictions for 2021

Tom Tunguz

Blockchain technologies become mainstream driven by the adoption of national reserve banks. In response, other national reserve banks introduce Blockchain based currency creation and control systems. Acquirers, emboldened by higher stock prices, brace themselves and outbid each other with premium multiples for high-growth startups.