SaaStr

JANUARY 16, 2023

A team that shares your vision is the one that contributes to 90% of your success.” – Michael Ermolenko. Over 80 new startups emerge daily, and a team who can add perspective to a cloud of ideas, and be proficient at planning, organizing, directing, and taking countermeasures for any mistakes stands out.

Scale 203

Scale CTO Hire Cloud Scaling 203

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Investors look for specific metrics to see whether you stand out from the crowd, ranging from your market expansion potential to your product vision and product-market fit. This can come in a variety of forms: Product expansion: Where you might add on new features or product adjacencies. Tapping into your market expansion potential.

Scale 187

Scale Retention Metrics Product Marketing 187

SaaStr

AUGUST 24, 2022

Build relationships with executives of companies you believe in, and be ready to add your unique value as CEO. Set a vision for your product, be transparent about that vision, and bring customers onboard. Have the right expectations as CEO. Be prepared to prioritize ruthlessly—you’ll always need more time than you think.

Revenue 218

Revenue Software Review Leadership Branding 218

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The whole thing falls apart if you have a vision as a founder or functional leader and the people underneath you don’t believe the same things. Self-service makes it so the people you hire will be much more of a value add. Stick to your values and vision and, in the words of Lin-Manual Miranda in Hamilton, “wait for it.”

Scale 243

Scale Sales Hiring SaaS Scaling 243

User Pilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

Without validating features, it’s easy to create products that aren’t aligned with their vision or are difficult to differentiate. The technique helps you ensure alignment between product vision , mission, goals, and initiatives. At the top, you have the aspirational Vision , which feeds into the believable Mission.

Management 98

Management Underperforming Technical Team Interviewing Scale 98

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Let me add one key insight to “Full Partnership” / Monday style pitches. Half of what they are looking for is confidence in the CEO and her/his vision. Q: What actually happens in a VC pitch meeting to all the partners? The ones where everyone is there. Usually, these are yours to screw up. Before you walk in the door.

Business 227

Business Leadership 227

Buffer Resources

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Outside of the company wins she’s starting to see just a year in, Allison believes the skills, knowledge, and relationships she’s gained along the way will add value to her life in so many ways. Read on to learn more about what Allison has spent—and what she’s gained—in getting her business off the ground.

Sales Hiring 115

Sales Hiring Business Scale Consulting 115

User Pilot

JANUARY 14, 2023

To build successful products, make sure to align the product strategy with the product vision. A Successful product has an aligned product vision and strategy. A product vision is necessary to build successful products because it defines what success is, for a particular product. How can you know what problems to solve?

Management 98

Management SaaS Metrics Retention 98

User Pilot

APRIL 6, 2023

To avoid falling into the trap, set clear and realistic objectives that are aligned with the product vision. And while you’re dealing with all that, you may be missing out on opportunities to add true value to your product. Follow product vision. And don’t forget about higher ongoing maintenance costs.

Underperforming Technical Team 105

Underperforming Technical Team Management Interviewing Scale 105

Buffer Resources

MAY 18, 2023

Spoiler: it’s the invaluable team members at Craft Your Content , her editorial agency, who help bring her vision to life. “I've been doing this since around 2008, starting in the world of personal essays and personal blogging when it was more prevalent on the Internet.”

Social Media 99

Social Media Interviewing Payment Features Engagement 99

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As your company grows, there is a requirement to add a sales team with a GTM vision. A cross-functional team is aligned with the north star metric to achieve the global maxima and not waste resources and time. Four mistakes companies make when adding GTM to PLG. Founders are worried about ruining the PLG model with a GTM motion.

Technical Review 248

Technical Review Technical Advisors Scale Compensation 248

SaaStr

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Connecting that to the CRM for the sales team for one unifying customer and contact database was the vision and something that could move the needle. … A classic related post on how the CEOs of Twilio and Veeva made similar decisions here: When Should You Add a Second Product? Educating your channel and partners? A lot harder.

New CTO 245

New CTO CTO Scale B2C 245

User Pilot

MAY 21, 2023

Before developing a new feature, make sure it’s in line with your product vision. For feature or product announcements, use multiple channels, like in-app messaging , emails, social media, or blogs. Start by weeding out those that aren’t aligned with your product vision. Segmentation in Userpilot.

Underperforming Technical Team 97

Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Social Media Onboarding 97

SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

He emphasizes, “Really make sure that there’s a value add for this equity that you’re giving away next to the cash.” . Alfonso Rico agrees, saying that success can be found with or without an investor. 2 When to Raise a Seed Round?

Sales Funnel 198

Sales Funnel B2B Interviewing Investment 198

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Probably the most rewarding part of a startup is really being part of a team that is united in bringing a vision to market and scaling it. Most firms will add the fewest new partners necessary to raise the next fund. And you usually need a proven track record to do so, which takes years of promising investments.

Venture Capital 327

Venture Capital Investment Acquisition Strategy 327

How To Buy Saas

MARCH 27, 2024

This combination ensures your pixel-perfect vision translates seamlessly into a lightning-fast and visually stunning online experience. Always test how your website appears on different devices and consider using browser-based extensions to simulate how your color scheme might look to those with color vision deficiencies.

Software Review 40

Software Review Technical Review User Experience Mobile 40

User Pilot

JULY 31, 2023

Roadmaps are a new Pendo feature for communicating and sharing product vision. Roadmaps for seamless product planning Pendo Roadmaps are included in Pendo Feedback and allow you to visualize and share your product vision and strategy. Overall, Pendo turns out to be quite pricey once you take into account the add-ons and usage limits.

Underperforming Technical Team 97

Underperforming Technical Team AI Scale Onboarding 97

Panintelligence

APRIL 3, 2024

But this hype often prioritizes speed over substance, leading to solutions that don't actually add value. In a recent webinar with industry experts, we uncovered four key steps to successfully leveraging AI—which we'll dive into in this blog post. Fueled by the need to stay competitive, there seems to be a rush to implement AI.

AI 59

AI CTO Coach Scale Cybersecurity 59

SaaStr

MAY 23, 2019

And if you work for a CEO, whether you’re on the e-staff or really any position in a startup, I’m hoping that by understand how the CEO thinks and how the CEO looks at certain issues that you’ll be better able to add value and it will help your career. My contact information is on the blog, Kellblog.com.

Sales Hiring 120

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Scale Startup 120

SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2024

So, you have to build rev ops, add some enablement resources, deals desk, and legal – in addition to everything else. From a process standpoint, you have to be ready to invest in Enterprise sales and build infrastructure to make sure sales can be successful.

Scale 231

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Revenue 231

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

So it would be like, “Hey, we’re going to add tagging this week. What was your perspective on roadmapping coming in and what did you see that you needed to add? That’s the dream, that’s the vision. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. And we would literally allocate stuff to do in each of those periods.

VP of Engineering 165

VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Engineering 165

Buffer Resources

JANUARY 11, 2024

After all, it can spit out an entire blog post in mere moments. I’m using AI to coach me through setting our company vision A few months ago, I was feeling really stuck with the business: Not motivated or fulfilled with the work we were doing. As a writer, the fear of tools like ChatGPT is entirely understandable.

AI 96

AI ChatGPT Business Artificial Intelligence 96

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

So it would be like, “Hey, we’re going to add tagging this week. What was your perspective on roadmapping coming in and what did you see that you needed to add? That’s the dream, that’s the vision. That’s the dream, that’s the vision. And we would literally allocate stuff to do in each of those periods.

VP of Engineering 165

VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Engineering 165

SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A true CMO also executes the CEO’s vision. They want to execute their own vision for how to scale. Much more often, by $10m ARR or so, most CEOs have a strong vision of what they think works in marketing. Explaining the vision. A true CMO doesn’t just own marketing. Especially stretch CMOs.

Scale 67

Scale Sales Hiring Growth Hacking SMB 67

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 17, 2021

If you feel like you’ve tried everything from guest blogging to customer referrals, it might be time to take a second look at Facebook. Add a CTA Button to Your Facebook Business Page. Facebook knows the power of a good call-to-action (CTA) , which is why you can now add CTAs to your Facebook business page. With roughly 2.89

Business 139

Business Artificial Intelligence Social Media AI 139

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

TL;DR Feedback loops consist of actions that involve collecting feedback and acting on it to solve customer pain points and add value to the product. Before you act on user feedback, make sure the changes are in line with your product vision. First, make sure the problem you’re trying to solve is aligned with your product vision.

Interviewing 98

Interviewing Scale Social Media Communication 98

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

It helps product managers communicate the steps they are looking to take to reach the product vision and fulfill their strategy while remaining flexible in case there are any bumps on the road. The important part to remember is that the product you build must embrace a true vision and offer value.

Systems Review 98

Systems Review Communication Development Management 98

Subscription Flow

MARCH 1, 2024

When talking about ClickFunnels payment gateways – when a reliable payment gateway is integrated with ClickFunnels – this vision comes to pass. Then, add content to your pages and incorporate multimedia (text, images, and videos) to make them more unique.

Payment Services 81

Payment Services Payments Payment Methods Merchant Services 81

User Pilot

JUNE 20, 2023

How is it aligned with your organization’s vision , strategy, and business model? You can also get ideas about the direction of the market from industry blogs, reports, and publications. To carry out the test, you simply add the feature to your menu or dashboard , as if it was already available. Who is the target audience?

Underperforming Technical Team 98

Underperforming Technical Team Social Media Scale Interviewing 98

Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Add your skills, endorsements, and recommendations It’s time to buff up that skills section. When completed, LinkedIn adds a badge to your profile page, signaling to recruiters and hiring managers that you’re proficient in these skills. Share valuable content on LinkedIn, such as blog posts, articles, and videos.

Sales Recruiting 133

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Social Media 133

SaaStr

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Feeds the product vision and roadmap. When you go to make that hire, you can always Google what the job looks like online, but there are a couple of things to add. Bake Flexibility into the $2M-$6M Stage of Growth Customer success benefits customers, but it also supports the entire GTM. This team: Confirms PMF.

Scale 173

Scale Sales Hiring Customer Success Scaling 173

Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

” Also add: - can travel all over the world while working - have more time with family - no commute - set the thermostat to whatever you want in your home Remote work really is the worst, huh? Brainstorm and work on new ideas Everyday, I take some time to look at the content calendar and add a few new ideas for social media content.

Social Media 115

Social Media Branding Engagement Benchmarks 115

Buffer Resources

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

  I’ve spent a lot of time talking to our CEO, Joel Gascoigne , about our vision for customer support and what it looks like to go above and beyond for our customers.   In this blog post, I’ll share more about how we add hospitality to our own customer support approach at Buffer. 

Customer Support 92

Customer Support Software Review Software Social Media 92

OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

So much of culture is what you don’t do,” adds Alison. Katie describes a memo about HubSpot’s 2020 vision. Remind your team of your Vision, Mission, and Culture. This blog was originally authored by Underscore VC. “I have two active boys that keep me very busy, and I know what it is to juggle a business and a life.

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Company Culture Leadership Innovation 69

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Add a picture of your team member to humanize it! Are your product vision and your value proposition being communicated effectively to your customers? Of course, you should proceed with caution and implement only the requests that are in line with your company’s vision. A survey created with Userpilot.

Retention 98

Retention Scale Underperforming Technical Team Churn 98

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Financial pressures and distress, like those caused by an economic downturn, amplify this inward-facing tunnel vision. CFOs knew about NRR before you knew about NRR,” adds You Mon. I wish more CSMs would look at sales as a value-add activity,” says Chris, “because we would have much more successful CSMs with that mindset.”.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success Scale SaaS Finance 98

SaaStr

OCTOBER 11, 2023

You have to understand: what people are searching for what their intent is what the product is that you’re building It’s a marrying of company vision and go to market. monday.com is back to hiring and intends to add another 500 people next year — going from 1800 employees to 2300. They searched project management or C RM.

Scale 173

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Banking 173