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5 Secrets to Moving Upmarket – How the Right Sales Tax Technology Can Support SaaS Growth

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“The initial appeal was just how easy it was to work with the system,” CTO and Cofounder David Heinemeier Hansson said, “that we knew rates were up to date and we were billing our customers for the right rates and we could defend that when we were submitting our paperwork.” ” 2.

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SaaStr Podcast #364 with Figma Head of Sales Kyle Parrish

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So a lot of what we had to do is understand that local tech ecosystem, understand the big companies that were hiring some of the top talent, and just the local market as a whole. But I think we’d thought that we were bringing that same hiring brand and reputation and would hit the ground running in terms of hiring a ton the people.