SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Payments has been around for thousands of years. And at the risk of giving you a full Stripe sales pitch, don’t worry, that’s in my other talk.

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OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

To the victor go the spoils and these companies are rewarded with abundant capital, enviable brand recognition, and an easier time attracting candidates. The game has changed when it comes to recruiting. The first call with a candidate is no longer an interview; it instead needs to be 100% focused on setting the hook.

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Payment Services Benchmarks SaaS Payments Merchant Services 80

Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

But sales is the one thing founders cannot oversee — without it your startup will die. Between hiring, training, and helping new employees excel, iterating on customer feedback, building brand awareness, et al., Between hiring, training, and helping new employees excel, iterating on customer feedback, building brand awareness, et al.,

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Does it have to be in person? Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings. Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Krish Subramanian. Second, why does Krish believe it is one of the most important things any company must do? What is the process to do it efficiently?

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Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting Payment Services 127

Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

But sales is the one thing founders cannot oversee — without it your startup will die. Between hiring, training, and helping new employees excel, iterating on customer feedback, building brand awareness, et al., Between hiring, training, and helping new employees excel, iterating on customer feedback, building brand awareness, et al.,

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Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Startup 52

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

You have a presentation online that’s called Unsexy, which you’ll have to explain to me later. Daniel, you grew to 3 million in ARR before you hired a VP of Sales. You had all the reps and SDRs reporting to you, managed it all yourself. How’d you manage all that? Nicolas Dessaigne : Right. Great story.

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SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2020

Brendon introduces his playbook to hiring the first VP of Sales from his experiences as VP of Sales at LinkedIn, EchoSign, Talkdesk and more. Learn the dos and don’ts to make the correct hire the first time and not rush into hiring the wrong VP of Sales, which can cost the company months or even years. Roughly 90%.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? Have been recommended by sales professionals. Here’s how you can find the sales books that are most relevant to you. Here they are… The 97 Best Sales Books in 2020.

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Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Payment Methods 141

SaaStr

MAY 9, 2019

If your payment system works, you’re not going to rip it out. It’s a great way to essentially build a brand as being an innovative tech company that you can then use to sell to larger customers later. Who’s going to lead sales? Who’s going to be responsible for recruiting?

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Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Banking 167

ProfitWell

AUGUST 18, 2020

Reliance told her that she would need to buy-out the remainder of her two years in one lump sum payment, plus the interest the company would lose over those two years, and she would have to pay an additional hefty administration fee too. The administration fee alone totaled nearly three of her monthly payments. Every person has biases.

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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team Outsourced Development 111

SaaStr

AUGUST 27, 2019

How to Design a Sales Comp Plan to Get You to $100M with Work-Bench, Movable Ink, MongoDB and Concert Finance. This panel will speak tactically to various comp design options as a way for management to determine and promote ideal behavior in their front-line teams. Meghan Gill | VP of Sales Ops @ MongoDB. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Sales 132

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

And then from 2004 to 2014, she was at Google and managed lots of different things, including the self-driving cars project, global sales and operations, and the business teams for checkout in Google Apps. Who is this person? She’s got an English degree and an MBA. That’s an annoying, kind of anxiety-producing thing.

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SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

I will tell you how many COs I’ve talked to that say, “I’ll come to SaaStr, but I don’t want my series B or series C VC interviewing me,” which is sort of interesting. Personally, our team has been holding back a little bit. Are you more excited about eCommerce? So, I’m just trying to learn.

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Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 159

SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Happy post lunch interview. Or if you’ve ever gotten a 2 cent and a 4 cent deposit into your account as you’re trying to set up direct deposit or payments transfers, that’s a pre-Plaid world. Please welcome Zach Perret, Plaid Co-Founder and CEO and Ari Levy, CNBC Senior Technology Reporter. Zach : Go for it.

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Payments SaaS Payments Banking Underperforming Technical Team 143

OpenView Labs

JUNE 16, 2020

The best companies are tweaking sales systems, adjusting their go-to-market strategy and rediscovering customers’ needs as they evolve. Pivoting sales to meet buyers. Regardless of how busy you are or slumping sales, now is the time to have a laser focus on your customers. What you do now in sales, marketing, product, etc.—and

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SaaStr

JULY 26, 2019

Prior to founding Zylo, Eric was the VP of Sales @ Sprout Social leading the revenue operations for over 11,000 customers. Before Sprout Social he was VP of Sales at Shoutlet, responsible for global direct and channel sales teams and developing and managing strategic relationships. Eric Christopher. Leah Busque.

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Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services 141

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 18, 2022

Found by Manohar Chapalamadugu in 2013, Agile CRM is an Indian SaaS company known for its sales and marketing solutions designed for SMBs. The company aims at providing a single platform for automated marketing, sales, and other services. Agile CRM offers lead generation, contact management, and integrated telephony services.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 11

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Tell me, explain how you think about testing this in an interview. While getting everyone on board with culture might feel exhaustive or you might feel like “that” company, it's the down payment for making a strong culture for the long haul. Chances are, that plan will fall short on actually retaining and recruiting top talent.

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SaaStr

MARCH 13, 2020

How does Harry think about the importance of brand for enterprise startups today? What mistakes does Harry see many founders make when it comes to investing in their early brand? Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Harry Hurst. Do you have to invest in it from Day 1? Harry Stebbings. Harry Hurst.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 4, 2019

As for Jeppe, prior to founding Pleo he was the CEO @ Nodes, a design and development house that worked with brands including Loreal, BMW and Lego. How does Jesse think about scaling humanity and the personal touch with the scaling of his leadership? Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Jeppe Rindom.

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