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Doubling Down: Harpinder Singh, Partner at Innovation Endeavors

SaaStr

There is so much more quality talent in the job market who want to join a startup — not just because it is fashionable, but because they are passionate about the work. He previously co-founded FiberTower (acquired by First Avenue Networks), the largest independent provider of backhaul to wireless carriers, where he was the head of product.

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PR for Startups : Interview with PR Expert Julija Jegorova

Teamgate

My journey started working with well-known brands such as VISA and TomTom, and since 2014 I started gradually moving to the world of startups and scaleups. Working in-house for known brands is somewhat easier as the messaging and legend are already there (half the job is done!).

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SaaStr Podcast #398 with Salsify Co-Founder & CMO Rob Gonzalez

SaaStr

398: Rob Gonzalez is the Co-Founder & CMO @ Salsify, empowering brand manufacturers to deliver the product experiences consumers demand at every point in their buying journey. How should startups decide which customer segment to focus on? * How should startups think about implementing partnerships? When is the right time?

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The Heyday of SaaS - quick observations from Dreamforce

Tom Tunguz

Skullcandy wireless headphone giveaways. Salesforce manages a torrent of brands: Chatter, ChatterBox, Do, Desk, Data.com, Heroku, Social Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Sales Cloud, Services Cloud, etc. We are in the heyday of SaaS. The conference spanned 20+ buildings, served 60,000+ attendees and was sponsored by more than 300 vendors.

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Twilio: The First $100m+ ARR with Jeff Lawson, CEO/Co Founder (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

If you’re on text messaging, voice calls, video calls, authentication, even now wireless capabilities inside of apps, Twilio is an easy set of APIs that developers use to embed communications into their apps. If it’s a startup adopting Twilio, the developer does it, ship, they’re done. It’s not about leads.

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PODCAST 133: How to Go From Startup to Pre-IPO: Unexpected Lessons From a 20-Year Sales Veteran with Jim Donovan

Sales Hacker

The keys to a successful journey from startup to pre-IPO [8:28]. Jim Donovan: We are definitely in a pure growth stage, and we just exited our startup phase. So I got into sales management pretty quickly with EarthLink Wireless. The keys to a successful journey from startup to pre-IPO [8:28]. We’re on iTunes.