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What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Scaling from 2 to 200 Employees and 0 to 75,000 Customers with Storyblok CEO Dominik Angerer and VP of Operations Lydia Kothmeier (Video)

SaaStr

They credit this growth to their global team, a switch to an enterprise business model switch, and flexible work operations. Hiring a global team to achieve the vision What do you do when your company’s location limits your access to talent? Their first step to achieving this was hiring a sales leader to build a sales team.

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SaaStr Classic: Jyoti Bansal of Harness.io and AppDynamics; Dev Ittycheria of MongoDB (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. As two CEO who love the art of sales and scaling, this one really was special. And so those depending on the stage of company, those have varying factors. So that’s easy.

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CMO + CRO = Love: Building Lasting Leadership with Gusto CRO Tolithia Kornweibel

SaaStr

It’s the never-ending stereotype –– marketing and sales are eternal “frenemies.” In this session, Tolithia Kornweibel, CRO at Gusto, shares advice on creating sustainable partnerships between marketing and sales. . However, these companies should still be networking. However, these companies should still be networking.

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2021 SaaS Outlook, What’s Changing in SaaS This Year?

OPEXEngine

Hiring—lessened requirements for in-person work expected even post-pandemic open up recruitment beyond physical locations, but competition for talent will remain tough in tech. Company culture: Remote work opens some of the barriers to increased diversity. B2B Sales and Marketing. Impact of the Remote Workplace.

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19 SaaS Predictions For 2021 and Beyond

OpenView Labs

“The prevailing go-to-market structure for SaaS companies in the last decade is through an inside sales team. Virtually all inside sales teams were forced to go remote in mid-March and haven’t been back in the office since. Teams are starting to ramp back up, and the next chapter of inside sales is a little wild.

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SaaStr Podcast #225: Stephen Burton, VP of Smarketing at Harness Discusses How To Create True Alignment Between Marketing and Sales

SaaStr

Steve has previously said, “Sales and marketing must be one team.” Where does Steve find common points of tension between sales and marketing? I mean, my career started as a software engineer, and out of frustration, I went into sales. Glassdoor had a business-to-consumer and a business-to-business.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chargebee and Glassdoor — November 1, 2019

SaaStr

Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings. Hear about the early days of Glassdoor; tactical lessons on scaling—from building a business model and recruiting an all-star management team to advice on building a compelling, innovative company culture; and learn whyGlassdoor’s $1.2

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