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From CIO to CEO – What It Takes and Why It Works

OpenView Labs

It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in or what size company you are, software is a critical component—a foundational element. Finally, a CEO who used to be a CIO is well positioned to take full advantage of applying Agile concepts to build and grow a business. Primarily, they have to do with a greater depth of responsibility.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week: May 24, 2019

SaaStr

As for Andrew, he started his first software development company at the age of 18 and has been running Wrike for the last 13 years alongside advisory roles with both Ditto and Appulate. What you need to know about hiring, firing, advisors, and culture. Why SaaS is your business model, not your mission.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Justin Bedecarre, Jen Nguyen, Jason Lemkin, and Aaron Levie

SaaStr

Aaron Levie: I think what’s happening is, is companies are realizing that the really big sort of flip the business model on its head project and we’re going to go and do a distributed ledger technology and all this, that’s going to have to get punted because we’re in core survival mode right now.