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The Why, What & How Of Hiring A Transformational Customer Success Operations Leader

Valuize Consulting

With only a Director of Operations who answers to your VP of CS, you have no one to focus on the strategy driving your CS Operations, the engine that powers your entire Customer Success organization. The Business Impact Of Senior Customer Success Operations Leadership. They Drive Economic Growth.

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Mental Models to Help You Grow

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

Customer > Team > Individual During my time at HubSpot, the leadership team shared this mental model to help with decision-making. Again, it was an easy to use model which scaled effective decision-making. Put simply, enduring companies have moats which defend their business model - they are a competitive advantage.

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The Zero-Sum Fallacy: ARR vs. Services

Kellblog

ARR < $25K), use a low-touch sales model, and focus on the small and medium business market [1]. I remember we were working a deal at a major retailer — call them SeasEdge — against MicroStrategy, a self-funded competitor bootstrapped from a consulting business. We had financials that Wall Street loved (e.g.,

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The Zero-Sum Fallacy: ARR vs. Services

OPEXEngine

ARR < $25K), use a low-touch sales model and focus on the small and medium business market [1]. I remember we were working a deal at a major retailer — call them SeasEdge — against MicroStrategy, a self-funded competitor bootstrapped from a consulting business. Usually, these companies sell inexpensive software (e.g.,

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The Beginner’s Guide to Product Operations

SmartKarrot

Understanding the Need for Product Operations. Having a strong product operations team can help a company’s leadership and management teams make better-prioritized decisions. Product operations is a process that allows you to see the big picture while still being flexible enough to adapt to changes in the marketplace.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Bernadette Nixon, Jay Snyder, Nick Mehta, Loren Padelford, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Then it’s about really understanding the customer’s business and using the levers within that business case to determine is the goal, make money, save money and reduce risk. So it’s about operational efficiencies, productivity gains, digital experiences and making sure we’ve captured those.