OpenView Labs

JANUARY 12, 2022

Take Stack Overflow , the world’s largest software developer network, community, and platform, serving close to 100 million monthly visitors. It might be a little surprising to learn that the leadership style at Stack Overflow is decidedly not binary. But, we’re all in the problem-solving business, right?

Leadership 76

Leadership SMB Underperforming Technical Team Scale 76

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

One of the biggest challenges businesses face when they grow is scaling effective , autonomous and quick decision-making. It has a compounding effect - the more good decisions a business makes, the better the results will be. He is famed for saying, “In business I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable moats.”

Underperforming Technical Team 213

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2021

The same was true when I ran the People function at a software development consultancy that doubled its headcount to ~100 while reducing attrition from 40% to 5% voluntary in 18 months. Employee engagement skyrocketed, and the firm met or surpassed 4 of 6 criteria of the Fortune 100 Best Places to Work. I kinda like it.

Scale 84

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Headcount Software Review 84

Crafty CTO

APRIL 12, 2020

The Basecamp guys have been busy lately. Bigger – it speaks to every aspect of the software development process. Where agile began I was managing software development projects at Viant in February 2001 when the Manifesto for Agile Software Development was published. Big as in a 143 page PDF.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team New CTO Technical Review Software Development 52

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Since few customer journeys look the same , these tools excel at managing large books of business. . In fact, they allow your team to manage more accounts without the need to increase headcount. . For most Customer Success workflows, CRMs require custom software development.

Customer Success 63

Customer Success Scale Headcount Scaling 63

Point Nine Land

APRIL 21, 2021

This is an exercise that should be done with input/feedback of the leadership team. If you like what you read in 2. Invite the candidate to a face-to-face or a Zoom interview. Ask more questions around the tasks and what they do in their current role with the perspective to understand if they would thrive in your environment.

Sales Hiring 52

Sales Hiring Startup Scale Software Review 52