article thumbnail

Influence Meets Innovation: How Founders and Cultural Leaders Can Work Together

Andreessen Horowitz

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. Cultural leaders—athletes, entertainers, and executives—have evolved beyond mere financial backers to highly-engaged strategic partners and advisors for a company’s growth.

article thumbnail

Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

Sales Hacker

She is the co-author of a business book, called Aligned to Achieve , about sales and marketing alignment. GirlsClub helps women sales reps navigate the tricky path to sales leadership with their management training, mentoring, confidence building, and community. Tonni Bennett – VP Sales at Terminus.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Career Decisions: What To Look For In a Software Startup

Kellblog

While the sales-and-marketing types will emphasize “its proven-ness” you will want to know how much technical debt there is associated with this old architecture. Great startups are lead by strong technologists who ensure that technical debt is continuously addressed and retired via, e.g., trust releases. Clean cap table.

article thumbnail

The 3 Stages of Hiring GTM Executives

Sales Hacker

David Sacks – GP at Craft Ventures, and this week I thought I’d wrap it up with Part 2 stemming from a great session with Spenser Skates , CEO and CoFounder of Amplitude. Justin Stackany CEO / Startup Advisor & Former CCO Hungry generalists who are uncomfortable being bored and secretly enjoy a little chaos.

article thumbnail

SaaStr Podcast #364 with Figma Head of Sales Kyle Parrish

SaaStr

To date the company has raised over $132M in financing from some of the best in the business including Sequoia, a16z, Index, Greylock and Kleiner Perkins to name a few. We had so many inbound referrals, and in terms of recruiting and hiring, people knew that there were a lot more roles on the go-to-market and business side.

article thumbnail

170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. After spending a couple of years in a sales role, that knowledge will assist you throughout your life in business and elsewhere.

Scale 130
article thumbnail

SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Lucidchart and Wrike — February 28, 2020

SaaStr

To date, Karl has raised $114M with Lucidchart from some of the best in the business including K9 Ventures, Meritech, Iconiq, GV and Kickstart in Utah. Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? As a result of his success, Karl was recently announced as EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year.