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CEOs of Zapier, Walkme and Dialpad: How to Build Your First Management Team (Video + Transcript)

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Then we needed to hire a sales guy who had experience selling to enterprise. We got the guy who ran enterprise sales at Rackspace. UberConference started as this freemium, kind of funnel builder for later sales product. As you said, people take it hard if suddenly you say, “Hey, this is your new EVP. crosstalk].

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How to Build Happier Employees – Lessons From HubSpot’s CTO Dharmesh Shah and Chief People Officer Katie Burke

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At SaaStr Annual we had a great session with HubSpot Founder & CTO, Dharmesh Shah, and their Chief People Officer, Katie Burke, on building happier employees. Or, my favorite, I’m new, this is my first time. Along with our marketing software, along with our sales software. Who actually knows stuff and does things?”