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How to Stop Micromanaging After $1m-$2m ARR. You Have To.

SaaStr

In the past, we’ve touched on several different ideas to help you scale, to do Even Better: Imagine capital doesn’t matter. And importantly, you need to spend more time with your existing customers (vs. But even if you’ve hired the world’s best VP of Sales … you can’t opt out of sales entirely.

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Applications for Reforge’s Spring 2022 Cohort are Now Open

Casey Accidental

Build, communicate, and execute a cohesive product strategy across feature, growth, scaling and innovation product work. A step-by-step system to create, analyze, and communicate a growth strategy of compounding growth loops. Engineering: Scaling Product Delivery , Technical Strategy , Engineering Management (new).

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers. Will Larson , CTO of Calm.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

What was Sam’s biggest lesson from scaling the sales team at Dropbox? When is the right time to hire the first sales rep? Should you hire 2 at a time? What does one look for in their first sales hire? We were hired into the same role, same start date, competed head to head. Let’s go do it.

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SaaStr Podcast #214: Erica Schultz, CRO @ New Relic on What It Takes To Successfully Scale Into Enterprise

SaaStr

How can founders know when is the right time to make the move from SMB to enterprise? Where does Erica often see founders make mistakes with this scaling? With the scaling of departments and teams, what has Erica seen work really well when it comes to making cross-functional teams communicate really well?

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The Playbook to Hiring Your First VP of Sales and Not Screwing it Up…….with Cassidy Ventures Founder Brendon Cassidy (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Brendon introduces his playbook to hiring the first VP of Sales from his experiences as VP of Sales at LinkedIn, EchoSign, Talkdesk and more. Learn the dos and don’ts to make the correct hire the first time and not rush into hiring the wrong VP of Sales, which can cost the company months or even years. Roughly 90%.

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Chief Product Officer (CPO): The Complete Guide to This Key Role

SmartKarrot

What makes a chief product officer (CPO) different from a CTO or a VP in the product department. For companies to scale, it is a must-have role. Keep in mind that Chief Product Officers (CPO) are different from Chief Technology Officers (CTO) and Chief Marketing Officers (CMO). Like what you are reading? By Google. “to