SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

In terms of replacement, what does Bob believe will be the emerging trends in SaaS Go To Market that will replace it? * How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? Where do most startups go wrong both in hiring for partnerships and in the engagements themselves?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

So Algolia started out mostly as a inbound long tail company. I looked back at our investment memo, it was a 2K ACV when Jason invested after Y-C. So mid-market, we’re about 40 to 50K ACV enterprise. So you were the first sales hire. So my first sales hire was beginning of 2015. Gaetan Gachet : Yep.

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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

Eyal Manor : But there is a lot of investment in that direction. Megan Leuders: And when you were talking to CEOs and CTOs today, what do you believe is the biggest technology challenge that they are facing as a SaaS company? So I’ll give you a flip perspective from a sales and marketing standpoint.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

They’ve invested in all of these other businesses. And now they’re sitting in your conference room at your little company, and telling you, “Hey. Immediately told them to hire 50 reps in a different city, in a different city, and they did. What’s that going to do to your company? You trust them.

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SaaStr

APRIL 9, 2019

And then, invest your energy and time into the product. Mallun Yen : So, you were an engineer by training and then you became an engineering leader, as the CTO of Webex, and then you became a CEO. Eric Yuan : And, another thing is to be a CEO is not only the product side, you also manage the whole of the business.

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2024

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. With an honest assessment of what’s worked in their culture code, what’s changed, and what we all still need to work on.

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