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$1M to $100M in 20 Months, The Hard Part: How Everything Breaks in Hypergrowth with Deel Co-Founder & CRO Shuo Wang (Video)

SaaStr

To solve this, Deel interviewed 200 founders seeking answers to the question, “If you’re open to hiring internationally and remotely, what are your biggest challenges, and what kind of product can we build to solve them? Interview personally and define hiring values to build your team. Use your data to inform.

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How I Try to Hire Without Bias

Sales Hacker

Over the course of time, I’ve interviewed and talked to hundreds of sales candidates. Hiring with bias runs rampant in many organizations, cultures, and countries. Overcoming this bias, or being aware of it, can be complicated when finding candidates that also fit within the company culture. Culture fit.

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Building a sales team in a high-growth environment

Intercom, Inc.

That said, there’s no one-size-fits-all profile that works for every company or even every hire. You may not know what your team needs until the ideal candidate shows it to you in an interview. At Intercom, having a diverse team is a priority, and we’re open to candidates who show promise but might not check every box perfectly.

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Employee Spotlight: Andrea Nelson, People Operations Champion

FastSpring

From my initial interview with our CEO, Chris, it was clear that company culture would be a big focus. I went from being the 8th hire at Invoca to helping grow headcount to 140 at the time of my departure. Q: What inspired you to join FastSpring? A: There were several things that inspired me to join FastSpring in 2017.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Sam. Sam Taylor: So no matter what, I mean, Dropbox, no matter how you slice it, what function you’re in, was just insane from a growth perspective, headcount-wise, user base-wise, you name it. Harry Stebbings. Sam Taylor. I like to do a hypothetical.

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

SaaStr

Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Karl. But I went and talked to them, interviewed there and was just super impressed with the people I met and thought this would be fun and just jumped on board at that point.

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Elad Gil on catapulting into hyper growth

Intercom, Inc.

As VP of Corporate Strategy at Twitter, Elad Gil was a key player as company headcount skyrocketed from 90 to 1,500 employees. This wasn’t Elad’s first experience with hyper growth – Google grew headcount 10x during his time as a product manager there – nor the last. The processes are probably new.