SaaStr

AUGUST 20, 2020

343: Kyle Parrish is the Head of Sales @ Figma, the company that helps teams create, test and ship better designs from start to finish. 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. What worked?

Sales Hiring 193

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Technical Advisors 193

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

As for Karl, prior to founding the company he spent 6 years at Google in some fascinating roles including Head of Patents, Head of Business Development in China and running Google’s energy investments. How does one know when we need to hire generalists vs specialists? How does this requirement change as the company scales?

Sales Hiring 217

Sales Hiring Scale CTO Hire CTO Coach 217

Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

Establishing relationships with advisors and/or mentors. The “primary risk [during pre-startup] is the failure to design a business plan and strategy that will enable the company to become profitable as it makes sales and earns revenue. Making key hires. Hiring executives. Creating a minimum viable product (MVP).

Scale 74

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74