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There are No Shortcuts: 5 Hard-Won Lessons from Zenefits CEO Jay Fulcher

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“It’s not just about delivering a superior product to the marketplace; rather, several stars must align,” he says. These include Company Culture, Business Model, Value Proposition, Partner Relationships, and Sales Strategy. Company Culture. Jay knew his first task would be to reset the company culture.

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SaaStr Podcast #398 with Salsify Co-Founder & CMO Rob Gonzalez

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Rob Gonzalez: Operationally, I look at, in particular, my experience at Endeca, but also another startup that sold to pharmaceutical companies and other life sciences businesses and financial services companies called Cambridge Semantics. And there’s a lot of benefit to running a software as a service, in general.