SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

Does Bob agree with the notion that channel sales have completely died in the world of SaaS? With more companies launching and thriving outside of Silicon Valley, regions such as ‘Silicon Slopes’ in Utah and ‘Silicon Alley’ in New York City are gaining traction within the startup scene. Why is this? Yep, we did that.

Sales Hiring 132

Sales Hiring Scale Outsourcing Services CTO Hire 132

SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2020

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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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO Hire Scale 152

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2018

At our inaugural SaaStr Europa last June, podcast host-with-the-most Harry Stebbings sat down with MuleSoft Founder and CTO Ross Mason to discuss the organization’s sales strategy, building a strong company culture, how to think about international expansion, and much more. APIs has become pretty pivotal.

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Technical Advisors Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 153

SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

I remember when I was in business school the internet was brand new and back then the hero was Jerry Yang. They were building time and expense software. And as a hobby we have just launched another SaaS company called ThreeKit. They’re going to be automated by software by robots. And it’s also scary.

Sales Recruiting 162

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Payments 162

SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

Centralized HQs with all the perks and amenities “under one roof” have traditionally been used as recruiting tools to attract and retain top talent. And honestly, we’re limiting ourselves by proximity on recruiting a diverse best-in-class team. We’re already in this like a new gen.” Justin Bedecarre: Right.

Sales Recruiting 144

Sales Recruiting Cloud CTO Hire Scale 144

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

How does Karl think about working with recruiters? Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? He had worked as a CTO at a startup when he dropped out of school. Do we need a sales org?” Similarly, with my VP of sales. What works? What does not work?

Sales Hiring 213

Sales Hiring Scale CTO Hire CTO Coach 213

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. It will be awesome.”

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