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How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Achieved an $11.5B Run Rate by Working Backwards

Hitenism

In a Quora thread , Ian McAllister, Director of Airbnb and former GM of Amazon describes the process: “ For new initiatives a product manager typically starts by writing an internal press release announcing the finished product. Your approach to your customers is a reflection of your company’s mission.

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Intercom’s Rich Archbold on how to run less software

Intercom, Inc.

That includes all of our cloud strategy, cloud operations, backend engineering, IT and security. Prior to Intercom I spent about 10 years working for big tech companies. Ciaran, our CTO , came up with this magical line. How do we think about the companies we outsource to? The first one is a cloud-agnostic strategy.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

Are marketing becoming the new sales team with their content being used more and more in the sales funnel? Bret was formerly the CTO at Facebook. And so, when someone’s walking in the door at a new company, so let’s use Loom as an example, they need to learn how to be a Loommate. What are our values?

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Top Global SaaS Trends You Should Know with Google Cloud and Zenoss (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

In the last two years there have been so many new services around security, around machine learning that literally did not exist. What is their biggest challenge and what should they be focused on, whether they’re a CEO or a CTO, what would you say they should be focused on today? Who are the new developers?

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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership

Intercom, Inc.

On day one as Reddit’s new VP of Engineering, Nick Caldwell faced a dilemma. He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. What to tackle first as a new leader.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Crossbeam and Podium – January 10, 2020

SaaStr

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. We need to hire this new head of sales, who’s going to come in and change the way that we’re going to market. Is that not?

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Katie Burke on company culture: building a better work culture

ProfitWell

To her, culture is much more than a blurb in your job description. A strong people strategy can create a noticeable competitive advantage by marrying culture, innovation, leadership, and inclusiveness. While culture is something many companies try to do, getting it right takes a certain finesse.