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Avoid Trapdoor Decisions: 5 Lessons Learned from Scaling Stripe (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Scaling the company’s employee base, sales teams, marketing, and operations—all while preserving its culture—has required a laser focus on first principles, smart processes, and effective hiring. In this talk, Claire will share these and other lessons for scaling high-growth organizations. Manual processes first.

Scale 152
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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chargebee and Glassdoor — November 1, 2019

SaaStr

Hear about the early days of Glassdoor; tactical lessons on scaling—from building a business model and recruiting an all-star management team to advice on building a compelling, innovative company culture; and learn whyGlassdoor’s $1.2 Billion acquisition is just one milestone in the early innings of the company’s story.

Scale 127
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Nate Brown on why proactive CX is the next competitive battleground

Intercom, Inc.

Customer expectations are higher than ever, and this acts as a forcing function, inspiring companies to think about their customers’ entire journey from acquisition to onboarding and support. Today’s customers expect a more human experience from companies to fulfill their needs with speed and ease.

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Q&A Recap: How to Scale Your Post-Sale Teams During Periods of Fast Growth

ChurnZero

As a Customer Success leader, you know you should invest more time and resources into planning and executing the long-term initiatives your team needs to scale. Rod Cherkas, CEO of HelloCCO, joined us for a webinar to share his approach to ensure your Customer Success team stays ahead of your company’s growth.

Scale 52
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The Stages Of A SaaS Company: When To Scale For Success

Chargify

According to a study by the Startup Genome Project of more than 3,200 startups, they found that “70% [of startups] fail because of premature scaling.” Understanding which stage your SaaS business is in can help determine the appropriate time to scale to the next phase—and do so successfully. Refining customer experience/onboarding.

Scale 74
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SaaStr Podcast #217: Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson on The Trapdoor Decisions to Avoid When Scaling

SaaStr

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Here’s what Claire talks about: How to avoid trapdoor decisions when scaling. Lessons for scaling high-growth organizations. Missed the session?

Scale 116
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B2B Customer Service vs. Customer Success

Totango

Software installation and onboarding issues. Differences include: B2B customers often have more complex customer service issues than consumer customers, due to factors such as the size of their organizations, the number of departments and personnel involved, the size of their customer base and the scale of their technology usage.

B2B 91