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How to Make Better Decisions

Andreessen Horowitz

That episode was with me and Mark interviewing Annie, and was titled “Innovating in Bets” — as is perhaps also one of the signature themes of this podcast. Annie is interviewed by a16z managing partner, Jeff Jordan, who was previously CEO and then executive chairman of OpenTable, former GM of eBay North America, and much more.

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SaaStr Podcast #218: Twilio Founder, Jeff Lawson & SendGrid CEO, Sameer Dholakia on Why Developer First Is A Maturation In The Supply Chain Of Software

SaaStr

Really quickly, I am a software developer and I’d started multiple companies before Twilio. We needed to engage with our customers in clever and creative ways or integrate it with the software we’re building. Every time it happened I would say I’m, I’m a software developer. Are you ready?

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“5 Dos and Dont’s Lessons From My Bootstrapping Days” Wrike Founder and CEO Andrew Filev (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I’ve had unfortunate pleasure of interviewing people who knew how to talk the talk and but did not, did not kind of know how to walk the walk. So you should look for people who are, regardless of their level of seniority, are always eager to learn, get the feedback and can, can take it constructively. And multiply your energy.

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What Is Enterprise OEM Software Licensing?

Sales Hacker

It includes factual information, personal experience, and interviews from successful professionals on both the buy-side and the sell-side of enterprise OEM software licensing to ensure a broad mix of experience and ideas. Before diving in further, let’s discuss what OEM stands for and what the definition of enterprise OEM software is.

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The Evolving Role of the CEO: As a Company Scales, How Your Job Changes (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I will interview and ask a lot of questions that have nothing to do with work. We were really lucky in that we have pretty much opposite backgrounds and are best friends, but Erica is a neuroscientist, software developer. That’s definitely been a common theme of everyone at Modern Health. Alyson F.: Yeah, I would love to.

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