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How to Find Product-Market-Sales Fit

Andreessen Horowitz

One of the toughest challenges for founders β€” and especially technical founders who are used to focusing so much on product features over sales β€” is striking β€œproduct-market fit”. What does this mean for product design and product management? the night before it was to IPO).

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One Call to Make Before Picking Your Startup's Headquarters

Tom Tunguz

If you must choose a long term headquarters for your startup, call an executive recruiter who focuses in that city. VP Engineering, VP Product, VP Sales, VP Customer Success, VP Marketing, or VP Operations. After establishing product market fit, the startups grow their management team to scale.

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Customer Insights to Transform Sales Conversations

Sales Hacker

Sales customer insights. Let’s drill down into the market and customer insights that can really add value for salespeople, under the following sections: Qualifying characteristics: Things to look for in an organization that make it a good target. But what are these insights that will transform the conversations salespeople have?

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chargebee and Glassdoor β€” November 1, 2019

SaaStr

Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings. Hear about the early days of Glassdoor; tactical lessons on scalingβ€”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

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From Idea to IPO: All the Milestones Between You and the Public Market

OpenView Labs

The exciting thing about prototypes is that large-scale experiments can be built through open-source projects , which companies like Netflix and Linkedin will do as a strategic way of recruiting top talent. . Why startup founders should treat fundraising like a sales funnel. Milestone: First traction and product-market fit .

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5 Missed Revenue Growth Opportunities of Second-Stage Startups

Sales Hacker

Strict sales volume does go a long way in achieving long-term revenue growth, but processes and cross-department alignment are what allow sales volumes to scale in the first place. However, the actual construction of the engine is far from complete. Here’s how this might look for sales and marketing: Sales.

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The Best of SaaS at YCombinator: A Deep Dive with the CEOs of Gusto, Amplitude and Plangrid (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

PlanGrid builds beautiful, simple software for the construction industry. I want to come be your VP of sales and, you’re going to meet me for the first time. Spencer : For me, the key things for a VP of sales is, “OK, tell me about your best reps. This thing in the product, or how we do culture.