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The Secrets to Getting Sales and Marketing to Work Together Better with Highspot CMO Jon Perera (Video)

SaaStr

From the get-go, ensure alignment between sales and marketing teams on goals and anticipated outcomes. Fostering a partnership between two people who work in departments that speak very different languages makes way for active communication, constructive criticism, and feedback. Create dynamic alignment on goals. Deliver one narrative.

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10 Things That Aren’t Obvious About Partnering With Big Companies – Workday Ventures (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

And the very first thing that I did, like any neurotic person is I Googled corporate venture capital. We have one company in our portfolio that this is the third time the founding team has been together. Workday wasn’t in that model, so we have a slightly different approach to portfolio development.

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

SaaStr

To date Bob has raised over $15m with Crossbeam from friends of the show including Andy @ Uncork, Matt @ Firstmark, Bill @ First Round and Matt @ Salesforce Ventures, to name a few. Prior to Crossbeam, Bob founded Stitched, a powerful ETL service built for developers that was acquired by Talend in 2018.

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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. The second is pulling more around values, and how we approached team building. Even as a three person team, we went through an exercise to figure out what do we stand for, as a team? Getting the team right is so key here.

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PODCAST 138: From Marketer to CEO: The Power of Brand as a Growth Amplifier with Jake Sorofman

Sales Hacker

If you missed episode 137, check it out here: Team Selling: A Comeback Story for 2021 with Trish Bertuzzi. Learn how modern sales teams win deals now at 6sense.com/saleshacker. It’s a bad look, it’s a bad way to end your relationship. And a lot of that early founding team came from ExactTarget lineage.

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How to Be an Entrepreneur in 30 Clear Ways

Neil Patel

We all have a great team and support network behind us. If you don’t respect your partner(s), your team won’t last long. Fill your team with people who have great character and you’re well on your way to success. Your customers’ complaints are how you identify your business’s weaknesses.

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Black Women’s Business Collective founder Zanade Mann on advocating for your peers

Intercom, Inc.

” And because of my background in business solutions, business development, marketing, communications, education, I’m used to planning. ” Teaching taught me to develop what I want to do from the goal and go backward. Media is good and bad, and we know that. So these are classes on business development.