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

Chargify

Establishing relationships with advisors and/or mentors. If you have a clear answer to the first question and a confident ‘Yes’ for the second, then you’ve got problem/solution fit and a hypothesis, and it’s time to start pressure testing your idea,” advises growth marketing consultant Lauren Bass. Finding channel/market fit.

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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

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These 36 RevOps Leaders Have Something (Great) to Say

Sales Hacker

It’s not all technical. Ask him about how to start a Salesforce consultancy.). Channing’s career path has taken him from consultant to head of client development strategy, VP of sales to VP of global sales operations and finally, VP of Sales Operations and Strategy. Eddie Reynolds , CEO, Union Square Consulting.

Scale 99
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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Always seek to understand, seek more input, and consult your own tribe to decide what’s for you and what is not. are just as critical as understanding the fundamental SaaS metrics such as LTV/CAC, payback, etc. “An entrepreneurial leader and advisor from a technology background. You earned your seat at the table.

Scale 130
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SaaStr Podcast #364 with Figma Head of Sales Kyle Parrish

SaaStr

Not to say that you shouldn’t hire salespeople early, but you can start to get people with backgrounds of like, maybe worked in consulting before, a year or so in sales. You’ve got to have a technical aptitude and excitement for the product. So excitement about the product, being able to understand it at a technical aspect.

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SaaStr Podcast #358 with Tipalti Founder & CEO Chen Amit

SaaStr

To date, Chen has raised over $146M with Tipalti from the likes of Oren Zeev, Dan Rose, Mike Chalfen and then Greenspring, Truebridge and 01 Advisors to name a few. I was living in the Bay area at that time, moved back to Israel and then did some hobbies and ran some of my ideas, at some point in time called Oren, my cofounder in Tipalti.