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Intercom, Inc.
JULY 21, 2022
“The great thing about performance marketing is the ROI is really obvious, so you can justify increased spend and headcount based on the performance, and that’s what we’ve done” The first thing we did was build out a pretty robust performance marketing team. It’s a lot about building those flows.
OPEXEngine
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Over the past decade benchmarking software and SaaS companies , I’ve had the chance at OPEXEngine to work with hundreds of amazing Finance execs who work incredibly hard at getting the right data to support their company’s goals. Median Finance headcount in private, growth SaaS companies averaging $25M is 7 Finance executives.
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ProfitWell
DECEMBER 6, 2019
How many CSMs should you hire? And in this article he explains why, and proposes a different approach to thinking about the optimal CSM headcount to help you build a more effective customer success organization. The question is not whether a CSM is a valuable asset to a SaaS business, but rather, how valuable are they? Weekend Wisdom.
SaaStr
JUNE 1, 2025
The Infrastructure Math Is Unprecedented The Capital Intensity Is Off The Charts: Big Six tech CapEx: $212B annually (63% YoY growth) Microsoft AI business: $13B run-rate (175% YoY growth) NVIDIA data center revenue: $39B quarterly (78% YoY growth) Amazon AWS CapEx as % of revenue: 49% (vs. The Scary Part: Energy consumption is exploding.
SaaStr
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
311: Karl Sun is the Founder & CEO @ Lucidchart, a visual workspace that combines diagramming, data visualization, and collaboration to accelerate understanding and drive innovation. How does one know when we need to hire generalists vs specialists? How does Karl structure the hiring process today? What works?
SaaStr
DECEMBER 3, 2020
When is the right time to hire the first sales rep? Should you hire 2 at a time? What does one look for in their first sales hire? We were hired into the same role, same start date, competed head to head. Bret was formerly the CTO at Facebook. I met Molly, who was the COO at the time, Molly Graham.
Sales Hacker
MARCH 11, 2025
Pursuit helps companies hire elite go-to-market talent on a non-retainer basis. If you’re hiring for sales or marketing roles, reach out to Pursuit at pursuitsalessolutions.com/gtm or message a GTMfund team member. A smattering of things that were annoying and poorly timed, right? And hindsight is 2020.
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