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10 Things That Would Have Helped Me Go From $1m to $10m Faster with Less Stress

SaaStr

These are all full-time jobs by $1m ARR. Fixing it yourself becomes the biggest time sink and excuse for not hiring there is. You end up spending all your time backfilling roles you should have hired. And even worse, you often sort of give up trying to make the hire. And hire against it. More here.

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Stop Following These 10 Terrible Pieces of SaaS Advice with SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin (SaaStr Podcast 682)

SaaStr

You have to understand how venture capital works. No one has time to have coffee with all of those folks. You have to see: A couple of good hires brought in Improvement on some metrics A big deal or two hanging out there, brought in and closed Things taken off your plate. Hiring someone too junior.

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

SaaStr

297: Bob Moore is the Founder & CEO @ Crossbeam, the startup that helps companies find overlapping prospects and customers while keeping the rest of their data private and secure. How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? 298: Startup success is not exclusive to Silicon Valley.

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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

There are enough stories of data breaches and cyber attacks to chill even the savviest security engineer to the core. You can’t grow your business if your customers don’t trust you with their sensitive data. Security affects every function across your company: from onboarding and offboarding to encrypting data and managing endpoints.

Scale 211
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Ten Questions Founder CEOs Should Always Be Able to Answer About Their Startups

Kellblog

I can’t tell you the number of times that I’ve heard “we sell to the CIO,” only to be introduced to someone whose business card said “director of data warehousing.” Second-order benefit: that means you avoid data breaches and/or save millions in ransomware and other breach-related costs.

Startup 99
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PODCAST 131: Data, Set, Match: How to Build a Two-Sided Marketplace to Drive Revenue with Ryan Walsh

Sales Hacker

You can access that data set once you contribute your own information on a blinded basis. You can access that data set once you contribute your own information on a blinded basis. Hiring managers are also just trying to sell as well. Using RepVue, you can figure out exactly what people are making. In some cases it does.

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Top 30 SaaS Influencers to Follow in 2022

SmartKarrot

You can access the latest information, insights, trends, and data to enhance your knowledge of the latest SaaS industry developments. Asia Orangio is a SaaS expert who helps SaaS companies and start-ups to craft a data driver strategy and implement award-winning marketing strategies to win the audience. Asia Orangio. contact-form-7].