SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

Prior to Crossbeam, Bob founded Stitched, a powerful ETL service built for developers that was acquired by Talend in 2018. Does Bob agree with the notion that channel sales have completely died in the world of SaaS? How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? Why is this?

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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

As a global technology provider powering thousands of SaaS companies, Google is at the forefront of driving exciting and innovative technologies to market. So we want to develop software faster. Eyal Manor : The point you made earlier is exactly spot-on which is development velocity is strategic to everyone here.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Maggie Hott , Director of Sales at Webflow. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom. Webflow’s Maggie Hott on building a scalable sales team from the ground up. Scaling a sales team is not for the faint of heart – for one, it’s not even that much about selling.

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 4, 2021

To handle this evolving requirement, it is important to build a competent profile to initiate progress in product development. What makes a chief product officer (CPO) different from a CTO or a VP in the product department. A CTO is one who investigates the product development aspect. Product Vision Development.

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User Pilot

MARCH 7, 2024

This could be explained by the fact that it was women, more often than men, who had to step down and work part-time to take care of stay-at-home children during the pandemic. Also – a study by Paychex from December 2018 found that 33% of women in technology have considered changing careers because of male colleagues.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Amy Appleyard, VP Sales @ VMWare. Michelle Benfer, VP, Head of North America Sales @ HubSpot. Christine Spang, Co-Founder and CTO @ Nylas. Dave Walters, CTO @ Hired. Christa Diaz, Senior Director, Customer Success @ Hired. Jenn Knight, Co-Founder, CTO @ AgentSync. Brian Peterson, CTO @ Dialpad.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

If you missed episode 125, check it out here: The Power of Authenticity and Emotional Intelligence in Sales with Mykal White. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Ways to use technology to help you sound less automated [26:01]. Sales enablement is easy. More sales meetings. More sales meetings. The result?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Today on the show, we’ve got Vishal Sunak, CEO and co-founder of LinkSquares, a company that applies AI to your contract. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sam Jacobs: Today on the show, we’ve got Vishal Sunak, CEO and co-founder of LinkSquares, a company that applies AI to your contract. We’re on iTunes.

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SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

As for Erica, under her CRO role, she leads all go-to-market functions including Marketing, Sales, Operations, Customer Success, Services, and Support. How does the move to enterprise fundamentally impact the sales team? How does the structure of the sales team change with the move? Where do many go wrong?

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SaaStr

JULY 30, 2018

At our inaugural SaaStr Europa last June, podcast host-with-the-most Harry Stebbings sat down with MuleSoft Founder and CTO Ross Mason to discuss the organization’s sales strategy, building a strong company culture, how to think about international expansion, and much more. How have you seen it develop?

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

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. ” We didn’t do any annual contracts.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

There is a big set of trends happening right now, which is with the downturn and I tweeted this a while back like at the beginning of the downturn that like every customer is scrutinizing, do they really need this technology or not? Nick Mehta: Power of the developer, or the API economy, both of you play very much in both those trends.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Leveraging the power of cloud technology, SaaS has re-engineered the way we look at modern technology and software. You can access the latest information, insights, trends, and data to enhance your knowledge of the latest SaaS industry developments. He writes on technology, enterprise, marketing, collaboration, and work culture.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

As for Karl, prior to founding the company he spent 6 years at Google in some fascinating roles including Head of Patents, Head of Business Development in China and running Google’s energy investments. How does one know when we need to hire generalists vs specialists? How does Karl structure the hiring process today? What works?

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SaaStr

APRIL 9, 2019

But also, as a sole founder, you also can make a decision in a very timely manner. Not only for the product side, but for the sales and marketing side. Mallun Yen : So, you were an engineer by training and then you became an engineering leader, as the CTO of Webex, and then you became a CEO. Speed is everything. Eric Yuan: Yep.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

A thanks to [Marsh 00:00:34] for stepping in at the beginning of the month, and a great session with our own Jason Warner and Adrian, the CTO of Zendesk. And as Travis mentioned, we’ve had lots of great recent guests, Hollie Wegman, CMO at Segment, Adam, the head of developer relations at HashiCorp, G.C.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 16, 2021

This allows anyone building an app that applies blockchain technology to do so by building directly on top of QuikNode’s globally distributed Web3 infrastructure. Background In 2017 and 2018, many new blockchain projects started offering their tokens for sale. Table of Contents.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In terms of product, I don’t mean technology. It’s important to have good defensible technology and have a mote. I think it’s more around a consciousness of what you know, or what you may not know, and then hiring around it to become successful. Should I hire two backend developers or a product design?

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Neil Patel

JULY 7, 2021

Experience is kind of the holy grail when it comes to customer interaction, from marketing and sales to customer service and brand loyalty. It’s often an open-source platform that allows API integrations from various departments, such as sales, to deliver super personal experiences to users. Digital Experience Platform Resources.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

We’re a full-stack technology-powered brokerage helping usher in the hybrid workplace and the office of the future. Justin Bedecarre: And it’s a really inspirational thing to add technology and innovation to the workplace, how you find space, how you manage space, and build the office of the future. Jason Lemkin: But long.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we’ve got a fantastic episode for you. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to Sales Hacker Podcast. Sales enablement is easy. More sales meetings. Our second sponsor is Outreach, the number one sales engagement platform. We’re on iTunes. The result?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 8, 2018

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Chris Degnan , Chief Revenue Officer of Snowflake Computing, one of the fastest growing SaaS platforms in the world. Chris is a 20 year Silicon Valley veteran having launched the first part of his career at EMC before finding his way to Snowflake in 2013. What You’ll Learn.

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The Angel VC

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

In my opinion, the founder team of a SaaS startup needs to excel in three areas: engineering/technology, product/UX and domain/market expertise. This can be a huge advantage, especially for a bootstrapped startup that can't afford to hire many people. I have a stronger opinion on the make-up of the team.

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Hull

JANUARY 22, 2019

These roles are filled by engineers that roll up to the CMO/COO (not CTO) as part of a growth team. It shared the repeatable process to operationalize sales, particularly sales development. For many in sales, this is the root of the playbooks they follow today. Integrate sales CRM (Salesforce).

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OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

This made it hard to chart a clear course: Jebbit’s message to the market was a bit too broad, causing Sales to bring in customers across a range of personas, prompting CS to invest extra resources to keep a wide variety of customers engaged.”. Identify ideal customers and hone sales personas. That’s why it’s important to just start.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Angus Davis , VC and Partner at Foundation Capital. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. SMB Sales & SDRs at (Smaller) Scale [18:20]. Sam Jacobs: Welcome to the Sales Hacker Podcast. We invest in technology companies typically at the earliest stages.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 5, 2021

Listen to Hang Black’s podcasts to learn about the future of sales enablement or how to lead with empathy. RevOps leaders are talking about trends in the market, and how the move towards RevOps will change everything from marketing to sales development to post sales. Fixing visibility issues in your sales org.

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SaaStr

MAY 2, 2019

And then the sale will commence as far as the people and this was, we were multiple millions of dollars of revenue until I took the first call. That means lots and lots of hiring and I don’t want to say firing, we did fire anyone, but people get reshuffled, you know? Jonathan : Did you have to do any sort of big steps hiring wise?

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

When HubSpot first launched its culture code, Dharmesh Shah, CTO and Founder of HubSpot, felt it was important to share it with candidates. Since then, its culture code has been viewed more than 4 million times. It can quickly develop into a diversity issue and impact the long-term inclusivity of your team.

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Teamgate

JANUARY 14, 2019

Why did you develop your PR agency in London? Also, you are known to the media, meaning the public interest in the story is more obvious and placing a story takes less time. Hence, PR should become an essential part of your integrated marketing strategy. Many companies in B2B are sales-led, and marketing plays a secondary role.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 14, 2020

In that moment, I learned something very special about technology, and I also learned something very special about my relationship with learning. In fact, I wouldn’t be standing here on stage with you had we not evolved from that point in time, because I was teaching technology classes in a classroom, in a physical classroom like this.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 21, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Brendan Kamm , Co-Founder and CEO at Thnks. If you missed episode 118, check it out here: PODCAST 118: Building a Crisis-Proof Sales Culture to Weather Any Storm with Ernest Owusu. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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SaaStr

JULY 19, 2019

Previously, Peter was also the CTO/CIO of CBS Interactive where he brought CBS into the cloud. At Sun, Peter was the CTO of the Liberty identity consortium that designed SAML 2. Why is it no longer to come into large enterprises with a small contract and expand? How has Peter found the transition from CTO to CEO this time?

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