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SaaS FP&A – Are You Up to the Challenge?

OPEXEngine

SaaS companies tend to have more Finance headcount than traditional, non-Cloud companies. Median Finance headcount in private, growth SaaS companies averaging $25M is 7 Finance executives. Cross-functional experience – helpful to have worked in SalesOps, Business Development or Strategy but have the Finance experience as well.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

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.

Scale 171
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What's the ROI of your mom?

ProfitWell

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.

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Three million downloads and counting: Inside Intercom reaches a podcasting milestone

Intercom, Inc.

Along the way, we’ve interviewed trailblazers, business leaders, makers and doers to share their experience and insights on all things startup strategy, product management, design, marketing, customer experience, and much, much more. And so we hired somebody who had a lot of experience and could recommend ways to build the team.