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The $939B Question: Is AI Eating SaaS or Feeding It?

SaaStr

billion valuation after 175M round Scale AI : $29 billion valuation / “sale” with Meta’s $14.3 Customer Service Platforms Threat: Voice agents indistinguishable from humans handling phone-based jobs at a fraction of human cost Market size: $85 billion addressable market for business calls alone 3.

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CEOs of Zapier, Walkme and Dialpad: How to Build Your First Management Team (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

So let’s take a look back to a deep dive with the CEOs on what they learned building their first senior teams: ———-. As a founder/CEO, building your first management team is something that you often lose sleep over. Which role should you hire for first? One thing is the timing. Is it a time?

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The Founder’s Guide to Developer-led Growth with WorkOS (Video)

SaaStr

Developers act, think, and behave differently than your average customer. As an API-first company, WorkOS focuses on selling primarily to developers. Doing Business with Developers. Developers haven’t typically been the buyers in enterprise software, so why should you build for developers?

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Ham and Egg: How Team-Based Selling Boosts Win Rates

Sales Hacker

analyzing how often Directors and Executives are involved in the sales process. Scott pulled the research from Chorus, which reported that over five weeks (~May-June 2020), 88% more directors have been joining calls and 72% more executives are joining sales calls on the sell side.

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How SMB Digital Brands Can Win the Best Talent

FastSpring

If you’re running a smaller digital business, you may find it challenging to hire great talent. If you’re facing challenges winning the best candidates for your roles, or if you have a small number of roles and every hire really matters, then don’t miss this episode of Growth Stage. X sales force, X meta.

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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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Top Tools for Monitoring API Performance

Teamgate

Developer API Documentation, API, Examples, FAQ and more. Developer API Documentation, API, Examples, FAQ and more. Below are five popular tools for API monitoring, each with unique strengths: Middleware : Real-time alerts, root cause analysis, and scalability. Great for small to medium teams with a pay-as-you-go pricing model.

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