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

Intercom, Inc.

After working on NASA’s Space Shuttle Main Engine, he went on to develop Portfolium, a social networking platform that allows students and graduates to showcase skills beyond the traditional resume to potential employers. Portfolium was eventually acquired, but the team behind it never stopped thinking about a better way to do it.

Scale 211
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Buy vs. Build: The Subscription Billing Iceberg Effect

Chargify

Time is money (especially in the SaaS world), and whether you’re an early stage startup or an established business, development resources are almost always at a premium. Using precious development resources to build and maintain your own recurring billing code, and all the complexities that arise, 1. costs money and 2.

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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others

User Pilot

I was doing all the demos myself, so that led to my next company – ewebinar – so I could run the demos on autopilot.” My official title was the ‘COO’ but on Fridays, I made pancakes for the developers. Being approachable, asking questions – are traits often associated with being weak. Laura : “I haven’t.

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A Step by Step Guide to Revenue Growth with Mark Roberge (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

And we’ve got this megaphone called social media, that every single customer can talk about a great product experience, and they can also talk about a bad one. For Slack, it was one that a team sends 2000 messages. We raised 30 million bucks, we can expand the team. I’ve worked with hundreds of teams on this.

Scale 210
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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. Invest in your development internally and externally. Joyce Johnson.

Scale 130
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Best Managed WordPress Hosting

Neil Patel

In the event that there is an issue, it’s resolved quickly by the managed WordPress hosting support team. A customer identifies a problem or makes a request, and WP Engine’s support team gets it done. The fantastic 24/7 phone support is only available to Growth plans and above, which is too bad.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with InCountry and Y Combinator — July 19, 2019

SaaStr

Having built numerous successful remote teams, what have been Peter’s biggest learnings in what it takes to successfully build remote teams? And so really it became a bad habit. Harry Stebbings: And then what was the founding moment with InCountry after the bad habit of selling companies? Where do many people go wrong?