SaaStr

JULY 11, 2020

Q: What are some great examples of “at first if you don’t succeed”? A few: Twitter started off as Odeo for podcasting which failed and most of the investors took their money back but not all. Slack started off as Tiny Speck a gaming company which they had to shut down but they raised more to productize their chat app, Slack. Box started off as a photo app for Facebook but that didn’t work and Facebook productized the space so they became online storage and that became commodi

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Andreessen Horowitz

JULY 11, 2020

Is there a limit to what humans can do? And if so, how do you know when you’ve reached it? Welcome to part one of a two-part series on human performance with professional rock climber Alex Honnold, who redefined the … The post a16z Podcast: Alex Honnold on Human Performance (part 1) – Where’s the Limit? appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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SaaStr

JULY 11, 2020

What were all of you watching on YouTube this week … that we didn’t also watch last week? Let’s take a look at the Top 10 Newer Videos This Week! #1: Driving Growth and Clarity in Marketing from Lauren Perkins of Microsoft at our recent SaaStr Summit on Bridging the Gap. #2: “Building a Thriving Sales Culture with PatientPop SVP Sales Justin Welsh” Justin was the first rep in at PatientPop and then took then to $60m+ in ARR as SVP of Sales.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JULY 11, 2020

In part 1 of our two-part series on Human Performance with rock climber Alex Honnold, we looked at the limits of human potential in sports – and how we push those limits through technology and training. In this episode, recorded … The post a16z Podcast: Alex Honnold on Human Performance (part 2) – Climbing and Entrepreneurship appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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SaaStr

JULY 11, 2020

Folks. DO YOUR 1-ON-1s. i know they arent always fun pic.twitter.com/Sb1BWxsWj3. — Jason ?BeKind? Lemkin ?? (@jasonlk) July 10, 2020. When I catch up with founders on the march from $1m to $10m in ARR, the number one topic has always shifted to recruiting. Where do i find a great VP of Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Product, Customer Success, etc.?

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