Audacix

JULY 18, 2022

Whether you're about to implement DevOps or searching for ways to make it work better for your team, you must remember that DevOps is all about discipline. DevOps best practices that will help you to run your software development projects smoothly. But the list of best practices varies from expert to expert. Fail often, fail fast.

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DevOps as a Service Technical Review CTO Coach Underperforming Technical Team 52

SaaStock

MARCH 29, 2019

Don’t overextend your resources when testing new SaaS growth ideas. Here is what he writes: Kieran Flanagan , VP of marketing at HubSpot, shared some interesting insights on approaching new ideas for scaling up your business. Black Holes: these are ideas that take up a lot of company effort while offering poor ROI.

Scale 103

Scale Sales Hiring CTO Hire Social Media 103

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

Prior to Crossbeam, Bob founded Stitched, a powerful ETL service built for developers that was acquired by Talend in 2018. In terms of replacement, what does Bob believe will be the emerging trends in SaaS Go To Market that will replace it? * How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships?

Sales Hiring 131

Sales Hiring Scale Outsourcing Services CTO Hire 131

ProfitWell

JANUARY 28, 2020

Sit down with Chargify CTO Michael Klett and I, as we unravel the mysteries of RevOps. In this episode we discuss the relationship between RevOps and marketing with Dave Rogenmoser, CEO of Proof , and how it’s not just about marketing or sales anymore—it’s about helping. RevOps and marketing. Social proof marketing.

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Underperforming Technical Team New CTO Technical Review CTO 45

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

On day one as Reddit’s new VP of Engineering, Nick Caldwell faced a dilemma. At Reddit, he led a team of 35 – none of whom knew how to manage other engineers. Managers oversee their team members’ work and career development. Building trust can be tough when you’re a new hire in a leadership position.

Leadership 141

Leadership Engineering Part-Time VPE CTO Coach 141

SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2019

Jeff Lawson is the Founder & CEO @ Twilio, the company building the future of communications allowing you to engage customers like never before on voice, SMS, WhatsApp or Video. Prior to founding Twilio, Jeff was the Founder & CTO @ Nine Star Inc and enjoyed a spell at Amazon as a Technical Product Manager.

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Underperforming Technical Team Development Software New CTO 119

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

In 2016, Hubspot was still a scrappy player that had only recently IPO’d, with a market cap around $1B. 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. Otherwise, we are not doing our jobs, being in the marketing space.

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Part-Time VPE Technical Cofounder CTO Hire New CTO 219

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Since 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. Emilie Maret | Fellowship Team @ The Family. Emilie Maret | Fellowship Team @ The Family. Super tough market, difficult playbook.

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New CTO Sales Hiring B2C CTO Hire 151

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

362: The Future of the Customer with Bernadette Nixon, CEO @ Algolia, Jay Snyder, Chief Customer Officer @ New Relic, and Nick Mehta, CEO @ Gainsight. Really excited for engaging discussion on something I’m passionate about, the future of the customer. I’m sure many of you use New Relic. Jay Snyder: Yeah.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payments 194

Chart Mogul

JULY 1, 2020

B2B marketing is much more complicated than consumer marketing. Since we’re big fans of customer interviews, and because we didn’t want to make this article too subjective, we’ve also included the perspective of other 8 business owners, marketing managers, and growth marketers that agreed to share their know-how with us.

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Interviewing B2B Marketing Underperforming Technical Team 76

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

If you missed episode 122, check it out here: Tips for Building a Diverse Team of High-Quality Salespeople with Wesley Ulysse. We’ve got two sponsors, including a new one called Sapper Consulting. Our second sponsor is Outreach, the number one sales engagement platform. It has been an incredible journey for him.

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Subscription Payment Features Scale Underperforming Technical Team 106

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

Kevin Indig leads SEO & Content Marketing as VP at G2 and mentors startups in Marketing at GermanAccelerator. I’m also mentoring startups in terms of marketing SEO go-to market at the German Accelerator, which is the official startup program in the Silicon Valley of Germany. Kevin: Absolutely.

Technical Review 199

Technical Review Scale Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 199

Chart Mogul

JULY 1, 2020

B2B marketing is much more complicated than consumer marketing. Since we’re big fans of customer interviews, and because we didn’t want to make this article too subjective, we’ve also included the perspective of other 8 business owners, marketing managers, and growth marketers that agreed to share their know-how with us.

Interviewing 52

Interviewing B2B Marketing Underperforming Technical Team 52

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Managing a technical team as a non-technical person [24:13]. All you have to do is create perfectly targeted content, stay informed on email best practices, drive more engagement quarter over quarter, spend less money. Second sponsor Outreach , the number one sales engagement platform. Ideas Ryan finds transformative [29:33].

Marketplace as a Service 95

Marketplace as a Service CTO Hire Sales Recruiting Data 95

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. Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? Loving our podcast content? What works?

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Sales Hiring Scale CTO Hire CTO Coach 221

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

They sell that product to general councils, operations teams, and deal desks. Major challenges facing a new CEO [19:40]. They sell that product to general councils, operations teams, and deal desks. Keep the promise of sales enablement and keep your team doing what they do best, which is winning. Sam’s Corner [28:45].

Scale 107

Scale CTO Hire Scaling CTO Coach 107

SaaStr

MAY 2, 2019

Join Vlad Shmunis, founder, chairman, and CEO of RingCentral as he discusses RingCentral’s journey from a two-person startup to a $7B market cap global enterprise communications company (NYSE:RNG) — the good, the bad, and the ugly. Vlad: So what’s the new reality? So we needed to kind of get the new mindset going.

Scale 148

Scale Business Sales Hiring CTO Hire 148

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

But if you’re looking for engagement, that might not be the right strategy. So, I think there’s this engagement continuum where you have to understand how material a check is going to be to that firm you’re taking money from. If I get picked, do I want the more experienced partner, the new partner?

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Sales Recruiting Development Team Review Technical Review Sales Hiring 172

Outseta

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Why building trust with your internal team is the hallmark of great marketing leaders By Geoff Roberts The role of the modern Chief Marketing Officer is a tough one—you’d be hard pressed to name another position that requires a wider range of skills. I’ve played the following roles at various tech companies.

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Sales Hiring CTO Coach CTO Hire Underperforming Technical Team 50

SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

And honestly, we’re limiting ourselves by proximity on recruiting a diverse best-in-class team. Justin Bedecarre: So, even within some of our clients, they’re thinking about what their employees want in any given market. We’re already in this like a new gen.”

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SaaStr

JANUARY 14, 2020

What sets apart some of the most successful, high-growth companies we see today—Slack, Dropbox, Atlassian—has been their ability to tap into and master a new GTM strategy: B2C2B. We saw inside the company this tension between our classroom business and this new B2C digital business, and we knew we had to make a decision.

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B2B B2C Scale New CTO 132