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Scaling Outside Silicon Valley: Going from $0 to $60M ARR in 4 Years | SaaStr Software Community (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

So starting out, we didn’t really know what to do, but luckily we had heard of Paul Graham and Y Combinator, so we read all of their essays before we decided to invest $750 each into Podium, which was actually the only money we ever put into the company. ” Then we got … Right after that, we went in and interviewed.

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Lessons learned from scaling a team

Intercom, Inc.

Beware of the epidemic of collaboration, common management mistakes and dysfunctional teams. That’s what this talk (now essay) is about: people. Mistakes to be wary of with your first hires. Forgetting to keep people aligned is the biggest mistake you’ll make in your early hires. Management mistakes.

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