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10 Years In Tech

Outseta

Remote work is a setup that’s better aligned with deep work and productivity, and also dramatically opens up the talent pool that companies can hire from. Founders hire executives looking for them to drive their overnight success, then move on before the person ever had a fleeting chance of meeting their goals.

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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

I’m going to skip by my life story, and how I grew up as a small child in India, and how the dusty streets influenced my take on unit economics, and SaaS subscription models. The issue the SMBs had was, “Well, I’m a 20-person consulting company. ” We didn’t do any annual contracts.