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Things That Are Different As A More Experienced Entrepreneur

SaaStr

I’ve also invested in 24+ next-generation SaaS companies, mostly successes, and had a chance to watch and learn from them as well, with a new lens. And paying a little more for a lot more experience can be one of the top investments you’ll ever make. Sales — Not Easier. I’m not. Perhaps, I am worse.

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How to Truly Stand Out in Any Job Interview, from SDR to COO

SaaStr

It’s so, so easy to stand out in recruiting if you’ve actually done your homework. Invest those extra cycles. Then I’d let them know how I prepared for the meeting so they knew I invested my time to get ready. I ended the interview (politely) after 10 minutes and told him to watch the video. Now I see who they sell to!”

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10 Things That Would Have Helped Me Go From $1m to $10m Faster with Less Stress

SaaStr

I thought it would be worth drilling down deeper into each of them, and sharing the learnings and mistakes: 1/ Spending less time fixing things, more time recruiting senior folks to own them. No one spends enough time recruiting as it is, after $1m ARR or so. Yes, you can manage the sales team yourself. You can do this.

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5 Predictions for 2021

Tom Tunguz

Database startups, data movement startups, data quality startups, data lineage startups, machine learning startups will be the zeitgeist of the decade as they shape the next wave of massive innovation. M&As and IPOs continue at torrid rates. Scoring last year’s predictions: The direct listing becomes the standard path to IPO.

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How to Collaborate, Manage, and Work with Developers featuring Twilio’s Jeff Lawson

SaaStr

You might also include developers on sales calls from time to time — it makes everyone feel heard. The CEO of Dominoes recruited his Head of Technology personally, telling him that his realm was the most critical thing Dominoes was going to do in the next decade. 3 Assign problems, not tasks. 4 Provide executive enthusiasm.

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Don’t Confuse Room at the Bottom with Disruption

SaaStr

And at a sales perspective, they’ll move to optimizing revenue per lead, over closing every possibly lead. Once sales and marketing gets to be all about the top line, you need to let some marginal customers just go, if for no other reason than holding on price. Harder to Recruit. Easier to Innovate.

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Tackling the problem: A simple three-part framework to align your team’s efforts

Intercom, Inc.

Some problems need a straightforward solution, while others require more innovation. By failing to acknowledge the differences early, teams risk misallocating their focus and energy when solving problems, investing too much or too little in each one. “ Our team aligns on three points: Innovation . Investment . Innovation.