Intercom, Inc.

JULY 21, 2022

What started as a series of interviews by co-founder Des Traynor soon bloomed into hundreds of episodes where we explore how businesses are driving growth through customer relationships and how to build successful products at scale. I’m recording the first in what I expect to be a series of interesting interviews.

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SaaStr

JULY 19, 2019

Prior to InCountry, Peter founded six and sold 6 enterprise software companies that were acquired by Sun, Citrix, VMware, Oracle, Sprinklr and Prograph. Previously, Peter was also the CTO/CIO of CBS Interactive where he brought CBS into the cloud. At Sun, Peter was the CTO of the Liberty identity consortium that designed SAML 2.

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Frontegg

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

PLG is taking center stage across all SaaS domains due to the benefits it brings to the table. Despite being extremely busy, Ramli is always open to new ideas and collaboration offers. #5 Co-Founder and CTO at Gainsight (Former GVP of Engineering at Marketo). Let’s begin. 5 – Keiran Flanagan. 8 – Mickey Alon.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

When designing your culture code, here are nine mistakes to be aware of. When HubSpot first launched its culture code, Dharmesh Shah, CTO and Founder of HubSpot, felt it was important to share it with candidates. Since then, its culture code has been viewed more than 4 million times. Ever heard of the airplane test?

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Chargify

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Initially, businesses only see a few basic requirements, but later realize there is much more hidden below the surface as it relates to the ongoing creation and maintenance of custom code. Looking back at their own experiences, Sonnenberg has this advice for new subscription-based startups: “Start with Stripe + Chargify.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Why does Paul believe that the builders are the new pro athletes? Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Paul. Most people don’t want to customize their software. When engaging with bottoms up sales models, where does Paul identify the tipping points of going from bottoms up to top down? *

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Now, without further ado, let’s listen to this interview with Ryan Walsh. So, when a sales professional interviews at accompany, all of that information flows one way from the candidate to the company. And where you were spot on is that this is not a review site. Who is Ryan Walsh and what is RepVue? [02:40].

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better. And it’s really thinking about the quality of the code in that area.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 9, 2022

But promotional paths are a-changing, according to a time-series by Spencer Stuart summarized in Harvard Business Review’s “ Finding the Right CEO.” Additionally, “leapfrog” candidates—those who come from a level below the C-suite, such as senior vice presidents—now make up roughly 5% of new chief execs.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

. “The real advances in SEO come from people trying things out and sharing them with the community” Alexa: You mentioned trial and error there and given that SEO is really a new discipline, how has trial and error helped you be at the forefront of a discipline that has emerged within your career span? Kevin: Absolutely.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Listen to the start of the episode for a promo code to our upcoming events! Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Yousuf. And by business technology function I want to define that because sometimes there’s a overlap with the CTO from an engineering side. Loving our podcast content? Harry Stebbings.

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Crafty CTO

APRIL 12, 2020

Bigger – it speaks to every aspect of the software development process. Shape Up is the Basecamp team’s distillation of how they themselves develop software, superbly written and illustrated, freely contributed to the world as an online and downloadable e-book. Big as in a 143 page PDF. ” So what is Shape Up?

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Sales Hacker

JULY 21, 2020

Now, without further ado, let’s listen to this interview with Brendan Kamm. The thought was, if I’m in New York, my client’s in Chicago, LA? I am a New Jersey-ian by birth. I’ve spent most of my life in the North East, working and living in New York or New Jersey. Check out outreach.io

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Major challenges facing a new CEO [19:40]. Now, without further ado, let’s listen to this interview with Vishal Sunak. And I had done that even before I got into B2B software, doing military electronic design, right? Show Agenda and Timestamps. Show Introduction [00:10]. Who is Vishal Sunak and what is LinkSquares? [02:00].

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Crafty CTO

APRIL 17, 2023

What are people “sleeping on” … I’m borrowing the “sleeping on” reference from an interview Willison did on the Changelog podcast , where he said : This is the thing I worry that people are sleeping on. When the jungle tears itself down and builds itself into something new. Kenzo: What game?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2020

Listen to the start of the episode for a promo code to our upcoming events! What can they do to enforce a sense of urgency when signing new clients? Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Yousuf. And second, just last week he started an incredibly exciting new opportunity with his new company.

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GetUplift

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Or urge people to show up to your events or log into your software? ” At the end, it says, “Paul, CTO, 21st Century Fox.” You may know all of these techniques now, but it was quite new when they went up with it. How can you convince potential customers to buy your products and services? Do you approve?”

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