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Product Power Breakfast #2: Thomas Interviews Dave

Kellblog

Well, we just finished the first episode (“ Dave interviews Thomas “) of our Enterprise SaaS Product Power Breakfast series and wow, was it crazy. A surprise cameo from Dharmesh Shah , cofounder and CTO of HubSpot (who I think Jason pulled up [1]) — thanks for coming!

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The 9 Worst Sales Mistakes Founders Should Avoid

Point Nine Land

At Point Nine, we aspire to continuously share what we learn with our community and the extended startup ecosystem. Sales is hard, especially in the early stages of a startup. You founded a startup to lead teams, grow your business, and embark on an extreme and hopefully glorious journey we all dream of. Which are you?

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Career Decisions: What To Look For In a Software Startup

Kellblog

So, you’re thinking of taking a job at a startup, but are nervous about the risk, perhaps having trouble telling one from another, and unsure about knowing what’s really important in startup success. Startups are about people. Great core/founding team. We live in a founder-friendly VC era. Clean cap table.

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SaaS Churn: Myths, Benchmarks, and Strategies to Retain More Revenue

FastSpring

To investigate, Ryan Law, former CMO and cofounder of Cobloom, performed an analysis of six recent churn reports or studies and found that there is no consensus on the average churn rate for SaaS companies. Qualitative Data Gathering: Surveys and Exit Interviews. Check out the interview here. But is this purely anecdotal?

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How to Close the Enterprise When You’re Just a Startup (Summit Replay)

Sales Hacker

In it, Co-Founder and CRO of Kronologic, Aaron Bollinger, shows us how to close enterprise level deals when you’re a startup. All right guys, welcome to the Sales Hacker’s Success Summit presentation, How To Close The Enterprise When You Are Just A Startup. We should probably do an interview together. What You’ll Learn.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Lucidchart and Wrike — February 28, 2020

SaaStr

Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Karl. I started my training on the technical side, thinking I wanted to be a scientist or engineer, in particular, thinking I wanted to do research. What works?

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SaaStr Podcast #364 with Figma Head of Sales Kyle Parrish

SaaStr

Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Kyle. I guess my question to you is, when you try to uncover this talent, how do you detect it in interviews, and what are the most high-signal questions which to you suggest that kind of product love and alignment? Harry Stebbings. Kyle Parrish.