Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

Establishing relationships with advisors and/or mentors. Establishing/implementing metrics and analytics**. We should note that utilizing Sean Ellis’s product/market fit survey, NPS (net promoter score), and activation and retention rates are important elements of implementing metrics and analytics. Finding channel/market fit.

Scale 74

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

Part-Time VPE 229

Part-Time VPE Technical Cofounder CTO Hire New CTO 229

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. Invest in your development internally and externally.

Scale 130

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130

SaaStr

AUGUST 20, 2020

343: Kyle Parrish is the Head of Sales @ Figma, the company that helps teams create, test and ship better designs from start to finish. Kyle was in charge of creating the Austin, Texas sales team @ Dropbox, what were some of his biggest lessons when it comes to moving sales outside of HQ? What worked? What did not work?

Sales Hiring 203

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Technical Advisors 203

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

As for Karl, prior to founding the company he spent 6 years at Google in some fascinating roles including Head of Patents, Head of Business Development in China and running Google’s energy investments. Where it makes sense to invest your precious resources when to outsource, and how to save yourself money without cutting corners.

Sales Hiring 223

Sales Hiring Scale CTO Hire CTO Coach 223

SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2019

Jason Lemkin is the Founder @ SaaStr, the world’s largest SaaS community and leading early-stage SaaS fund with investments in Automile, TalkDesk, Algolia and more. Dave Kellogg is a leading technology executive, independent board member, advisor and angel investor. What are the 4 metrics that fundamentally matter in your business?

Outsourcing Services 119

Outsourcing Services Scale Sales Hiring SMB 119