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 209

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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

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Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

Establishing relationships with advisors and/or mentors. The higher the activation and retention rates, the greater the indication that this is a must-have product. Here’s an example: in the beginning, New Relic didn’t see their target customers as developers. Ensuring your product, marketing and sales teams are aligned.

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Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74

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. Three of the companies he founded went public and one was acquired.

Outsourcing Services 112

Outsourcing Services Scale Sales Hiring SMB 112