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8 Things That Change When Your Company is Acquired

SaaStr

Unless there is a huge earn-out or retention payment tied to performance, the pressure is partially off. I thought my sales team would leave quickly. My VP of Sales and the team stayed for 2.5 Most surprisingly, my CTO — the most start-up-ey guy I know — is still there. Not all of it. You don’t have to work as hard.

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Dear SaaStr: What’s It Like to Have Your Company Acquired by One of the Tech Giants?

SaaStr

Unless there is a huge earn-out or retention payment tied to performance, the pressure is off. I thought my sales team would leave quickly. My VP of Sales and the team stayed for 2.5 Most surprisingly, my CTO — the most start-up-ey guy I know — is still there. Contingent payments incent — and modify — behavior.

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Why Sales Tax Compliance Matters for Growing SaaS Companies

SaaStr

And, when you do, do you even think about sale tax compliance? vary on how they handle sales tax and SaaS. It can be confusing to understand how and where you should charge sales tax. Let’s explore a few more ways in which sales tax compliance could impact your growing business. Here’s why you should. .

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11 Key SaaS Roles and Responsibilities in 2023

User Pilot

TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. Customer Onboarding Specialist: Responsible for helping new customers get up and running with the company’s products. Average salary: $95,566/yr. Average salary: $46,035/yr.

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FastSpring Annual Recap: Reflecting on 2020 and Looking Ahead to 2021

FastSpring

Many of their software solutions sold by our customers facilitate remote work environments, and most customers have expanded their customer bases meaningfully during the pandemic. With this new investment, we are already increasing our pace of innovation and have a very exciting roadmap of things to come over the next 12 months.

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

With that in mind, before we welcome the new year and all the good things to come, we’ve gathered our favorite insights and nuggets of wisdom from 2021 in a special wrap-up episode. Will Larson , CTO of Calm. Maggie Hott , Director of Sales at Webflow. Des Traynor , Co-founder and CTO of Intercom.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Bernadette Nixon, Jay Snyder, Nick Mehta, Loren Padelford, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

362: The Future of the Customer with Bernadette Nixon, CEO @ Algolia, Jay Snyder, Chief Customer Officer @ New Relic, and Nick Mehta, CEO @ Gainsight. Nick Mehta: On a boat in Rhode Island and then our second guest Jay Snyder, who just recently took over as Chief Customer Officer of New Relic, publicly traded SaaS company.