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The SaaS Org Chart Live with David Sacks (Podcast #491 and Video)

SaaStr

David’s first foray into SaaS was in 1999 when he joined a startup that would become PayPal, starting as the product leader and later as the COO. In 2008, he founded Yammer, an enterprise software company that David grew to 500 employees and $60 million in sales. Head of Product. Head of Sales. Head of Marketing.

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60 of The Top Mentors at 2020 SaaStr Annual

SaaStr

Sari Harrison, Center for Humane Technology , Head of Product Outcomes. Sameera Rao, PayPal, Global Head of Consumer Engineering. Nitasha Walia, Zoom, Group Product Manager. Camille Ricketts, Notion HQ , Head of Marketing. Product Marketing Manager. Germain Brion, Chargebee , VP of Sales.

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Top 25 SaaStr Podcast Episodes from 2020

SaaStr

In this episode, David Skok , General Partner @ Matrix Partners , uncovers the crucial step missing when it comes to finding product-market fit for B2B companies, how to set-up your sales team for success early on, and what metrics really matter when it comes to a payback period.

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What is a Segmentation Survey? Questions, Examples & Use Cases

User Pilot

For instance, a SaaS provider of e-commerce platforms might customize its offerings by integrating specific payment gateways popular in certain regions, like PayPal in the US or Alipay in China, to improve user experience and increase sales. Geographic segmentation survey questions In which country do you currently live?

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A Look Back: Slack at $30,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

And we ended the day with an incredible combo of the hottest app at that time (and one of the hottest ever), Slack, who likely was around $30m ARR or so … and hadn’t yet added a sales team! I’m like, “Where can I talk to a sales rep?” Can you get to $100 million without a sales team, do you think?

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The Cadence: How to Turn Your SaaS Startup into an Army with David Sacks (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Rather than the CEO running around telling the engineers exactly what to build, you now have product managers. Rather than having this erratic schedule around hitting sales targets, or hitting releases, that there’s a feeling that just quarter after quarter the company keeps shipping and selling. I learned this operating myself.

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Product-led growth: AKA what you should be doing | ProfitWell

ProfitWell

Consumers are more eager to try a product than to converse with a salesperson—paving the way for a product-led growth approach. Letting your product lead means companies must reconfigure their marketing, sales, and service strategies to keep up with consumer demands. This indicates you’re providing real value.

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