SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Scaling the company’s employee base, sales teams, marketing, and operations—all while preserving its culture—has required a laser focus on first principles, smart processes, and effective hiring. In this talk, Claire will share these and other lessons for scaling high-growth organizations. Our team is in Room 111.

Scale 162

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 162

SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

So let’s take a look back to a deep dive with the CEOs on what they learned building their first senior teams: ———-. As a founder/CEO, building your first management team is something that you often lose sleep over. What makes you feel that you need to level up your management, set up your first management team?

Sales Hiring 264

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review CTO Hire 264

SaaStr

OCTOBER 4, 2024

In today’s dynamic SaaS landscape of hyperfuncational SaaS, the journey of building a product that customers adore, while simultaneously scaling revenue to nearly $1B, is still quite a feat. They supply their customers with a full marketing suite and customer data software for thousands of SMB, e-commerce businesses.

Revenue 312

Revenue Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring 312

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2018

By early 2018, Brinker had updated it with almost 2,000 more vendors — that’s nearly 7,000 marketing software companies fighting for the same buyers’ attention. The reasons for this growth – high-velocity economics of software innovation, the migration of money from old media to new media, etc.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Technology Scale Marketing 223

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. As two CEO who love the art of sales and scaling, this one really was special. You can have the great product and a great team, but the market of small or very niche.

Sales Recruiting 264

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale VP of Engineering 264

SaaStr

MARCH 24, 2020

Sam Blond, CSO at Brex explains why recruiting, networking and employee happiness is the key to this playbook on recruiting your sales team. Sam Blond | Chief Sales Officer @ Brex. I’m doing The Playbook To Recruiting Your Sales Team. Once again, amazing job to the SaaStr team. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

Sales Recruiting 193

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team 193

User Pilot

JANUARY 17, 2024

Scaling SaaS is not for the faint of heart. If you do not scale, you will be unable to reach a new pool of customers and your competitors will leave you in the dust. If you scale prematurely, you may struggle to satisfy customer expectations. Provide the necessary training for your sales teams.

Scale 105

Scale Scaling SaaS Underperforming Technical Team 105

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2021

PlanGrid builds beautiful, simple software for the construction industry. The second is pulling more around values, and how we approached team building. Even as a three person team, we went through an exercise to figure out what do we stand for, as a team? Then trying to maintain that as we scale is always the challenge.

VP of Engineering 299

VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team 299

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As the Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at WP Engine , Carl has worked on many acquisitions and partnerships, including brands like Flywheel, Perfect Dashboard, Block Lab, and recently, Delicious Brains. This leaves the sale of the business a lot more vulnerable to the market.

Software Review 148

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Branding 148

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The good news is data labeling is scalable when you work with the right data labeling software. Data labeling is the process of analyzing raw data and labeling it to provide context to machine learning software, algorithms, and end-users. The task is usually completed by a combination of software, processes, and people.

Scale 125

Scale Outsourcing Services Artificial Intelligence Scaling 125

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2024

Paul Mander currently leads all of go-to-market for B2B at Optery. He previously built the pre and post sales solutions team at mParticle from zero to supporting hundreds of enterprise customers. Should your sales engineers also implement the software? How easy is it to implement your product?

Underperforming Technical Team 123

Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Sales Hiring Scale 123

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 15, 2022

Product teams often fall into the trap of spending most of their time on the core functionality of the products they’re building. Without an accessible onboarding process , customers may never reach the stage where they can use the game-changing features your team has worked so hard to build, making outcomes difficult to achieve.

Onboarding 194

Onboarding Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review 194

Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2021

First, how does the knowledge that Terry is married and loves eating Smarties help your reps make a sale? Our guess is that poor Polly from purchasing is gathering dust on a noticeboard in the canteen or buried somewhere deep in your internal network of folders. Perfectly position the product/service to their prospects.

Scale 131

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Outsourcing Services Sales 131

Neil Patel

MARCH 2, 2021

What’s in a review? Reviews aren’t just about finding out what consumers think you’re doing right or where you can improve. They’re a highly useful marketing tool for drawing traffic, generating leads, and making conversions. Let me show you why you should be scoping out reviews for your business. A lot, it turns out.

Software Review 127

Software Review Technical Review Scale Merchant Services 127

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2020

An open discussion with Sam Blond, CSO at Brex, and Kristen Habacht, VPS at Atlassian, about adjusting their sales process during Covid-19. Kristen Habacht runs EDR sales at Atlassian, which I got a check today, $40 billion-$50 billion company. She manages a huge global team. Four, people in the sale? Jason Lemkin: None.

Merchant Services 262

Merchant Services Scale Sales Recruiting Sales 262

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

One of the biggest challenges businesses face when they grow is scaling effective , autonomous and quick decision-making. Google, Apple and HubSpot are just three examples of industry-leading companies which use mental models to aid quick decision-making. Good decision-making is extremely important. Strategy - annually changes.

Underperforming Technical Team 214

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 214

ChurnZero

JULY 22, 2022

Does your Customer Success team have a shallow view of onboarding? As Donna Weber , the world’s leading expert in customer onboarding, knows, onboarding is about more than completing product training and filling out checklists. You have about half of the time of how long the average sales cycle is to start delivering value.

Scale 98

Scale Onboarding Scaling Underperforming Technical Team 98

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

The second constituent there is the developer. Why do developers love SaaS products? Customer acquisition is basically how much do you spend in terms of sales people, sales team, and in terms of marketing to acquire a new customer. The key here is knowing what your sales model is. They love SaaS products.

SaaS Payments 246

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A powerful CRM helps organize customer data, streamline sales pipelines, and automate marketing ultimately boosting revenue. In fact, 92% of businesses say CRM software is crucial to achieving their revenue goals. By the end of this guide, youll have a clear understanding of each platforms strengths, weaknesses, and ideal use cases.

Scale 52

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 52

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Lead generation is the lifeblood of any business. As a business grows, so will its lead generation channels and strategies. Without automation, optimization and growth will suffer, ultimately resulting in poor ROAS. What is lead generation automation? What is lead generation automation? In short, all of them.

Scale 127

Scale Outsourcing Services Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning 127

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Or perhaps you work in marketing and are looking for ways to test and optimize your sales funnels. For instance, you may be setting up an online shop and your primary consideration may be a low learning curve, whereas somebody else may be thinking about a platform that can allow them to scale easily. Ease of use. Scalability.

Payment Methods 145

Payment Methods Technical Review Software Review Systems Review 145

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

After working on NASA’s Space Shuttle Main Engine, he went on to develop Portfolium, a social networking platform that allows students and graduates to showcase skills beyond the traditional resume to potential employers. Portfolium was eventually acquired, but the team behind it never stopped thinking about a better way to do it.

Scale 211

Scale Software Review compliance Technical Review 211

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2021

And for your support team, using the right conversational support tool and framework allows them to maximize their resources, so they can focus on solving complex queries and building long-term customer relationships. But conversational support doesn’t just benefit your support team. Teams that benefit: Sales, marketing.

Underperforming Technical Team 129

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 129

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Imagine this: a potential customer calls the sales number listed on your website. Your sales person picks it up, answers a few questions, and closes the sale. And while some offer discounts if you have a large team, those prices can quickly add up and get expensive. Software-based. Let’s dive in! Reliability.

Systems Review 145

Systems Review Software Review Scale Mobile 145

Sales Hacker

JULY 8, 2020

Michael is a member of Revenue Collective, but perhaps most importantly, he’s the chief sales and strategy officer for Compass, that fast-growing real estate behemoth. Michael talks about how he does that at scale and how he thinks about scale. Michael talks about how he does that at scale and how he thinks about scale.

Scale 125

Scale Scaling VP of Engineering Technical Review 125

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

However, if you do ask for a credit card number, those who provide one are more qualified prospects. And in cases where our customers get stuck, our support team responds in a timely manner with personalized video. Note: Our SaaS billing software can support all common SaaS subscription billing models. Learn more here.

Merchant Services 146

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 146

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The SaaStock team will be landing in São Paulo to run the region’s first Pan-Latin American SaaS conference, SaaStock LatAm. We’ve gathered LatAm’s leading SaaS founders, executives, and investors – as well as a few international faces – for an unbeatable few days of knowledge and networking.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

374: ZoomInfo founder and CEO Henry Schuck shares how he built a business from scratch and grew it into one of the most successful IPOs of the 21st century—and what it was really like…the good, the bad, and most of all, the ugly. Even at spectacular scale, they’re still growing at 30%. They had to reinvent themselves.

Sales Hiring 231

Sales Hiring Scale Payments Cloud 231

User Pilot

MARCH 5, 2025

That’s where customer engagement software comes in. How I chose the best customer engagement software My evaluation process combined thorough feature analysis , a careful review of user feedback, and insights from industry reports. Scalability and security: Can the platform grow with your business and protect your data?

Software Review 52

Software Review Engagement Software Scale 52

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

They sell that product to general councils, operations teams, and deal desks. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Keys to success when scaling a company [10:56]. They sell that product to general councils, operations teams, and deal desks. We’re on iTunes. We’re on iTunes.

Scale 120

Scale CTO Hire CTO Coach Scaling 120

Scytale

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Whether you’re a new entrepreneur in the software industry, scaling your startup, or a seasoned SaaS provider, securing a SOC 3 audit report can be a game-changer for your business , helping you strengthen customer trust while demonstrating your unwavering commitment to data security. The good news? For public use. The good news?

compliance 52

compliance Underperforming Technical Team Scale Technical Review 52

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 2, 2021

From the process of disambiguation and the worst outage we ever had to our obsession with speed and how legal and engineering teams can work better together, Engineer Chats will give you a peek behind the engineering process at Intercom. Automation in infrastructure can lead to pretty serious blunders.

Engineering 178

Engineering Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Systems Review 178

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

? ?. For Rebecca Egger, the CEO and co-founder of Little Otter , a mental health service designed for children, digital transformation will play a crucial role in scaling healthcare. Scale and accessibility are key. This is Scale , Intercom’s podcast series on driving business growth through customer relationships.

Scale 223

Scale Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Technical Review 223

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 14, 2019

Mid-market and enterprise sales deals are undeniably complex. Successfully managing complex sales requires a different level of visibility into your deals. A large-scale data restructuring project involving another vendor. While it was designed for software development, its principles are just as relevant to sales.

Scale 147

Scale Management Underperforming Technical Team Sales 147

Sales Hacker

MARCH 18, 2025

Mutiny helps enterprises restore the human element in modern buying at scale, and is used by some of the fastest growing companies in the world including Amplitude, Snowflake and Qualtrics. Prior to Mutiny, Jaleh was the Head of Marketing and Business Development at Gusto, where she grew the company from 500 to 50,000 customers over 4 years.

Scale 65

Scale AI Marketing Sales 65

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 3, 2022

Content is the cornerstone of sales enablement, but creating it is a massive headache. Those are resources that most sales teams do not have, and resources that most marketing teams need to protect. What is Agile sales enablement? There is a pressure on teams to move quickly and scale early.

Sales Enablement 113

Sales Enablement Scale Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services 113

Sales Hacker

APRIL 25, 2019

Early in my career, I saw firsthand how a $20M funded company went from startup to NASDAQ IPO to being delisted in the span of three years due to frivolous spending (but that’s a story for another day). My cost-conscious lens (plus our proven outbound sales program) has served my company, Leadium, well.

Outsourcing Services 98

Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring Sales Outsourcing Outsourced Development 98