Blog Posts, Growth, HiringWhat Happens When You Hire the Wrong VP
You know how everyone says you'll never look and wish you'd kept a bad VP as long as you did? That when you make a mis-hire, you'll always look back…
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Blog Posts, Early, Featured Podcasts, Featured Videos, Fundraising, Growth, Videos5 Things that Kill Startups with Y Combinator
Investment can create more problems than it solves and founders may trick themselves into thinking they have product market fit when they don’t. Michael Seibel, partner of Y Combinator and CEO of the YC startup accelerator program, will explore the top risks founders should be aware of after funding and his best tips on how to avoid them.
Blog Posts, Engineering, Featured Videos, Other, Scale, VideosParadigm Shifts and the Future of Data Infrastructure with Snowflake, Neo4j, and Cockroach Labs
Digital transformation as we know it has come and passed. Companies that prepared for a digital-centric future are flourishing, but those who have been reluctant to change are now faced with serious challenges. Data infrastructure is the backbone of the digital world and its future lies with the technologies that can truly take advantage of all the resources available across the cloud. We take a look at the future of data infrastructure and its importance in the digital-centric world.
Blog PostsNeed Leads in Q4? Sponsor SaaStr Scale!
So our SaaStr Digital events since March have been wildly successful — much more than we expected. With 100,000+ total attendees, and probably 200,000+ including on social, we’ve had a…
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Blog Posts, Early, SalesHow To Still Hire a Great VP of Sales Even If You Are Struggling
Totally spot on. So much of sales is process and execution. If you have the materials to work with, success is completely possible. — Brendan McAdams (@brendanmcadams) September 21, 2020…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Growth, Podcasts, Videos5 Leadership Lessons Everyone Needs Right Now From GitHub COO Erica Brescia
Bessemer’s 5th Annual State of the Cloud Report returns for a definitive look at the cloud industry today and looks to answer, is Cloud growth sustainable?
Blog Posts, Exit Strategy, ScaleJFrog IPO: Lessons For Entrepreneurs
The founders named their startup JFrog because a frog is agile and always leaping forward. And yes, the company has been doing this from the start. JFrog is the pioneer…
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Blog PostsSpeaker Submissions are OPEN for SaaStr Scale 2020!!
Ok, on the heels of 100,000+ across social, Zoom, and more at 2020 SaaStr Annual at Home, our next big digital event is the 2nd edition of SaaStrScale.com on Dec…
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Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring, SalesThat Super-Successful VP of Sales. Great? Or Just Lucky?
I get sent this resume to review all the time. Director+ of Sales at Slack / Zoom / DropBox / Pick Your Brand Name SaaS Company. Took Hot Start-Up from $0 to…
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Blog Posts, Growth, HiringYou Don’t Want Your Dream VP Candidate
You want to hire that VP you saw at an event, that was a VP at that hot company, that did it all there But first, they probably didn't do…
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Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring, Q&ATop 7 Regrets in Hiring VPs. Firing Them Is Not One of Them.
You want to hire that VP you saw at an event, that was a VP at that hot company, that did it all there But first, they probably didn't do…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Leadership, SaaStr Events, VideosPlanning For Now & the Future with SendGrid Puppet, and Pledge 1% (Video + Transcript)
Join the discussion on how business can be more than just about profit, it’s also about giving back in any and every way they can, especially in these challenging times…
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Early, Sponsored PostsWhy Sales Tax Compliance Matters for Growing SaaS Companies
As a growing SaaS company, there is a lot to think about in a day: How is my ARR doing? Are we delighting our customers? Are we doing right by…
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Blog Posts, Fundraising, Scale, VideosCloud is Eating all of Technology and Software… Is it Sustainable?
Bessemer’s 5th Annual State of the Cloud Report returns for a definitive look at the cloud industry today and looks to answer, is Cloud growth sustainable?
Blog Posts, Growth, SalesWhat’s Your Loss Rate? You Really Should Know
I am surprised how many CEOs can't answer this question-and-a-half well, or even at all: "Why do you really win deals? Why did your top 5 customers pick you?" But,…
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