Blog Posts, Hiring, Human Resources90% of my evaluation of any leader that works for me is the quality of people they can get to work for them. This could be wrong…. Maybe it should…
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Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, Q&AQ: How do you deal with bus factor in a startup? We are losing an employee which had a cornerstone role but he was tackling this area alone. Goodness, this…
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Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring, Human Resources, SalesI know we’ve hit a number of these points individually before on SaaStr, but after getting asked about the top mistakes hiring your first sales team so many times over…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Hiring, Human ResourcesI think the average "manager" level tech hire sort of plans on staying 18 mos. Long enough to get settled, learn a bit, then find something "better Makes sense, but:…
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Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring, Human ResourcesIt’s easy to say “only hire people with start-up experience.” It’s also very tempting to hire folks that have worked at the partners, in the ecosystem that you work in,…
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Blog Posts, Early, Human Resources, Leadership, Product, Q&AQ: What makes a bad CTO? While there is no legal definition for CTO 🙂 or bright line between CTO and VPE, I’d suggest a start-up CTO really only has…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Featured Videos, Human Resources, Leadership, SaaStr Events, Videos“You can just stand by the wall and be quiet, “I don’t agree, but I’m not getting involved.” And that’s the definition of privilege, ladies and gentlemen.” Join Molly Ford,…
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Blog Posts, Hiring, Human Resources, LeadershipQ: Based on what is going on in the world right now (coronavirus), is this the right time to ask businesses to outsource? Should I keep my cold calling team?…
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Blog Posts, Early, Human Resources, LeadershipQ: As a CEO of a Startup, Is It Normal to Argue With Your Co-founder Early On? It is common. It is not IME normal. I’ve had 2 incredible co-founder…
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Customer Success, Human Resources, Leadership, Podcasts, Sales Ep. 319: May Habib is the Founder & CEO @ Qordoba, the platform that helps everyone at your company write with the same style, terminology and…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Company Culture, Growth, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, SaaStr Events, Sales, VideosJason Lemkin moderates a panel of some greatest-of-all-time SaaStr speakers taking questions from the audience and over Twitter. The panel discussed navigating a future recession, building great office culture, app exhaustion and more.
Career Growth & Advice, Company Culture, Featured Q&A, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, Podcasts Ep. 282: Michael Pryor, Co-Founder & CEO @ Trello, now Head of Trello Product with Atlassian following their recent acquisition. Kolton Andrus is the…
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Blog Posts, Hiring, Human Resources, SalesHopefully, sometime over the next few weeks, you’ll finish up your model and planning for next year. If not, please try to do it before 12/31 … 🙂 I’m working…
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Blog Posts, Compensation, Human ResourcesI was curious the other day how many of the recent Cloud and SaaS IPOs had founders that were equal co-founders from an equity perspective. That was how I was…
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Company Culture, Customer Success, Diversity & Inclusion, Fundraising, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, Podcasts Ep. 237: Parker Conrad is the Founder & CEO @ Rippling, the startup that gives you back your time from payroll to employee computers, Rippling makes it…
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