Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership
We’ve written a lot on SaaStr on how to increase the odds your first management team is a success. How to hire a great VP of Sales (tons on that…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Early, Growth, Human Resources, Leadership
Pre-Covid, I was walking on the streets of San Francisco and bumped into a terrific Unicorn CEO. A beloved CEO of a beloved startup. We caught up briefly, and I…
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Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring, Human Resources
Not sure if you need a VP or "just a manager"? The answer is almost always VP, after even $1m ARR — Jason ✨BeKind✨ Lemkin ⚫️ (@jasonlk) October 27, 2020…
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Blog Posts, Hiring, Human Resources
Recently, a good friend of mine running a Hot SaaS Start-up asked me if he should hire a particular VP of Product candidate I knew well. The team he’d be managing was…
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Blog Posts, Hiring, Human Resources
Who should you hire, with limited budget? A VP of Sales? A Director of Demand Gen? Or A Head of Product? The answer is Yes. A truly great hire is…
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Blog Posts, Compensation, Hiring, Human Resources
If someone is looking for another job in Year 1, Even if they don’t take it … You’ve already basically lost them. Do more 1-on-1sGet more 360 feedbackTalk more I…
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Blog Posts, Hiring, Human Resources
A VP of Sales and SuccessA VP of Sales and MarketingA VP of Sales and Anything Else Is usually not really a VP of Sales — Jason ✨BeKind✨ Lemkin ⚫️…
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Blog Posts, Hiring, Human Resources
Love him or hate him, Nick Saban is the most successful college football coach of the current generation. Winner of 3 out of 4 straight national championships. And how often…
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Blog Posts, Hiring, Human Resources
90% 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&A
Q: 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, Sales
I 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 Resources
I 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 Resources
It’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&A
Q: 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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