Blog Posts, Hiring, Human Resources
Basically all of the SaaS CEOs/founders I know of have made at least one terrible VP+ level hire. It’s one of our enduring topics on SaaStr. Sometimes it’s VP Sales…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Growth, Human Resources
If you'd rather not do any of your 1-on-1's, Something is off. Goes for both sides. — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) December 19, 2022 For the first time…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Company Culture, Compensation, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, Videos
What does successful company growth look like? Lots of SaaS founders are preoccupied with employee headcount as an important growth metric, but this indicator is not always true. Anu Muralidharan,…
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Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring, Human Resources, Sales
Given that so much has changed in SaaS the past few months, I thought it made sense to update this classic SaaStr post on The Top 10 Mistakes We All…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, Podcasts, Sales, Videos
“The hardest part of closing any deal is finding it,” says Lars Nilsson, VP of Global Sales Development at Snowflake. Over his 35+ year career, Nilsson has managed 100+ Sales…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, Videos
Have you checked in on your employees lately? If they aren’t happy, they may leave, which can spell problems for your employee retention rate, which in turn can negatively impact…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, Videos, Workshop Wednesdays
“People are the most valuable asset of an organization. Every leader needs to have a strategic playbook to build high-performing teams and retain top talent,” says Guan Wang, Global Director…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Early, Human Resources, Q&A
Dear SaaStr: What are Some Red Flags That Signal You Shouldn’t Take a Start-up Job? A few B2B/SaaS specific thoughts. 1. Don’t join a B2B/SaaS start-up that won’t share its…
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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, Career Growth & Advice, Company Culture, Featured Videos, Fundraising, Hiring, Human Resources, International Expansion, Leadership, Product, Videos
Knowing how to get funding as a start-up is an invaluable skill. You have the vision, but you need to communicate it effectively for investors to believe in it and…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Customer Success, Early, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, Podcasts, Product, Videos
In this SaaStr Europa 2022 session, Matt Jacobson, General Partner at ICONIQ Growth, interviews Miro’s Founder & CEO, Andrey Khusid, to get insight into how he was able to grow the company so successfully.
Blog Posts, Company Culture, Hiring, Human Resources, International Expansion, Leadership, Marketing, Podcasts, Product, SaaS Product Pricing, Videos
At the SaaStr Europa 2022 event, Accel Partner Philippe Botteri interviewed PayFit CEO & Co-Founder Firmin Zocchetto to ask about his GTM strategy.
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, Engineering, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, Videos
Discover the pillars that helped build long-lasting employee satisfaction at Change.org and Notion.
Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring, Human Resources, Q&A
Q: Dear SaaStr: What Were The First Five Hires You Made After Product-Market Fit? My first 5 hires at Adobe Sign / EchoSign, beyond the core founding+ team, once we…
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