Avoid Trapdoor Decisions: 5 Lessons Learned from Stripe’s First COO Claire Hughes Johnson (Video + Pod)
As we gear up for 2024 SaaStr Annual, Sep 10-12 in SF Bay, once again on our 40+ acre indoor-outdoor campus, I wanted to take a look back at a few sessions that I’ve come to appreciate more with time. This was one, when Stripe’s first COO, Claire Hughes Johnson, came...
5 Secrets to a 97% Employee Retention Rate Over 5 Years with Beefree’s CEO and People & Culture Director
Massimo Arrigoni, CEO of Beefree, and Enrica Lipari, the People and Culture Director of Growens, share 5 secrets to a high employee retention rate.
CRO Confidential: How Wiz Went From $0 to The First $100M with Wiz ex-CRO Colin Jones (Pod 665 + Video)
Some are reporting Google may buy SaaS security leader Wiz for over $20 Billion — just a little over 4 years after founding! That would be a record. Whatever happens, Wiz’s growth is already a record to $100m, to $350m ARR … and beyond. It may...
How To Create Longevity in Your Sales Org & Why That Matters with Justworks’ CRO
Justworks CRO Robert Lopez and Director of Sales Valeria Avila walk you through how to create longevity in your sales organization and why it matters.
Dear SaaStr: Can a CEO be Late To Almost Everything?
Dear SaaStr: Can a CEO be Late To Almost Everything? As CEO, I was basically never late. This year, for the SaaStrAnnual.com, every year we have perhaps ~150 top CEOs speak. Some of the very best in SaaS. CEOs of Atlassian, Box, Slack, Blackline, Qualtrics, The Trade...
Lessons Learned Rapidly Scaling a Team from 2 to 1100 People with Remote CEO and Co-Founder Job van der Voort
What does it take to scale a team from 2 to more than 1,100 people in just a few short years? Hannah Seal, Partner at Index Ventures, chats with Job van der Voort, CEO and co-founder of Remote, about just that. Remote launched in 2020, just as the pandemic hit, and it...
The 3 Secret Ingredients for Scaling to $100M ARR with Bitly CEO and CPO
Bitly CEO Toby Gabriner and CPO Kelsey Stevenson share lessons learned in scaling and things they could have done differently on the journey to $100M ARR.
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Manage a Salesperson Who Does Not Follow Up on Sales Opportunities?
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Manage a Salesperson Who Does Not Follow Up on Sales Opportunities? The simple process you need to add is an “SLA”. You need to take away leads, and also opportunities, if they are not followed up with in a prompt fashion. This is fairly easy to...
The 3 Principles for Building a Multi-Product Roadmap with 1Password CPO Steve Won
1Password’s Chief Product Officer, Steve Won, walks through the 3 Key Principles for Building a Successful Multi-Product Roadmap.
How to Run All Hands Meetings the Right Way with Guru Founder and CEO Rick Nucci
How do you build a culture of openness and collaboration as your company scales? Founder and CEO of Guru, Rick Nucci, and previously founder of Boomi, on track to IPO soon at $200m+ ARR, shares how to run all-hands meetings the right way. Guru is about a decade old...
What’s Happening in B2B SaaS in 2024 and Beyond with Zapier CEO Wade Foster and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin
SaaStr Founder and CEO, Jason Lemkin, and Zapier CEO, Wade Foster, sit down with Casey Hill to discuss the future of B2B SaaS in 2024 and beyond.
Just Between Two CEOs: Dev Ittycheria of MongoDB and Jyoti Bansal of Harness.io and AppDynamics
Two successful SaaS leaders talk about product alignment, freemium models, having an open-source product and other topics in SaaS we all want answers to.
How to Build Happier Employees – Lessons From HubSpot’s CTO Dharmesh Shah and Chief People Officer Katie Burke
At SaaStr Annual we had a great session with HubSpot Founder & CTO, Dharmesh Shah, and their Chief People Officer, Katie Burke, on building happier employees. We’ve had a ton of great HubSpot content over the years but you may have missed this one, and it...
Dear SaaStr: How Do You Deal With an Unreliable Co-Founder?
Dear SaaStr: How Do You Deal With an Unreliable Co-Founder? You first try to move them into an individual contributor role. If that doesn’t work, then move them out. This is one of the most frustrating outcomes, when a very talented co-founder becomes “unrealiable”....
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