Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring
This may sound harsh, But any "layoff" of a single digit % of employees is usually just a reshuffling The bottom 5%-7% are moved out, to replace them with better…
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Blog Posts, Hiring
The truth is, it’s not just VCs that lowered their standards in the boom of ‘20-‘21 So did startups Many mediocre hires were made to fill slots, reference checks not…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Featured Podcasts, Featured Videos, Fundraising, Hiring, Leadership, Marketing, Podcasts, Product, Videos
Pulling from the lessons he’s learned from 16 years at 1Password, CEO Jeff Shiner shares seven essential drivers to becoming a multi-billion dollar company.
Blog Posts, Customer Success, Growth, Hiring
I remember about 24 months back, I asked one of the very best VPs of Sales I know to help me find a VP of Customer Success. This VP of…
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Blog Posts, Hiring, Q&A
Dear SaaStr: Do My VP of Eng and My VP of Product Have to Be Technically Excellent? This has been pretty much my experience A Great VP of Engineering must either:…
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Blog Posts, Customer Success, Early, Featured Videos, Hiring, Leadership, Marketing, Marketing, Product, Videos
Founders pour their hearts and souls into their brands — and, for the most part, they do so gladly. But how much of their blood, sweat, and tears never actually…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Early, Exit Strategy, Featured Podcasts, Hiring, Leadership, Podcasts, Videos
After an impressive career in SaaS, SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin knows a thing or two about growing business in today’s competitive climate. Boast.AI Co-Founder Lloyed Lobo recently interviewed Jason about…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Featured Podcasts, Featured Videos, Hiring, Leadership, Podcasts, Sales, Videos
Podium’s EVP of Sales, Than Hancock, and Regional Sales Manager, Carlie Adams, discuss both the challenges and opportunities for setting up your sales organization for success, particularly during hypergrowth.
Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Company Culture, Featured Podcasts, Featured Videos, Hiring, Leadership, Podcasts, Videos
Poorvi Shrivastav, GM and VP of Products at HubSpot, shares her passion for team development and discusses her journey of leading cross-geographical product teams and revealing how to execute the scaling plan successfully.
Blog Posts, Company Culture, Featured Videos, Hiring, Leadership, Marketing, Sales, Videos
In this session, Tolithia Kornweibel, CRO at Gusto, shares advice on creating sustainable partnerships between marketing and sales.
Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring, Human Resources
As you approach $50m, $60m, $100m ARR You can hire folks that always worked at Big Companies You'll need them Then — Jason ✨BeKind✨ Lemkin #ДобісаПутіна (@jasonlk) January 5, 2022…
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Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring, Sales
So this is a seemingly simple post, and one with a title that is purposefully a bit binary. Yes, sometimes it’s OK to hire a VP of Sales that everyone…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Featured Podcasts, Featured Videos, Hiring, Leadership, Podcasts, Videos
“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.” This famous quote from self-help author Robert Collier applies to every sales organization because excellent results come…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Hiring, Leadership
Being a founder is easy. You just start something. Grab a smart friend, hop on over to WeWork (when we did that), hit Canva or 99 Designs for the logo,…
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Blog Posts, Hiring, Human Resources
I hear again and again from SaaS founders growing to $5m, $10m ARR, or even more, that they don’t need a certain VP — with the exception of a VP…
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