The Top 3 Criteria for Hiring Your First Head of Sales
We’ve talked a lot on SaaStr about hiring that first VP of Sales. But what if you can’t find the right person, and you’ve spent months looking. What risks should…
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Company Culture, Early, Fundraising, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, PodcastsSaaStr Podcast #199: Jon Stein, Founder & CEO @ Betterment on The 3 Key Roles For A SaaS CEO
Welcome to Episode 199! on Stein is the Founder & CEO @ Betterment, the online financial adviser built for people who refuse to settle for average investing. To date, Jon has…
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Blog Posts, Customer Success, Customer Success, Growth, Hiring, Product, SaaStr Events, Scale, VideosBest Practices in Customer Success in 2018: Maximizing Revenue, NPS and Happiness (Video + Transcript)
This session with leaders in the customer success space discusses best practices for your customer success teams in 2018. They talk about when to hire your VP of Customer Success,…
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Company Culture, Hiring, Leadership, Podcasts, ScaleSaaStr Podcast #196: Claire Hughes Johnson, COO @ Stripe Discusses How To Hire Quality Teams At Scale
Welcome to Episode 196! Claire Hughes Johnson is the COO @ Stripe, the new standard in online payments that handles billions of dollars of business every year for forward-thinking businesses around…
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Blog Posts, Company Culture, Early, Growth, Hiring, Human Resources, International Expansion, Leadership, Product, SaaStr Events, Scale, VideosBuild A Culture That Scales: Lessons from Algolia, Glassdoor’s Highest Rated SaaS Company
This fireside chat with, Nicolas Dessaigne, CEO @ Algolia and Edith Harbaugh, Co-Founder & CEO @ Launch Darkly, discusses building a culture that scales. In the early days, Nicolas mentions…
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Customer Success, Early, Hiring, Leadership, Metrics, PodcastsSaaStr Podcast #194: Steve Newman, Founder & CEO @ Scalyr on How Small Numbers In SaaS Can Deceive You
Steve Newman is the Founder & CEO @ Scalyr, the startup that helps your devops team solve more problems in less time with log monitoring and analysis in seconds. Steve…
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Blog Posts, Career Growth & Advice, Early, Growth, Hiring, Leadership, SaaStr Events, Videos5 Things I Wished I Asked Before Switching from Employee to Founder with GoCardless and Shipamax (Video + Transcript)
Co-Founder and CEO at GoCardless, Hiroki Takeuchi and CEO and Founder at Shipamax, Jenna Brown on their switch from the employee role to the founder role and what they learned…
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Blog Posts, Featured Videos, Growth, Hiring, Leadership, SaaStr Events, Sales, Sales Strategy, VideosWhat to Do Better Next Time – Lessons from 3 Top Current CEOs (Video + Transcript)
We sat down with CEOs of high-growth SaaS startups across the world on what they would do better next time. Featuring: PJ Bouten – Co-Founder and CEO at Showpad Hande…
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Blog Posts, HiringGet In Early (GIE) #006: Gorgias
In the early days of SaaStr, we did a “Get In Early” series where you could take a look at the actual metrics, and an actual video, of a break-out…
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Company Culture, Growth, Hiring, Human Resources, Leadership, Marketing Strategy, Podcasts, Product, SalesSaaStr Podcast #191: Kyle Porter, Founder & CEO @ Salesloft Discusses Pivoting a Product Generating $7m in ARR
Welcome to Episode 191! Kyle Porter is the Founder & CEO @ Salesloft, the leading sales engagement platform delivering a better sales experience. To date, Salesloft have raised over $75m in…
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Blog Posts, Growth, Hiring, Leadership, SaaStr Events, Sales, Sales Strategy, VideosHow to Build a World Class Outbound Team with Aaron Ross, Author of Predictable Revenue (Video + Transcript)
At SaaStr Europa a few months ago, we had Aaron Ross join us in Paris to educate the evergrowing European SaaS landscape. In his session, he talks about growing and…
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Company Culture, Hiring, Leadership, Marketing Strategy, Podcasts, ScaleSaaStr Podcast #189: Craig Walker, Founder & CEO @ Dialpad on When to Go Large on Go-To-Market
Welcome to Episode 189! Craig Walker is the Founder & CEO @ Dialpad, the startup that provides a business phone system for the modern workplace. To date, Craig has raised…
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Company Culture, Hiring, Leadership, PodcastsSaaStr Podcast #188: Fouad ElNaggar, Founder & CEO @ Sapho Shares The Benefits of Being Old In SaaS
Welcome to Episode 188! Fouad ElNaggar is the Founder & CEO @ Sapho, the only employee experience portal designed for the digital workforce. To date, Ray has raised over $27m in…
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Growth, Hiring, International Expansion, Leadership, SaaStr Events, VideosThe First 1000 Employees: Building Truly Great Teams with Zuora (SaaStr Europa Video + Transcript)
Last month, we took Paris by storm when we hosted 1600+ SaaStr fans from around the world at our inaugural SaaStr Europa. One of the event’s most anticipated sessions featured…
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Career Growth & Advice, Growth, Hiring, Leadership, SaaStr Events, VideosBusting the Myths About Startup Success with BlackLine (Video + Transcript)
One of the most popular sessions at Annual 2018, Busting the Myths About Startup Success with BlackLine CEO and Founder Therese Tucker is up at the top of our must-watch…
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