SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Gaetan Gachet : So myself, I joined the company back in 2013. Gaetan Gachet : I think we stopped doing that maybe six months ago, but we still have engineers who interview sales people, sales candidate. We interview on values during our recruiting process. million and it was back in 2013. Okay, cool. Stages of growth.

Scale 150

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Technical Advisors 150

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

It features exclusive interviews with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, academics, industry insiders, and former Facebook employees, including one-time Facebook executive Tim Kendall. Computer scientists Ilya Sutskever and Jürgen Schmidhuber provide detailed interviews about AI and its uses. Art & Copy.

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Social Media Technical Review Technology Blockchain 136

SaaStr

JUNE 11, 2019

You don’t know how to interview them. Why don’t you interview this person?” Keith : So from 2003 to 2013 before I joined Khosla Ventures, I was a pretty active angel investor in Silicon Valley. You don’t know where to find them. You don’t know how to assess them. Lloyed : Awesome.

Merchant Services 274

Merchant Services Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Scale 274

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Which is why I dedicated 5 years to interviewing top sales professionals and researching 50 books on business, behavior change, and selling. My “method” would be to interview the top salespeople and business minds I could find with the hope of accelerating the learning curve that most of us experience in selling. You’re not alone!

B2B 113

B2B Scale Sales Interviewing 113

Buffer Resources

MARCH 16, 2023

Through in-depth interviews with various creators, the series seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the creative process and the challenges of being a content creator. 📬 This interview was already published in our newsletter, so to get your hands on these before anyone else, subscribe here ! Q: Welcome, Jayde!

Social Media 126

Social Media Interviewing Branding Education 126

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 26, 2018

Josh: I had the idea in October 2013 and launched it mid-November. Josh: At the time in 2013, you had some nasty terms like growth hacking and all sorts of sleazy things people did to get new customers. So, I wanted to have paying customer feedback as soon as possible. Was that the result of this process?

Sales Hiring 137

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Startup Finance 137

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

He recruits for people, finance, and legal functions, and he’s been in startup land since 2013. When I joined Mimeo in 2013, startups were such a big thing, especially in New York. Sam Jacobs: In the interview process, how do you figure out if people are a cultural fit? About Hakim Myers & Nextdoor [2:00].

Sales Recruiting 108

Sales Recruiting Retention Scale Sales Hiring 108

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Conduct market research using surveys, behavioral data, interviews, and industry analysis to identify new growth opportunities. Slack – Expanding to new markets Initially, Slack was launched in 2013 in the U.S. Let’s review the essential steps to build an effective market development growth strategy.

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Development Strategy Marketing Technical Review 105

SaaStr

JUNE 23, 2019

You don’t know how to interview them. Why don’t you interview this person?” Keith : So from 2003 to 2013 before I joined Khosla Ventures, I was a pretty active angel investor in Silicon Valley. You don’t know where to find them. You don’t know how to assess them. Lloyed : Awesome.

Merchant Services 222

Merchant Services Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Scale 222

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

This is part of an ongoing series of interviews about unlocking the potential of growth. Adam: What was Eventbrite like when you joined back in January 2013 comparted to today? I was able to actually spot that during my interview process. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of our chat. How has it changed?

Marketplace as a Service 189

Marketplace as a Service Scale Payment Solutions Payment Services 189

Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I've been in the online writing world since 2013. Find all past interviews 5. . "The consistency is almost like a measure to keep me from going down those rabbit holes," she notes. In a world filled with distractions, having a clear focus and a long-term strategy can be your greatest assets. My research process: 1.

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Social Media AI Branding Trends 121

SaaStr

JUNE 25, 2019

First off, in 2013 we made our first acquisition. I was in the interview process with all of them, I was in the hiring process, I was in the closing process, all of that. There’s an element of luck in the two big key decisions we made early on, so I want to talk you through those two decisions that we made.

Engineering 184

Engineering Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Scale 184

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 12, 2020

Whether they’ll value it, they need it, they care, or they can use it” If you sit in on a research project, for example, you don’t have to do this interviewing yourself necessarily. You just build these patterns over many, many, many, many interviews. So I did like five or six hours of interviews a day.

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Underperforming Technical Team Interviewing Communication B2B 173

Valuize Consulting

JANUARY 5, 2022

In the interview, Nick evaluates the state of Customer Success today and offers his expert insight into the trends that Customer Success leaders should seize to grow and prosper in 2022 and beyond. The post Top Trends To Drive Customer Value Realization In 2022: An Interview With Nick Mehta, Gainsight’s CEO appeared first on Valuize.

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Interviewing Trends Scale Customer Success 52

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 18, 2021

Using the beta version of the product released in 2013, Slack generated awareness and received valuable feedback that helped them to iron out existing issues before their official launch. Every part of the process has resulted in an increase in Slack’s ARR from $12 million in 2014 to $630 million in 2020. Impressive.

SaaS 110

SaaS Communication Branding Customer Support 110

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A more scientific interview process [20:35]. And so you were an individual rep at Cisco and then I guess, would you say that things really took off when you joined AppDynamics in 2013? A more scientific interview process [20:35]. And on Stitcher. Show Agenda and Timestamps. Show Introduction [00:09]. Sam’s Corner [34:03].

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Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Technical Review 117

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Chris is a 20 year Silicon Valley veteran having launched the first part of his career at EMC before finding his way to Snowflake in 2013. We’re interviewing Chris Degnan, who is the Chief Revenue Officer of Snowflake Computing. In any given interview, the first question I ask is, “Tell me your life story.”. Sam’s Corner.

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Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 83

SaaStr

JULY 2, 2019

Kevin : I joined in 2013. Dannie : They call them, they engage with them, and then they end up having a user interview where they figure out what hurts, what drove them to Slack, what feels good about using Slack, and what could we do to help them as they think about collaborating even more smoothly across their whole org.

Enterprise 171

Enterprise Scale Sales Hiring SMB 171

ProfitWell

MARCH 31, 2020

And just last week, Dan dropped an interview with Ben Jabbawy , Founder over at Privy — the ecommerce email marketing pros—on just that. In 2013, they raised a seed round of $2 million from investors. This question is one that’s always been a possibility, but these days now more than ever—it’s top of mind.

Banking 64

Banking Education Payment Features Subscription 64

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2018

I can’t believe it’s been 4 years since we threw our first Sales Hacker Conference in September of 2013. From the in-depth audience interviews, we learned that prospecting and outreach driven topics were among the highest desired content. – Max’s Big Sales Interview on Pipedrive. Content Strategy 2.0,

Sales Recruiting 108

Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring Sales 108

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2023

I actually had my first job interview with Udemy from a payphone call center outside of Grenada, Nicaragua. The meetups led to our first-ever, 300-attendee Sales Hacker Conference in San Francisco in September of 2013. When we started in 2013, you needed a lot of customers to do your own customer conference.

Scale 81

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Payments 81

Buffer Resources

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The agency was founded in 2013 to “create pathways into advertising and entertainment for Gen Z BIPOC and LGBTQ+ directors, photographers, and creatives.”  On The Colin and Samir show, they interview other successful creators (they even have a couple of videos with YouTube superstar Mr Beast ). 

Branding 118

Branding Social Media Technical Cofounder Technical Review 118

Sales Hacker

JUNE 22, 2021

Max Altschuler , my good friend, the founder of Sales Hacker, is the person who interviews me. I finagled through a complex negotiation with you and the team at Sales Hacker, an opportunity where I could basically be the guest for once and not just be the interviewer. Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast. Max Altschuler: I love it.

Software Review 76

Software Review Technical Review Finance Scale 76

Valuize Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2022

In fact, some research finds that 95% of customers will tell others about a bad experience ( Zendesk , 2013), and other data says the average customer will tell 15 people when they encounter a bad customer experience ( American Express , 2017). Conduct An Exit Interview (If Possible). Either way, that’s bad news for new business.

Churn 52

Churn Interviewing Technical Review Outsourced Development 52

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 25, 2020

I published Minority Tech in 2013 and in the years since then, I have to say, I have seen changes. After all, it’s going to be the employees who are going to do the interviews. Anjuan: Absolutely. I’ve seen more diversity in the people who work in the tech industry.

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Artificial Intelligence Leadership Machine Learning Technology 223

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 26, 2022

There are many types of evergreen content, but a few examples include: How-to guides Product or service reviews Listicles Buying guides Tips and tricks Questions and answers Glossaries Interviews. That is likely why domain rating and backlink profile play a large part in the rankings for the top results here.

Content Marketing 98

Content Marketing Travel Data Marketing 98

Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

ABOUT MY FIRST 16 Our new video podcast series My First 16 features interviews with founders and CEOs of fintech companies about how they acquired their initial customers and the hard lessons they learned along the way. So I had this idea for Mercury in 2013, but it didn’t start until 2017. Immad Akhund: Sure.

Sales Hiring 93

Sales Hiring Banking Scale Pricing 93

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Now, without further ado, let’s listen to this interview with Pete Crosby. And I have quite a nice chart that I show when we’ve been doing our funding rounds, which demonstrates that it’s got ARPA has gone up by about $1,000 every single quarter since Ometria was born in 2013. About Pete Crosby & Ometria [1:33].

Sales Hiring 82

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Underperforming Technical Team 82

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2019

They were started in 2013 here in France, and have since grown into France and Germany. You have spent the first year at Doctolib, I believe, interviewing 20 candidates a week. And you single-handedly and individually interviewed the first 100 hires. They’re the leading booking management platform for doctors.

Sales Recruiting 127

Sales Recruiting SMB Scale Sales Hiring 127

CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 8, 2022

She has been consistently voted top Customer Success strategist since 2013 and is frequently featured as a speaker at conferences and Customer Success publications. Check out Irit’s interview where she gives insights into how you can manage churn efficiently. . We asked Irit to share her opinion on customer churn and retention.

Churn 52

Churn Management Systems Review Forecasting 52

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2019

They were started in 2013 here in France, and have since grown into France and Germany. You have spent the first year at Doctolib, I believe, interviewing 20 candidates a week. And you single-handedly and individually interviewed the first 100 hires. They’re the leading booking management platform for doctors.

Sales Recruiting 113

Sales Recruiting SMB Scale Sales Hiring 113

BetterCloud

JANUARY 19, 2018

We developed these six guiding principles using insights from thousands of interviews, surveys, and conversations with IT professionals who are deploying and managing SaaS apps. . Remember, the 2013 Target data breach occurred because of alert fatigue—IT admins ignored multiple alerts.). Guiding Principle #4: Action.

Management 40

Management SaaS Systems Review Finance 40

SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

I will tell you how many COs I’ve talked to that say, “I’ll come to SaaStr, but I don’t want my series B or series C VC interviewing me,” which is sort of interesting. Aileen Lee: 2013. You can learn what founders think of VCs.

Investment 216

Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 216

BetterCloud

MARCH 19, 2018

After interviewing, surveying, and talking to thousands of modern IT professionals over the last few years, we’ve identified six elements that are integral to a successful SaaS management strategy. Remember the Target breach in 2013 ? You don’t know what you don’t know, and that’s not your fault.

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Strategy Management SaaS compliance 40

Point Nine Land

OCTOBER 22, 2019

“Rian, while he’s on hold with some vendor and just bored out of his mind, thinks ‘I wonder what’s in my spam box,’ which I don’t think he’s ever asked or done since, and just stumbles across this email and forwards it to me and says, ‘this looks legit,’” Jack later told an interviewer.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Scale Sales Hiring Business 40

SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

Hence, it’s no wonder that she has been continually voted the top Customer Success strategist since 2013. Her creative pursuits include hosting Transforming Experiences in Customer Success and Reading For Success where she interviews Customer Success leaders and reviews resources for the CS community, respectfully. Lauren Costella.

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VP of Engineering Customer Success SaaS Payments Scale 21

SmartKarrot

MAY 13, 2020

Similarly, a study focused on branded mobile phones by Kim, Lin & Sung, 2013 noticed that most of the tech products incorporated at least one of the seven Engagement Attributes: Control; Customization; Vividness; Multi platforming; Motivation; Feedback; Novelty.

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Engagement SaaS Mobile Interviewing 10