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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

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Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. million in 2013 to $115.9 million in 2013 to $115.9 But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big! A SaaStr Classic!! million in 2014.). million in 2014.).

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Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

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by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals 2013-2018. Jo-Anne Jaspen i s a passionate growth strategist, B2B revenue leader, mentor, and startup advisor. Kasey Jones – Cofounder, CEO + Growth Strategist at BetterGrowth. Lauren Bailey – Founder and President, Factor 8 | Founder, #GirlsClub.

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15 Communities for Creators to Help You Connect, Learn, and Find Brand Partnerships

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The agency was founded in 2013 to “create pathways into advertising and entertainment for Gen Z BIPOC and LGBTQ+ directors, photographers, and creatives.”  ”  The Storyteller community is where they connect with these creators — and completely free.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

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Most recently, she held a variety of executive roles at Sailthru from 2013-2020, ultimately becoming the company’s Chief Revenue Officer. Nikki Ivey is Cofounder of SDRDefenders and Head of Growth Development at Cultured Perspective, a Black owned Startup Consultancy. No one does it alone. You earned your seat at the table.

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Join us for Tomorrow’s SaaS Product Power Breakfast with Skilljar Co-founder and CEO, Sandi Lin

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Please join us tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM Pacific for the (final in this form — see below) SaaS Product Power Breakfast with Skilljar cofounder and CEO, Sandi Lin , discussing why product managers make great founders and the potential pitfalls they should look out for along the way. We’d like to try something else.

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SaaStr Podcast #364 with Figma Head of Sales Kyle Parrish

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I think you come in with some perceptions, like in San Francisco at that time, it was 2013 when we moved, Dropbox was a household name. Kyle Parrish: To reference that sales learning curve article that I mentioned earlier, I think for me early on, especially with our product, we’re selling to a technical audience.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Matrix Partners, ActiveCampaign, Insight Squared, and Dropbox — June 29, 2019

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Since 2013 with their transition to SaaS have grown to more than $50 million in ARR in less than five years, while maintaining profitability. Dave Kellogg is a leading technology executive, independent board member, advisor and angel investor. We would absolutely not do it that way. So starting SMB actually worked better.