Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2023

I was the eighth hire and the first person focused exclusively on scaling the sales side of the business. I actually had my first job interview with Udemy from a payphone call center outside of Grenada, Nicaragua. And we had our conference in eight months, also with nothing planned yet other than the down payment.

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Kraftblick

JULY 11, 2018

Feinman became a public example of a ghostwriter—a specialist hired to create books, articles, speeches or other written pieces that are credited to another person as the author. This allows executives to present these texts as their own, thereby promoting personal or company brands. Image source: brainlesstales.com.

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Outseta

OCTOBER 15, 2018

It made the rounds in tech circles online. in debt from Accel-KKR in November 2017 Wistia, a Cambridge, MA based video hosting company, made waves throughout the SaaS world this July when they formally announced that they had taken on $17.3M Don't fret, we just bought out our investors and took on some debt.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 18, 2022

Found by Abhijit Pattanaik in 2016, Playtonia is an e-sports platform technology company that helps online gamers connect and develop communities. Visual Website Optimiser (VWO). Found by Prabhu Ramachandran, Yogendra Babu, Rajavel Subramanian, and Krishnamoorthi Rangasamy in 2017, Facilio Inc is another popular SaaS startup.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In 2017, he wrote Winning at Social Customer Care: How Top Brands Create Engaging Experiences on Social Media about how companies interact successfully with customers on social media, and now he’s back with his new book, The Experience Maker, How to Create Remarkable Experiences That Your Customers Can’t Wait to Share. We’re awesome.

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A Smart Bear

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Early on, a 10x person can mint the company but also could be irreplaceable. Suppose I have a single server that runs my website. Also, up-front payments, so you have the cash-flow to invest in that growth right now. It wasn’t a mistake to sign that customer — it funded the entire company.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As for Robert, prior to MessageBird, he was co-founder and CEO of Zaypay.com which focused on driving mobile payments into 50+ countries, enabling 1.5bln users to pay for virtual goods through their phones (sold to Mobile Interactive Group (MIG). Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Robert Vis.

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SaaStr

JULY 26, 2019

She spent nearly a decade involved with the company as CEO and Executive Chairwoman before she sold the company to IKEA in October of 2017. Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Eric Christopher. It’s not about the convincing sales rep or the old school view of a sales person anymore.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2020

We’ve decided to do something a little bit different this week, and today’s episode won’t be an interview where I interview Des or vice versa, it’s just going to be a conversation between the two of us. Along the way, I guess I should say, on the personal side, I met my husband in business school.

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SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

What does Dave believe is crucial to achieve in these in person meetings? Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Dave Kellogg. In 2017, there were 513 exits, 499 were M&A, with many being PE. Harry Stebbings: “Burn rate is a function of the personality of the CEO.” Dave Kellogg.

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Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Despite only launching in 2017, it’s one of the fastest-growing apps in the world and recently overtook Google as the  most visited  internet site.​ Besides messaging and calling, users can shop online, pay bills, buy groceries, transfer money, make reservations, book taxis, and more. With over  1.32

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FastSpring

APRIL 30, 2024

In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview Fred Linfjärd of Planday about his experiences switching from a one-time billing model to subscriptions. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services.

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