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Scaling Early-Stage to Hyper-Growth Companies With Ed Lenta, SVP and GM of Databricks (Pod 644 + Video)

SaaStr

Ed Lenta, the SVP and GM of Databricks, had the rare opportunity of scaling three hypergrowth companies — VMware, AWS, and Databricks. You know they’ll demand your products, so it’s time to show up with the right leadership, support, services, training, and whatever else you decide you’ll need for your business.

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Strategic Finance in Today’s Market: A Tactical Guide to Building & Scaling Your Team with IVP

SaaStr

In 2014, storage had historically been Dropbox’s most significant cost driver, with hundreds of millions of dollars spent on AWS. Some critical skills will include analytical and problem-solving skills, data literacy, excellent communication skills, and a deep understanding of business models.

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Successes and Setbacks on the Road to $1B with Alessio Artuffo, President and COO at Docebo

SaaStr

Customers range from AWS skills-builder platforms with billions of users to Zoom using it for customers and employees. It’s essential that messaging doesn’t get confused when communicating with these different use cases. Leadership injections as you scale are tricky. They’re also growing fast and are nicely profitable.

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5 Tips for Successful Upmarket Expansion with Thoropass CRO and Head of Demand Gen

SaaStr

When you go upmarket, they’ll likely want you to integrate with some legacy technology, like MS Dynamics or AWS. Some may surprise you, so keep those communication lines open. You’ve built your product today, and maybe it integrates with Salesforce or Hubspot CRM for your downmarket customer.

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The 10-Point Strategy for Leading Sales Teams in a Recession

Sales Hacker

This is an awful place from which to make decisions. Present a united leadership front. In a recession, sellers will also look to the whole leadership group (HR, Product, IT etc.) They will notice any break in the leadership chain and this can lower their confidence, even if the sales leader is doing all the right things.

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The Sendgrid Journey: Scaling From Growth Stage to $2B Acquisition in 4 Years (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Sameer Dhokalia: It turns out if you do ask those two basic questions of 100 people in your business, you will learn an awful lot about what needs to be focused on. Sameer Dhokalia: We said, we’re going to start from being an email company and broaden to being a communications company that’s multichannel. That was perfect.

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3 Customer Retention Strategies for the Pandemic’s Next Wave

ChurnZero

You and I both know how awful it feels to have someone disregard what we say and focus on their end goal instead. After the results were analyzed, company founder, Timothy Murenzi, sent a communication to all customers informing them that updating the knowledge base was now a top priority.