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Intercom’s Rich Archbold on how to run less software

Intercom, Inc.

It means reducing choices amongst engineering teams and standardizing technology, so our team can spend as much time as possible delivering value to customers. Our chat covers the origins of Run Less Software, how it has evolved at scale, and how it differs from the equally valid approaches of other engineering teams.

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

That question has been on Will Larson ‘s mind for a long time. For those who don’t know him, Will has over 10 years of experience in the likes of Yahoo, Digg, Uber, and Stripe, and he’s currently the CTO of Calm , the mindfulness app that helps millions of people to lower their stress levels and sleep better.

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Founder’s Guide to Scaling Applications: When to Build, When to Buy and What Breaks by Algolia Co-founder (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

When it comes to seamlessly scaling your applications, a top-notch engineering team will be your foundation. Julian Lemoine, Co-Founder, and CTO of Algolia will share his lessons learned on how to stay focused and innovative as you scale while also avoiding the innovation for innovation’s sake pitfalls. Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020.

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PODCAST 129: The Keys to Building and Scaling a Company from Scratch with Vishal Sunak

Sales Hacker

Today on the show, we’ve got Vishal Sunak, CEO and co-founder of LinkSquares, a company that applies AI to your contract. They sell that product to general councils, operations teams, and deal desks. They sell that product to general councils, operations teams, and deal desks.

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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)

SaaStr

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. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Justin Bedecarre, Jen Nguyen, Jason Lemkin, and Aaron Levie

SaaStr

And honestly, we’re limiting ourselves by proximity on recruiting a diverse best-in-class team. You have to continually take a pulse of your team and how they’re feeling. One of the things that you and I talk about a lot is hiring for skill and impact over proximity, right?

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SaaStr Podcast #394 with Sunil Dhaliwal and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

What about, as someone who’s gone from your own solo GP fund in 2012 to a team, how does a founder think about a new partner? I just came out of Stripe, I just came out of Datadog, I came out of Fastly, I’m an engineer, I love the guy that was the CTO of Fastly who [inaudible 00:08:34] making it up.