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

Intercom, Inc.

As it turns out, he’s also quite the writer – since the last time we spoke , he has published not one but two books on engineering. After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track.

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The Sales Leadership Framework Behind Multiple $100MM ARR Orgs

Sales Hacker

But when it comes to those lengthy security questionnaires, the endless back and forths between you, your security team, and the customer can often cause deals to stall out, leaving your deal at risk and dollars on the table. The key is knowing the #1 metric that will have the biggest impact on results for each rep, team, and organization.

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

Farhan Virji , Vice President of Customer Happiness at Later. We’re not exactly sure how, but yes, it’s that time of the year again. And what a year it has been! More than integrations and features and quarterly reports, back in August, Intercom turned 10. And truth be told, our journey wasn’t the only one we learned from.

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

Sales Hacker

Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? This list is not endorsed or sponsored in any way. Books that made the cut: Are on my own bookshelf. The Transparency Sale. The Challenger Sale. Agile Selling.

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

Sales Hacker

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. We’re often encouraged to hide, toughen up, and bury our emotions.

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SaaStr Podcast #411 with Slack Chief Product Officer Tamar Yehoshua

SaaStr

As for Tamar, previously, Tamar was a Vice President at Google, holding product and engineering leadership roles on Google’s most important products, including Search, Identity, and Privacy. Prior to that, she was the Vice President of Advertising Technologies at Amazon’s A9. What questions does she ask?

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with InCountry and Y Combinator — July 19, 2019

SaaStr

250: Peter Yared is the Founder & CEO @ InCountry, the startup that allows you to operate globally with data residency as a service meaning they store your mission-critical data in it’s country of origin, without compliance. Previously, Peter was also the CTO/CIO of CBS Interactive where he brought CBS into the cloud. and Socialcam.