ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

When HubSpot first launched its culture code, Dharmesh Shah, CTO and Founder of HubSpot, felt it was important to share it with candidates. Since then, its culture code has been viewed more than 4 million times. To pull that off, everyone needs to know what the culture is and how to live by it, which will also improve accountability.

Company Culture 40

Company Culture Sales Recruiting Scale Software Review 40

SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2020

Brendon introduces his playbook to hiring the first VP of Sales from his experiences as VP of Sales at LinkedIn, EchoSign, Talkdesk and more. Learn the dos and don’ts to make the correct hire the first time and not rush into hiring the wrong VP of Sales, which can cost the company months or even years.

Sales Hiring 229

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO Hire Scale 229

SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

I sell highly engineered complex pumps and I can’t sell them like a book online.” ” But being out here in California at the time I saw what Cisco was doing, what Dell was doing. Dell was selling configural PCs online. And for me as I mentioned BigMachines is a very personal problem. You’re dot com.

Sales Recruiting 231

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Payments 231

Hull

JANUARY 22, 2019

These roles are filled by engineers that roll up to the CMO/COO (not CTO) as part of a growth team. In 2002, Aaron Ross's Predictable Revenue playbook from his time at Salesforce was published. It shared the repeatable process to operationalize sales, particularly sales development. It made sense then.

SaaS Payments 77

SaaS Payments Engineering Technical Advisors Payment Solutions 77

SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2019

And by business technology function I want to define that because sometimes there’s a overlap with the CTO from an engineering side. Harry Stebbings: So given the centrality of that role there and the ever increasing prominence of it, I guess my next question is for operators listening, when is the right time to hire that first CIO?

Technical Advisors 228

Technical Advisors Scale Technical Review Payment Solutions 228

Sales Hacker

MARCH 11, 2025

Guest Speaker (Cassie Young): LinkedIn Primary VC Host (Scott Barker): LinkedIn Newsletter Find GTMnow (GTMfund’s Media Brand): Website LinkedIn Twitter/X YouTube Podcast Sponsor: Pursuit The best talent isn’t actively job hunting. Pursuit helps companies hire elite go-to-market talent on a non-retainer basis.

Scale 80

Scale Technical Advisors Sales Hiring Technical Review 80

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Martin brings a wealth of experience in building and scaling sales teams, developing effective go-to-market strategies, and navigating the challenges of startup growth. 14:58) The evolution of Levelset’s sales motion and pricing strategy. (29:06) 29:06) The importance of sales playbooks and codifying the sales process. (35:30)

Scale 115

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling CTO Coach 115

SaaStr

JULY 19, 2019

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.

VP of Engineering 155

VP of Engineering CTO Hire Technical Review Sales Hiring 155