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As part of the run up to 2021 SaaStr Annual in the SF Bay Area Sep 27-29, we’re taking a look back at some of our top sessions of all times. As a founder/CEO, building your first management team is something that you often lose sleep over. Which role should you hire for first? One thing is the timing. Is it a time?
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But promotional paths are a-changing, according to a time-series by Spencer Stuart summarized in Harvard Business Review’s “ Finding the Right CEO.” ” Twenty years ago, COOs accounted for 76% of CEO promotions in the S&P 500. Which executive role gives you the best likelihood of becoming CEO?
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Leveraging the power of cloud technology, SaaS has re-engineered the way we look at modern technology and software. Know the best strategies to enhance your SaaS career Make use of key insights from leaders, companies, and communities Engineer your SaaS marketing strategy based on their expertise. Aaron Levie. Alexander Theuma.
And I’ve been building SaaS Companies now for 20 years, so that’s a long time. And my education, I went to MIT to study mechanical engineering, and I think I would have thought I was going to go into the pump business like my father. I sell highly engineered complex pumps and I can’t sell them like a book online.”
As for Erica, under her CRO role, she leads all go-to-market functions including Marketing, Sales, Operations, Customer Success, Services, and Support. How does the move to enterprise fundamentally impact the sales team? How does the structure of the sales team change with the move? Where do many go wrong? Listen on Spotify.
We’ll also have a digital day with the President of Shopify, CMO of Canva, the CEO of Y Combinator and so much more if you can’t make it IRL. Harley Finkelstein, President @ Shopify. Aydin Senkut, Founder and Managing Partner @ Felicis. Katrina Wong, VP Marketing and Demand Generation @ Segment.
Before that, he was the first non-founder seller at three startups, turning early traction into a repeatable sales motion. Discussed in this Episode: When to hire your first account executives Key traits to look for in early saleshires Structuring compensation for first sales reps Should you ‘hire the buyer’ to be your sales rep?
Previously, Peter was also the CTO/CIO of CBS Interactive where he brought CBS into the cloud. At Sun, Peter was the CTO of the Liberty identity consortium that designed SAML 2. Why is it no longer to come into large enterprises with a small contract and expand? How has Peter found the transition from CTO to CEO this time?
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