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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

One is, lots of folks that have been through the startup cycle, you have this extrapolation from a single data point problem, which is, “OK, we have this story. Another piece of very, very good startup advice that I’ve given myself a hundred times is the “Do one thing exceptionally well.” This is what we did.

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Engineering Your Own “Luck”: The 3 Key Rules of Building Globally Distributed Teams with Eventbrite (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

But with it comes immense benefits and competitive advantages such as the diversification of ideas, speedier product development, and representation in important regions and time zones. I started right at the end of 2011, and I started in the role of VP of engineering. They were a small company.

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PODCAST 65. The Framework to Deliver Exceptional Customer Success w/ Kim Rose

Sales Hacker

With Conga, you can simplify documents, automate contracts, and execute e-signatures so you can focus on accelerating sales cycles and closing business faster. I remember talking with the VP of Engineering (at Carbonite) and basically saying, “Look, I’m sure I’ll figure it out. It’s a fantastic show.

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How to Hire A Great VP Sales: The Full Video and Transcript

SaaStr

If you look at any SaaS startup, in the first couple reps, they always find one guy or gal that’s just amazing, just killing it. If you’ve hired the VP of Engineering, impossible hire, but when they love something, they jump. The VP of Sales has a strong incentive to wait. They get 20 great offers.

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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

We develop a search API to help any developer to have a very good search in their application. The engineering team was super, super small at this moment. We were in total four engineers working on the product, including me, including our VP of Engineering, so four in total. Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020.

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SaaStr Podcast #356 with Atrium Co-Founder Pete Kazanjy

SaaStr

356: Pete Kazanjy is the Co-Founder @ Atrium, the startup providing proactive, always-on insights for sales operations, managers, and leaders. Pete is also the author of Founding Sales, the canonical writing on early-stage startup sales. Pete is also the author of Founding Sales, the canonical writing on early-stage startup sales.