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Top 10 GTM Mistakes Founders Make Again … and Again with SaaStr’s Jason Lemkin 

SaaStr

Some are decades-old problems, while others have emerged from this new world we’re in. Jason has sat in on interviews with 50-100 VPs of Sales, and many of them don’t even know what the product was in their 4th or 5th interview. Also, determine whether you have the right CTO to handle these changes. Let’s jump right in.

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AMA at SaaStr Annual 2022 with SaaStr Founder & CEO Jason Lemkin – Part 1 (Pod 607 + Video)

SaaStr

But it was super interesting that the two big interviews I did were with Ben Chestnut from Mailchimp yesterday and with Dharmesh and Brian from Hubspot. Jason Lemkin: I think I noticed a pattern, and I wrote it up a couple of years ago and refreshed it, and then I’ll add a new anecdote. And I don’t mean in an edgy way.

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Who is Lenny Rachitsky: Background, Newsletter, Podcast, and More

User Pilot

” This platform specialized in location-based queries , allowing travelers to seek advice directly from residents of a particular city. He worked as a Product Lead at Airbnb for 7 years, where he managed a number of teams, supported strategy for the anti-discrimination team, and built new tools for hosts.

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SaaStr Podcast #376 with ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck: “10 Mistakes the CEO of ZoomInfo Made on His Journey to IPO (Part 2)”

SaaStr

You can watch the full session , and if you missed the podcast with the first half of the interview, you’ll find that here. Jason Lemkin: 50 reps in a new city that you’ve never met, and hired in 60 days when you’re in the low millions ARR. And he was a single guy and wanted to go find his wife and travel the world.

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Founder Interview: Amanda Szabo, founder and CEO, ResortPass

Mucker Capital

After all, thanks to the rise of Airbnb and similar platforms, the hospitality industry was looking for new revenue streams to boost bottom lines. I did some traveling and ended up going to New York City. One hotel took a chance on something completely new. Through Mucker, I met my CTO and co-founder, Taylor Bayouth.

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Shape Up Your Agile

Crafty CTO

If you’re interested in more history and perspective on the Manifesto, I enjoyed this podcast interview of Scott Duncan.) My friends at the Chicago CTO Group are very smart people, and everyone I’ve spent time with is practicing some form of agile effectively. Not all agile is bad agile.

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Le Mans, Unabridged

Crafty CTO

It normally takes years for a new team to master Le Mans’ triple requirements: speed, reliability, and teamwork. A similar commitment, applied to cross-country driving, will get me from Winnetka to Taos, New Mexico, including a side trip to Alliance, Nebraska to visit that automative wonder of the world, Carhenge.