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What Really Works When Hiring VPs and Executive Teams with HubSpot Co-Founder and Chairman Brian Halligan and SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

If you missed part 1 of this interview, you can catch up on their conversation about the current state of SaaS, evolving board meeting formats, and how AI is reshaping the industry. HubSpot recently changed its interview process to try and help maximize tenure and employee retention at the executive level. ’ It’s a bet.”

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How Windsurf / Codeium Built a Billion-Dollar AI Company and a Winning Sales Machine

SaaStr

Technical customers report that tasks that previously took weeks are now completed in hours. Beyond their code assistant, they’ve developed Windsurf AI, an agentic IDE allowing non-technical users to build applications – accelerating productivity even further. We should have doubled down on this approach from day one.”

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

Intercom, Inc.

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. Or does this whole tech career thing support the writing? Architect, Tech Lead, Solver, and Right Hand. Brian: Great.

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What Makes a Great VP of Marketing in SaaS: A Deep Dive with Jason and Dave Gerhardt, ex-VPM of Drift

SaaStr

Lemkin emphasizes the need to hire “Pirates and Romantics,” passionate and quirky individuals who are dedicated to the company’s mission, in contrast to the majority of job workers in the tech industry. Jason Lemkin has interviewed some of the best founders on his podcast, SaaStr Annual.

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Hiring a Great VP of Sales: The New, Latest Edition with Jason Lemkin (Video + Pod)

SaaStr

The discussion will cover the importance of due diligence, understanding the product, embracing sales involvement post-hire, and recognizing the signs of jaded or broken candidates. Four minutes into an interview, they’ll say how the CEO or VC screwed them over, or the startup didn’t make it, and it wasn’t their fault.

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The Top 20 Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

TechEmpower SaaS

The team’s technical skills are solid, but they’re undermined by poor communication, especially around requirements and expectations. This is where a technical review can be useful!) In this post, we’ll show you how to identify common signs that a dev team isn't performing as expected, even if you’re not that technical.

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9 Things Founders Should Know About Getting Acquired with Brett Goldstein, Former M&A at Google

SaaStr

Not only do you have to pass the hiring interviews as a Founder, but everyone on your team does, too. Brett has seen deals where the founder and a couple of employees are great, but most of the team failed the initial interviews. People lie about usage and revenue, which leads to a failed acquisition