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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. Also, determine whether you have the right CTO to handle these changes. If they aren’t sure how to integrate AI into your product, ask if you need a new CTO. What are the biggest GTM mistakes founders make? Let’s jump right in.

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10 Tough Lessons We Learned Building a Prenicorn Outside of Silicon Valley from Pendo.io (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Be willing to travel. I think it’s that willingness to travel that continues keeping us a head of the curve, continues teaching us how to continue building a great business. The catch was he had just moved his family four kids to New York city. We had no New York city presence. This was a problem.

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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

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. It’s not like I just go … I can’t just go to my CTO and go, “Do that,” and he goes, “Yep.

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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others

User Pilot

of leadership roles. I wanted to learn more about what challenges are deterring women from entering leadership career paths in tech. I approached the challenge of proving myself by pretty much consistently working harder and longer through much of my career. […] Now, as a new mum – it has forced me to find more balance.

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PCI explained: Why every platform should prioritize compliance | Episode 42

Payrix

addresses this shift by expanding its scope to include 64 new requirements that specifically target eCommerce vulnerabilities. These new requirements cover various aspects of security, including phishing protection, multi-factor authentication, vulnerability scanning, and more. She loves to travel and is a true global citizen.

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SaasOps Stories With Joseph Fuller, Head of IT at Deputy

BetterCloud

On that note, we’ve also been really laser-focused in helping our support team build new and better systems to cope with that particular influx of the business right now. Do you feel like you’ve had to adapt some of your leadership styles to keep things running smoothly? It sounds really lame, but probably travel.