SaaStr

AUGUST 30, 2022

This happens with some regularity in SaaS, I’ve learned (and to be clear: I’m not talking about any company I’ve invested in, am an advisor to, board member of, etc – Because when it’s still a very small team, with no true management team … co-founders can kind of hack it to $1m-$2m in ARR together.

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Sales Recruiting Technical Cofounder Scale Investment 274

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

David Sacks – GP at Craft Ventures, and this week I thought I’d wrap it up with Part 2 stemming from a great session with Spenser Skates , CEO and CoFounder of Amplitude. Justin Stackany CEO / Startup Advisor & Former CCO Hungry generalists who are uncomfortable being bored and secretly enjoy a little chaos.

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Sales Hiring Technical Cofounder Scale Sales Recruiting 123

Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. Cultural leaders—athletes, entertainers, and executives—have evolved beyond mere financial backers to highly-engaged strategic partners and advisors for a company’s growth.

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Technical Review Innovation Technical Cofounder Development Team Review 104

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

#GirlsClub helps women sales reps navigate the tricky path to sales leadership with their management training, mentoring, confidence building, and community. She’s a sales leader with an accomplished background at several tech startups. She has strong leadership experience in inside sales, field sales, operations, and marketing.

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Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale Sales Hiring 111

Kellblog

JULY 18, 2019

So, you’re thinking of taking a job at a startup, but are nervous about the risk, perhaps having trouble telling one from another, and unsure about knowing what’s really important in startup success. Startups are about people. Great core/founding team. We live in a founder-friendly VC era. Clean cap table.

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Underperforming Technical Team Startup Software Technical Cofounder 81

Sales Hacker

MAY 5, 2021

It’s not all technical. He is also a board member for the New Technical Fund whose mission is to fund organizations that enrich people with skills using new technical methods. Ask Mary about what she sees as missed revenue growth opportunities at second-stage startups.). Want a bit more context? Check it out.

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Scale Technical Cofounder Technical Advisors Sales Hiring 122

Kellblog

JULY 21, 2019

While I included a picture of Slack’s Dreamforce booth, which is very fancy for most early-stage startup situations, imagine what Slack could have spent if they wanted to. Don’t get fancy here. Get the cheapest one and then push hard for good placement [3]. For Slack, at Dreamforce, that’s a pretty barebones booth. (And

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