SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2020

Brendon introduces his playbook to hiring the first VP of Sales from his experiences as VP of Sales at LinkedIn, EchoSign, Talkdesk and more. Learn the dos and don’ts to make the correct hire the first time and not rush into hiring the wrong VP of Sales, which can cost the company months or even years.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Since 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. The panel that we are in is called Is Seed the New Series A, and this is a question that I’ve been asking informally yesterday and today.

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Confused about trying to understand SaaS roles? SaaS companies have many moving parts, and it can be difficult to determine who does what. TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. What is a SaaS business model?

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Hull

JANUARY 22, 2019

Over the past few years, we've seen a new role emerging at within scaling startups - the growth engineer. The explosion of SaaS tools (and with it, data silos) together creates a need for a cross-functional, operations role to support go-to-market teams. But first, we need to set some context (albeit from the perspective of B2B SaaS).

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Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

Over the last few years, we’ve published a number of SaaS funding napkins as well as marketplace napkins. So if you’re a US-based startup, you might be able to shoot slightly higher ;) Unlike SaaS companies which have been around for years, B2B marketplaces are a relatively new category and not many investors have invested in them yet.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

When HubSpot first launched its culture code, Dharmesh Shah, CTO and Founder of HubSpot, felt it was important to share it with candidates. However, making the culture code public prompted a very important journey for HubSpot that helped employees become more accountable. Chances are you'll hear some nuance in there.”.

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SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

And I’ve been building SaaS Companies now for 20 years, so that’s a long time. I remember when I was in business school the internet was brand new and back then the hero was Jerry Yang. And as a hobby we have just launched another SaaS company called ThreeKit. Want to see more content like this session?

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