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How SMB Digital Brands Can Win the Best Talent

FastSpring

Larger technology companies can pay more, offer more benefits, and provide a more marketable brand on a candidate’s resume. In this episode, we’re going to be talking about how SMB digital brands can win the best talent Joining us for that conversation is someone who knows quite a bit about that. Lizzie Mintus (07:58) Yes.

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10 Things That Would Have Helped Me Go From $1m to $10m Faster with Less Stress

SaaStr

This is also one of the least expensive (in terms of hard costs) things you can due to help the company scale in this phase, and beyond. 5/ Moving from CTO-led -> VPE-led dev team. This is pretty well understood today, but was fairly new to me. Field vs. mid-market vs SMB early. More on that here and here.

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CEOs of Zapier, Walkme and Dialpad: How to Build Your First Management Team (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Nikos : In your case, I understand your company also shifted slightly on the market, like from SMB to bigger customers. As you said, people take it hard if suddenly you say, “Hey, this is your new EVP. I’m sure you did a lot of diligence in trying to figure out whether that person would succeed. Craig : Yeah.

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

Payrix

The acronym stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, which are the technical and operational standards that various players in the payments value chain, including card issuers, banks, processors, acquirers, merchants, and service providers, must adhere to. What is PCI DSS? Candice explains the basics of PCI DSS.

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Lessons Learned Rolling out AI Agents to 16,000+ SMB brands with Gorgias’ CTO

SaaStr

Prompt Engineers Don’t Need to Be Technica l Some of Gorgias’ most effective prompt engineers came from customer service backgrounds rather than technical roles. Their deep understanding of customer interactions and support scenarios proved more valuable than technical expertise when it comes to crafting effective AI responses.

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Product-Led Growth (PLG) For Startups

Mucker Capital

If you're generating something that's brand new, like a brand new category, nobody understands about it. A lot of times as founders–especially technical founders, engineers, product people–believe if we build this awesome feature that solves your pain point, you should come and use it. You need a lot of education.

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“Seed is Broken But There is More Seed Funding That Ever”: The Latest Deep Dive with Harry Stebbings and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Harry and Jason did a deep dive on this and so much more here: Intro (00:00:00) Seed investing is broken due to limited founders capable of triple-digit growth. This is due to several factors, including low-interest rates, the rise of venture capital , and the increasing popularity of angel investing. Is it sustainable?

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