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“From Hackathon to Unicorn” Talkdesk Co-Founder Tiago Paiva and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

You did it both from technology initially, with Twilio, and then with go-to-market partners like Zendesk and Salesforce, right? When you go with such a strong message, that’s what got us in the first couple of years after ’14, that got Talkdesk to grow as much as it did. That was the, was more market pull.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

How does this change when selling to SMBs vs enterprise? * How does Sam think about the relationship between sales and marketing? Are marketing becoming the new sales team with their content being used more and more in the sales funnel? I’m a California kid from the Bay Area. Should you hire 2 at a time?

Sales 68
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Funding in the Time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Maybe you want to launch a business. First of all, in the last four weeks, more jobs have been lost in our country than exists in total in California or Texas. California employees about 17 million people, Texas about 15 million. Well, in a booming market, executives are paid to innovate. It all begins with an idea.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

You can rise within a company selling your ideas, or you can go off on your own and be your first salesperson. Anita Nielsen is a best-selling author and sales performance coach. Best-selling author of Embrace Your Edge, Hang is a global speaker on sales, leadership, and diversity & inclusion in the workplace.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with InCountry and Y Combinator — July 19, 2019

SaaStr

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How did Peter make his way into the world of enterprise SaaS with the founding and selling of 6 companies and how did InCountry come about? When is the right time to sell a startup? Harry Stebbings: And then what was the founding moment with InCountry after the bad habit of selling companies?

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SaaStr Podcast #342 with Zapier CEO Wade Foster

SaaStr

Although Zapier is based in Sunnyvale, California, it employs a workforce of 250 employees located around the United States and in 23 other countries. Even though you’re both dev tools in a sense, are you aligned from a go to market perspective? This interview was recorded in February 2020. Jason Lemkin: Yeah.