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Strategy.

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How To Make It Big In The US As A Non-US SaaS Startup

Timo Rein, Pipedrive

🎧 Podcast2018VC Backed

23 Year Old CEO Shares the Secret to Success at Any Age

Kevin David, Zonbase

πŸŽ₯ Video Interview2021

The One Trick to Build a Billionaire Dollar Business

Jim McKelvey, Square

πŸŽ₯ Video Interview2020VC Backed

Why You Must Have A Customer Acquisition Strategy From Day 1

Kulveer Taggar, Zeus Living

🎧 Podcast2019VC Backed

Why Retention is Your #1 Weapon to Drive Expansion Revenue and How to Track

Nick Franklin, ChartMogul

🎧 Podcast2019

Profitable Quickly with Melanie Perkins

Melanie Perkins, Canva

🎧 Podcast2016VC Backed

Transforming Customer Input Into Killer Features

Derrick Reimer, SavvyCal

🎀 Talk2020VC Backed

Playbook for Building Communities, Superfans & Evangelists for Your Product

Derek Andersen, Startup Grind

🎀 Talk2019VC Backed

Freemium SaaS: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Nick Franklin, ChartMogul

🎀 Talk2017

Game On

Reid Hoffman, Greylock

🎧 Podcast2021VC Backed

How BuzzFeed Bounced Back

Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed

🎧 Podcast2021VC Backed

Building in Public, Pros and Cons

πŸŽ₯ Video Interview2020

How to Build a Unicorn in 8 Simple Charts

Auren Hoffman, SafeGraph

🎀 Talk2020VC Backed

Strategy and Tactics

Wade Foster, Zapier

🎧 Podcast2021Bootstrapped

How to Get Customers without a Product or Website

George Carollo, Dover

🎧 Podcast2021VC Backed

SaaS Competitive Analysis 101: How To Outplay Your Startup’s Competitors

Marko Saric, Plausible Analytics

✍️ Essay2019Bootstrapped

Actionable Steps for Building the Right Business

Arvid Kahl, FeedbackPanda

🎧 Podcast2021Bootstrapped

Achieving Success Through Loyalty and Trust

Krish Subramanian, ChargeBee

🎧 Podcast2020VC Backed

Creating Opportunities in a Time of Crisis

Hiten Shah, FYI

🎧 Podcast2020VC Backed

Networks, Transparency & Focus

Domm Holland, Fast

πŸŽ₯ Video Interview2020

How to Create a Community of 60,000+ Strong and Use It as Your Secret Weapon

Lloyed Lobo, Boast.ai

🎧 Podcast2020Bootstrapped

How Mode’s Hyper-focus On A Specific Customer Persona Increases Retention And Crushes The Competition

Derek Steer, Mode

🎧 Podcast2021VC Backed

AI and the Future of Work

Tope Awotona, Calendly

πŸŽ₯ Video Interview2021VC Backed

How to Improve Cashflow During a Crisis

Hiten Shah, FYI

🎧 Podcast2020VC Backed

The Shift From Marketing to Brand Affinity

Chris Savage, Wistia

🎧 Podcast2021Bootstrapped

13 Tactics for Closing Your First Deals

Matthew Bellows, BodesWell

✍️ Essay2017

How to Rebrand Your Startup

Steli Efti, Close

🎧 Podcast2018VC Backed

Why It’s a Bad Idea to Deceive Your Investors

Howard Marks, StartEngine

✍️ Essay2016

How to Compete in a Hyper Competitive Space

Steli Efti, Close

🎧 Podcast2018VC Backed

How to Close your First 1000 Customers Based Solely on Data

Romain Lapeyre, Gorgias

🎀 Talk2019VC Backed

Selling to Big Companies: 3 Ways to Stand Out

Matthew Bellows, BodesWell

✍️ Essay2012

5 Tips for Negotiating a Big Deal

Matthew Bellows, BodesWell

✍️ Essay2012

The Value of Generating Hype for Your Startup

Hiten Shah, FYI

🎧 Podcast2019VC Backed

How To Stop Churn From Decimating Your Business

Patrick Campbell, ProfitWell

✍️ Essay2017Bootstrapped

How to Leverage Customer Support to Increase Sales?

Romain Lapeyre, Gorgias

✍️ Essay2017VC Backed

How To Break Your Customer Acquisition Addiction (and Why You Should)

Patrick Campbell, ProfitWell

✍️ Essay2017Bootstrapped

Should You Run a Ton of Experiments Early on as a Founder?

Hiten Shah, FYI

🎧 Podcast2019VC Backed

How to Find the Right SaaS Distribution Channel to Grow Your Startup Fast

Matthew Bellows, BodesWell

🎧 Podcast2016

How Notion is Winning at Enterprise SaaS by Building Community

Ivan Zhao, Notion

🎧 Podcast2021VC Backed

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