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  • Sales + Business Development
    • Stop Forecast Friday: Why Thursday is the best day for sales-forecast calls
    • Happy Birthday to . . . the Product Organization?
    • Building Next Year’s Sales Plan: Doing It Right and Avoiding Common Mistakes
    • Removing Friction From Your Pipeline Process: Why Top Companies Are Cutting Out the Inbound BDR Sales Motion
    • The Five Must-Have Board Slides for Sales/Revenue Leaders
    • Hey Startups: It’s Not all About Direct Sales—Your Guide to Partnerships and Channels
    • How the Pandemic has Changed Enterprise Tech Spend
    • Case Study: Hopping the Pond with Mendix
    • Case Study: Hopping the Pond with Collibra
    • How European B2B Startups Can Expand to the US Market
    Stop Forecast Friday: Why Thursday is the best day for sales-forecast calls
    Happy Birthday to . . . the Product Organization?
    Building Next Year’s Sales Plan: Doing It Right and Avoiding Common Mistakes
    Removing Friction From Your Pipeline Process: Why Top Companies Are Cutting Out the Inbound BDR Sales Motion
    The Five Must-Have Board Slides for Sales/Revenue Leaders
    Hey Startups: It’s Not all About Direct Sales—Your Guide to Partnerships and Channels
    How the Pandemic has Changed Enterprise Tech Spend
    Case Study: Hopping the Pond with Mendix
    Case Study: Hopping the Pond with Collibra
    How European B2B Startups Can Expand to the US Market
  • Hiring + Talent
    • 3 Things Startups Should Know About Hiring a Recruiter
    • When It May Be Time to Walk Away From a Potential Hire
    • How to Do Virtual Employee Onboarding Right
    • Nailing Compensation for a Senior Executive
    • Keeping Startup Talent Happy When an Exit is Still a Ways Off
    • How & Why to Counter Ageism in Your Startup Hiring
    • Promote Gender Balance at Your Startup From Day One
    • Don’t Fall Into the Culture-Fit Hiring Trap
    • Getting Serious About Hiring
    • Your Startup Can Compete With Big Tech for Top Talent
    3 Things Startups Should Know About Hiring a Recruiter
    When It May Be Time to Walk Away From a Potential Hire
    How to Do Virtual Employee Onboarding Right
    Nailing Compensation for a Senior Executive
    Keeping Startup Talent Happy When an Exit is Still a Ways Off
    How & Why to Counter Ageism in Your Startup Hiring
    Promote Gender Balance at Your Startup From Day One
    Don’t Fall Into the Culture-Fit Hiring Trap
    Getting Serious About Hiring
    Your Startup Can Compete With Big Tech for Top Talent
  • Marketing
    • Avoid ‘Buzzword Bingo’ In Telling Your Brand Story
    • Doing Thought Leadership Right
    • How to Hire a Tech PR Firm—Or Not
    • 5 Reasons You’d Be Crazy to Do Your Own PR
    • Why Employee Experience Matters
    • Don’t Miss Out on the Branding Opportunities of an IPO
    • Content Marketing Tactics for ‘Category Creation’ in Tech
    Avoid ‘Buzzword Bingo’ In Telling Your Brand Story
    Doing Thought Leadership Right
    How to Hire a Tech PR Firm—Or Not
    5 Reasons You’d Be Crazy to Do Your Own PR
    Why Employee Experience Matters
    Don’t Miss Out on the Branding Opportunities of an IPO
    Content Marketing Tactics for ‘Category Creation’ in Tech
  • Leadership + Culture
    • Your C-Suite Is Way Too Crowded
    • Leading Your Startup Through Tough Times
    • Why ‘Boring’ Can Be Beautiful In Tech Investing
    • Navigating a Pandemic as a Healthcare IT CEO
    • How CEOs Should Communicate with Their Board During Tough Times
    • Building a Diverse Board for Success
    • Making a VC-CEO Partnership Work
    • The VC and Entrepreneur Partnership
    • 5 Questions Entrepreneurs Should Ask VCs
    Your C-Suite Is Way Too Crowded
    Leading Your Startup Through Tough Times
    Why ‘Boring’ Can Be Beautiful In Tech Investing
    Navigating a Pandemic as a Healthcare IT CEO
    How CEOs Should Communicate with Their Board During Tough Times
    Building a Diverse Board for Success
    Making a VC-CEO Partnership Work
    The VC and Entrepreneur Partnership
    5 Questions Entrepreneurs Should Ask VCs

sector specific

  • Infrastructure Tech
    • OpenCloud 2021: The “Rule of 20s” and Other Tips for Founders Building Enduring Cloud-Native Companies
    • Our Take on the Data Deluge, and What’s Next
    • Building a Successful AI Company
    • Open-Source Software: Show Me The Money
    • How Open-Source Startups Can Become Enterprise-IT Powerhouses
    • How to Build Successful Software in a Low-Commitment World
    • The Rise of Cloud Marketplaces for the Enterprise
    • Migrating Free Users to Monetization
    • How to Achieve Best-in-Class Customer Success
    • Aligning Sales Compensation with Bottoms-up Sales
    OpenCloud 2021: The “Rule of 20s” and Other Tips for Founders Building Enduring Cloud-Native Companies
    Our Take on the Data Deluge, and What’s Next
    Building a Successful AI Company
    Open-Source Software: Show Me The Money
    How Open-Source Startups Can Become Enterprise-IT Powerhouses
    How to Build Successful Software in a Low-Commitment World
    The Rise of Cloud Marketplaces for the Enterprise
    Migrating Free Users to Monetization
    How to Achieve Best-in-Class Customer Success
    Aligning Sales Compensation with Bottoms-up Sales
  • Consumer Marketplaces
    • Today’s Hot Consumer Marketplace IPOs Prove The Power Of Efficient Growth
    • Blockchain’s ‘Netscape Moment’ Is Here
    • Social Tokens: A Web 3.0 Playbook for Monetizing Yourself
    • End-to-End Operators: The Next-Generation Consumer Businesses
    • The Power of Network Effort for Consumer Marketplaces
    • 6 Factors to Obsess Over When Building a Marketplace Business
    • The Secret To Long-Term Consumer-Tech Success: Subscription Pricing
    • Marketplace Startups: Here’s a Magic Number For Efficient Growth
    • The Power of Efficiency and ‘Rule of 40’ for Consumer Marketplace Startups
    Today’s Hot Consumer Marketplace IPOs Prove The Power Of Efficient Growth
    Blockchain’s ‘Netscape Moment’ Is Here
    Social Tokens: A Web 3.0 Playbook for Monetizing Yourself
    End-to-End Operators: The Next-Generation Consumer Businesses
    The Power of Network Effort for Consumer Marketplaces
    6 Factors to Obsess Over When Building a Marketplace Business
    The Secret To Long-Term Consumer-Tech Success: Subscription Pricing
    Marketplace Startups: Here’s a Magic Number For Efficient Growth
    The Power of Efficiency and ‘Rule of 40’ for Consumer Marketplace Startups
  • Application Software/SaaS
    • Embracing the Founder to CEO Journey
    • Building a Whopper of a Customer-Engagement Platform: Bill Magnuson of Braze
    • T2D3: Triple Twice, Then Double 3x for SaaS Success
    • Case Study: Veeva on T2D3-style Growth
    • Four Customer Success Metrics You’re Not Watching (But Should)
    • The Secrets to Building a Product-Led Organization
    • How Atlassian Built A $20 Billion Business
    • Brightree and the Vertical Cloud Revolution
    • Software 2021: The Rise of the Cloud
    Embracing the Founder to CEO Journey
    Building a Whopper of a Customer-Engagement Platform: Bill Magnuson of Braze
    T2D3: Triple Twice, Then Double 3x for SaaS Success
    Case Study: Veeva on T2D3-style Growth
    Four Customer Success Metrics You’re Not Watching (But Should)
    The Secrets to Building a Product-Led Organization
    How Atlassian Built A $20 Billion Business
    Brightree and the Vertical Cloud Revolution
    Software 2021: The Rise of the Cloud

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Find the future for your fast-growing business.

There’s no single roadmap for building a successful technology business. This Battery guide shares best practices and real-world examples for founders trying to scale their technology businesses fast. Start finding your future here.

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