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Rebranding for Sub-scale SaaS: What / Whether / When / How (2 of 2)

This is the second of two posts focused on rebranding initiatives in SaaS businesses. Part 1 explored whether / when to consider undertaking a rebrand…
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Rebranding for Sub-scale SaaS: What / Whether / When / How (1 of 2)

For Professor Minerva McGonagall, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin (all of Harry Potter fame), shape-shifting comes naturally. For the rest of us, it’s difficult to…
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Strategic Reading for Strategic Leaders: Tailored Book Recommendations for New SaaS CEOs

I’ve posted a few times about tools for SaaS CEOs (including here, here, and here). A related question people ask is what books new CEOs…
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8 of the biggest mistakes first-time CEOs make

We recently spent a full day onboarding a new, first-time CEO for a recently acquired B2B SaaS business within our portfolio. After a grueling 7+…
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A (Dirty) Little Secret About Reference Checks Part 2

In part one of this series I discussed why reference checks rarely help small-scale SaaS businesses with high-stakes executive hiring but rather how they are…
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A (Dirty) Little Secret About Reference Checks Part 1

High-performing Leadership Teams may be the most critical element of successful B2B SaaS businesses. And in my experience, the alchemy that creates transformational team performance…
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More for New CEOs (2 of 2)

Previously, Part I of this post introduced an artifact that Lock 8 Partners uses to support the learning & development of portfolio CEOs. We refer…
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More Tools for New CEOs (1 of 2)

This blog has focused extensively in the past on the topic of first-time CEOs within small-scall SaaS business. This post made the case for hiring…
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