Hey Everyone,
Hope you're having a great week. Here are a few things I've been reading, writing and pondering lately. Enjoy!
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1. Technical Content: A Strategy Blueprint for SaaS Companies
It’s easy for most people to understand what a salesperson does and how a better CRM might help them in the their work. It’s not easy for most non-technical people to understand how servers work or how developers collaborate or why monitoring tools are so important, therefore it’s hard to understand how to sell them products or services.
This is among the most common challenges we see at Animalz and this article explains how to handle it.
2. Salary negotiation strategies everyone in tech already knows — but you don’t
This is a great post. I've bookmarked it and would recommend doing the same.
3. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
This book has been my introduction to Anthony Bourdain. It's raw, crude at times and beautifully written. I didn't appreciate what a loss his death was until I discovered his work. I highly recommend this book. (Not an affiliate link.)
4. Tweet of the Week
BuiltWith is an amazing site that I use regularly.
— Sam Parr ⚪️ (@theSamParr) May 5, 2020
But it's also an amazing business. 1 fulltime employee. $14m a year in revenue.
Can you name a business more efficient than that? Let's see em.
5. Random Links
- Interesting: The secrets behind the runaway success of Apple’s AirPods ("Estimates suggest that in 2019 Apple sold 35 million pairs of AirPods.")
- This is great: The Office Cast Reunites for Zoom Wedding
- Information vs. knowledge
- Great read: Stop Trying to Make Hard Work Easy (h/t @nickwritesit)
Have a great weekend!
Jimmy
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