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How do you get into a saas based company if you have no experience working in one and what are some of the core competencies you need when you are starting out?

Natalia Baryshnikova
Atlassian Head of Product, Enterprise Strategy and Planning3y
Check out my other answer in this AMA to a question asked by someone from a construction industry. You can repurpose the steps I outlined in that answer to your situation...
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Luke Summerfield
HubSpot Director of Product Strategy | Marketing Hub, Content Hub7mo
Many talented people want to work in SaaS but feel blocked because they haven’t “done SaaS before.” Here’s the good news: there are SaaS companies that care way more abou...
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Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of Product2y
If you are already in a Product role, there are common skills that apply across SaaS or non-SaaS products. These include strategic thinking, problem solving, customer and...
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Paresh Vakhariya
Atlassian Director of Product Management (Confluence) | Formerly PayPal, eBay, Intel, Verizon3y
Some key tips are: - Research the industry: what are the specific areas within SAAS you are most interested in? Follow newsletters, influencers and publications/conferenc...
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Vasudha Mithal
Care Solace Chief Product Officer | Formerly Headspace, Ginger, LinkedIn2y
Understand how commercial teams are setup, how products are priced, what's a typical sales cycle and even more top of the funnel - how is marketing run, target customers ...
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Sheila Hara
Barracuda Networks Sr. Director, Product Management2y
To get into a SaaS-based company without prior experience, focus on highlighting transferable skills and demonstrating a strong understanding of the SaaS model and its ma...
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