How to organize a retreat for a large, remote team
Find out how to organize a retreat based on our experience hosting a 100+ person retreat.
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How to build a scalable, repeatable, and efficient sales engine at a Series A startup
OpenPhone’s Head of Sales, Giancarlo Gialle, explains his 5-step process for building a scalable, repeatable, efficient sales engine.
How to hire your first designer
Learn what to look for in your first design hire, how to make sure they’re a good fit, and how to stand out as a prospective employer.
7 things I wish I knew about hiring when we raised our Series A
Since raising our Series A, we’ve focused a lot of attention on growing our team. Our Co-Founder Daryna Kulya reflects on her key 7 lessons learned in this post.
How we got our first 1,000 customers
It was September 2017. We were two months into building OpenPhone, and we were ready to launch our beta and get our first customers.
How we grew our SaaS blog traffic to 30k monthly visits in 6 months
In the last 6 months, we’ve been able to grow our SaaS blog’s search traffic from 500 to 30k monthly visits. In this post we share our learnings so far and how we got here.
How we collect, organize, and implement customer feedback
In order to promote and sustain long-term growth, it is essential to effectively collect, organize, and implement high-quality customer feedback. Here we share what works for us.
The application that got OpenPhone into Y Combinator
We wanted to give back to the startup community and decided to publish our Y Combinator application. Hope it helps you on your journey and encourages you to apply to YC.
How to prepare for your Y Combinator interview
Did you get an invitation to interview with YC? Congratulations! I remember exactly when we got the much awaited email for our startup OpenPhone. We stayed up late, anxiously refreshing email, Reddit and HackerNews. The next day we started preparing immediately. To help you prepare, I’d love to share my personal tips and experiences from … Read more
4 Unexpected lessons I’ve learned after going through Y Combinator
Every December I reflect on the year passing by. This year, I thought my reflections might be useful to others starting a startup. Heck, I wish someone shared these with me a year ago. Before we begin, quick context so you know where the lessons are coming from. I’m a Co-Founder at OpenPhone. We make … Read more