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May 2023
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SaaStr 657: Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta Sha...

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Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta shares his top 10 mistakes in 10 years of running Gainsight.

This is the second half of a Workshop Wednesday session in which SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin chats with Nick about his top mistakes as a CEO. You can hear the first half in episode 656.

 

You can watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/dtdh2Dkhpig

 

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