Pros
Excellent company culture and the most talented group of sales people I've been around, until most of them along with half the company were laid off.
Cons
ClearSlide was the undisputed leader in a new space since its founding in 1999, signing up big name clients and many early adopters. Hard nose reps accomplished this on their own with no help from marketing. Skip to August 2014. The company hit a road block since most early adopters had been sold to. Reps couldn't "cross the chasm" on their own without marketing help. Dustin Grosse (former CMO from Docusign) was brought on as COO to get the company over the hump. Within a year, Grosse recycled the marketing department twice (as in firing and rehiring the entire department) and made numerous changes to sales compensation and processes. Result: Reps still had no help from marketing. Sales were down 50% during his charge as COO and many tenured reps left. Skip to September 2015: ClearSlide was hemorrhaging cash due to lack of growth. Half the employees was laid off. Grosse was promoted to CEO because of his stellar results during his one year tenure. A day after the layoff, Grosse organized a companywide toast celebrating poor performance and the complete destruction of our company culture.