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Why Founder-Led Sales Breaks Earlier Than You Think

SaaStr

Founder-led sales generally stops scaling around $1m-$2m ARR. A sign to hire a real sales leader. Over the years at SaaStr we’ve talked a lot about hiring a great VP of Sales, when it works, when it does, and how it moves the needle. To stick with founder-led sales longer than most folks do, i.e. past $1.5m-$2m ARR or so.

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Dear SaaStr: Is a Big Market Really Better Than a Niche Market?

SaaStr

SaaS eSignature Market: From $1 Million in 2006 to $1 Billion in 2018 to $5 Billion in 2023 | SaaStr Dear SaaStr: I’ve Been Asked to Take Over as CEO of a 1 Year Old Startup with 20 Employees. One of the best sales people. And realize you are going to have to spend a lot more time recruiting that you’d planned.

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Things That Are Different As A More Experienced Entrepreneur

SaaStr

Still, an overall deep-dive on lessons learned the second and third time around: Not Easier : Recruiting – Not Easier. You might think after (goodness) the best part of 20 years of working in tech, 18 as an executive or CEO, and 13 as a founder … I’d be pretty good at recruiting at this point. I’m not.

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SaaStr is Turning 10! How a Blog Turned into A Global SaaS Community for 250,000+

SaaStr

This led to our first meet-ups in 2013 and 2014, the first SaaStr Annual in 2015 , the industry’s leading podcast in 2016, the first SaaS founder coworking space in 2017, and SaaStr Pro , the first learning management system for SaaS founders in 2018. Founders were able to recruit on-site. VCs were able to meet with Founders.

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2018 on Inside Intercom

Intercom, Inc.

Here is our collection of the Inside Intercom highlights from 2018. Analytics, biz ops, marketing, sales, support, recruiting, finance, HR. ” On Sales. What we learned moving sales and product upmarket together. LB Harvey, VP of Sales. Paddy O’Neill, Account Executive. Our podcast.

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My Top 10 Year One SaaS Mistakes. Save Yourself Some Pain & Just Don’t Make Them Yourself.

SaaStr

Not Hiring 2-3 Sales Reps to Start. More on that here: When You Hire Your First Sales Rep — Just Make Sure You Hire Two. I should have invested a little more in sales reps, more quickly, one we had some initial traction (see above). Should Have Spent Even More Time Recruiting & Upgrading the Team. My 10, FWIW.

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The Top Sessions of SaaStr Scale: CEOs of Okta, Airtable, Safegraph, Blackline and More!!

SaaStr

On how to recruit in the early days, when not everyone gets it. The Q+A at the end is especially good — stay for it: #3: “Zendesk’s Secret Sauce to Scaling to $1B: SMB and Mid-Market Success” with VP Global SMB Sales Sharon Prosser and VP GTM Strategy Astha Malik. . How to recruit in a less hot space.

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