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From Zero to Hero: How to Dominate Outbound SaaS Sales with Rippling and Founders Fund on CRO Confidential

SaaStr

In the latest episode of CRO Confidential, host Sam Blond, partner at Founders Fund and former CRO at Brex, sits down with Ashley Kelly, VP of Global Sales Development at Rippling. For context – Ashley had previously helped Sam scale Brex’s outbound sales from $2M to over $300M in ARR as Senior Director of SDR.

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10 Recruiting & New Hire Interviewing Best Practices

OPEXEngine

Emboldened by this seeming endorsement, I dashed off what turned into a lengthy email on interviewing and recruiting, a topic about which I am passionate not because I think I am good at it but because I think I am not. Thoughts on The Recruiting Process. Remember it’s a mutual sales process. Know what you’re looking for.

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4 Sales Recruiting Trends to Be Ready for in 2020

OpenView Labs

So if scaling your sales organization is a priority in 2020, here are the things you need to be aware of to make sure you do so successfully. In my experience both as a salesperson and as a recruiter, it’s primarily been four things: They want the work they’re doing to matter to them. Hiring sales leaders will get harder.

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Beware The Overly Self-Promotional CMO

SaaStr

Support and partner with sales. Having a CMO that is present, that is visible, is great for recruiting and much more. It’s too easy to slip into podcasts, into articles, into videos that are as much or more about the CMO than the company. Own brand & brand positioning. It’s a big job. And that’s good.

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20+ LinkedIn Profile Tips (Guaranteed Ways to Stand Out)

Buffer Resources

I’ve never created LinkedIn content with the “goal” of lead generation or immediate-term sales. In this article, I'll dive deeper into tactics for making your profile stand out on the increasingly crowded platform. Sales: The ability to persuade others to buy a product or service.

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10 Things That Would Have Helped Me Go From $1m to $10m Faster with Less Stress

SaaStr

I thought it would be worth drilling down deeper into each of them, and sharing the learnings and mistakes: 1/ Spending less time fixing things, more time recruiting senior folks to own them. No one spends enough time recruiting as it is, after $1m ARR or so. Yes, you can manage the sales team yourself. You can do this.

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The Top 20 SaaStr Tips to Getting a SaaSt Start-Up Going

SaaStr

Ok my top list, with a SaaStr article on the topic: Take your time to find a great co-founde r. Someone great at something core you aren’t: Sales, Engineering, Marketing. Great at sales. If you hire someone to do the first sales, you’ll never understand it yourself. When you go to hire your first sales rep, hire 2.