SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2021

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.

Part-Time VPE 261

Part-Time VPE Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 261

SaaStr

APRIL 7, 2021

There are roughly 2 types of start-up management teams. The first type is the kind of management team hired by second+ time founders. Often folks they convince to once again be a VP of Eng or VP of Sales. But most of us are first-time founders, or close to it. Veterans of the SaaS journey.

Part-Time VPE 234

Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 234

SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2020

Brendon introduces his playbook to hiring the first VP of Sales from his experiences as VP of Sales at LinkedIn, EchoSign, Talkdesk and more. Learn the dos and don’ts to make the correct hire the first time and not rush into hiring the wrong VP of Sales, which can cost the company months or even years.

Sales Hiring 153

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO Hire Scale 153

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Before hiring, assess your current needs and hire as your company grows. Account Managers: They serve as the lead point of contact for all customer account management matters. Before the hiring process, take some time to decide on your current needs and hire as your company grows.

Sales Hiring 95

Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 95

SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2023

2 “Give the VP of Sales more time.” You can’t always expect a great VP of Sales to double sales in 30-60-90 days. But you have to see progress in one sales cycle. If, in one sales cycle, things aren’t improving on several core metrics, they never will. The best VPs of Sales hit the ground running.

Part-Time VPE 177

Part-Time VPE Scale Sales Hiring CTO Hire 177

SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

As a founder/CEO, building your first management team is something that you often lose sleep over. Which role should you hire for first? For starters, your first hire should be someone who can complement your skills, someone who is strong in areas where you’re weak, but it goes much deeper than that. And for good reason.

Sales Hiring 254

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review CTO Hire 254

SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2020

403: Sam Taylor is the VP of Sales and Success @ Loom, the startup that helps you get your message across by making it easy to record instantly shareable videos. As for Sam, prior to Loom, Sam spent over 4 years at Salesforce following their acquisition of Quip, a startup Salesforce acquired for $750M where Sam was also the 1st sales leader.

Scale 172

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 172

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Building a sales team that can go from $0-$50M (Video + Transcript). Gaetan Gachet | SVP of Sales @Algolia. It’s an honor to be here with this mythical creature, this sales leader that goes from zero to 50 million in the same job. He has a whole French sales team and office that only speaks English in Paris.

Scale 136

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Technical Advisors 136

OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Pricing is an incredibly important part of any SaaS product’s go-to-market strategy. In a market that requires companies to earn their customers’ business each and every day, it can literally make or break your entire business model. I’ve had roles in almost every function from sales to product to customer success.

Sales Hiring 40

Sales Hiring Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Technical Review 40

Chart Mogul

JULY 1, 2020

B2B marketing is much more complicated than consumer marketing. That’s because B2B businesses address particular niches, where customers don’t spend as much time online. Customer discovery interviews help marketers communicate with potential customers. Kateryna Reshetilo , Head of Marketing at Greenice.net.

Interviewing 76

Interviewing B2B Marketing Underperforming Technical Team 76

SaaStr

APRIL 18, 2019

And now I’m the executive chairman of this company but 20 of our former SteelBrick team members have joined Ben and they’re going to be bringing this product to the market. ” We had to do that three times. We burned through $23 million in venture capital and only had 1 million in revenue to show for it.

Sales Recruiting 167

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale SaaS Payments 167

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

* Does Bob agree with the notion that channel sales have completely died in the world of SaaS? In terms of replacement, what does Bob believe will be the emerging trends in SaaS Go To Market that will replace it? * Where do most startups go wrong both in hiring for partnerships and in the engagements themselves? Why is this?

Sales Hiring 132

Sales Hiring Scale Outsourcing Services CTO Hire 132

SaaStr

AUGUST 22, 2020

Centralized HQs with all the perks and amenities “under one roof” have traditionally been used as recruiting tools to attract and retain top talent. And honestly, we’re limiting ourselves by proximity on recruiting a diverse best-in-class team. This will be a really strong indicator of retention and recruiting.

Sales Recruiting 146

Sales Recruiting Cloud CTO Hire Scale 146

Chart Mogul

JULY 1, 2020

B2B marketing is much more complicated than consumer marketing. That’s because B2B businesses address particular niches, where customers don’t spend as much time online. Customer discovery interviews help marketers communicate with potential customers. Kateryna Reshetilo , Head of Marketing at Greenice.net.

Interviewing 52

Interviewing B2B Marketing Underperforming Technical Team 52

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

. * How does one know when we need to hire generalists vs specialists? How does Karl think about working with recruiters? Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why? * Karl has been in every interview for every new hire for the first 6 years of the business, why?

Sales Hiring 217

Sales Hiring Scale CTO Hire CTO Coach 217

Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

In B2B markets, which tend to be more complex than B2C ones, most investors look for teams with expertise in the given field or unique insights into the problem they are solving. A technical co-founder or CTO is always a great-to-have at this stage and becomes a must-have as the business scales beyond seed. Market Characteristics ??

Marketplace as a Service 59

Marketplace as a Service Payments B2B SaaS Payments 59

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

It’s become quicker to build your first product, test your market, and people really have role models around them and understand how to get that started. Super tough market, difficult playbook. Pietro Bezza | Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures. It’s become cheaper. Emilie : On the other side, you have investors.

New CTO 146

New CTO Sales Hiring B2C CTO Hire 146

ProfitWell

JANUARY 24, 2020

There’s a huge surge in the content marketing sphere , supplemented by social media madness and competition for eye-catching, compelling ad space. But since marketers today have nearly all the same tools at their disposal, there’s an issue here. Number two: Your efforts don’t necessarily convert to revenue. Here's the data.

Sales Recruiting 40

Sales Recruiting CTO Hire New CTO Sales Hiring 40

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Katie Burke, Chief People Officer at HubSpot , is a marketer-turned-culture expert. When HubSpot first launched its culture code, Dharmesh Shah, CTO and Founder of HubSpot, felt it was important to share it with candidates. Since then, its culture code has been viewed more than 4 million times.

Company Culture 40

Company Culture Sales Recruiting Scale Software Review 40

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2018

At our inaugural SaaStr Europa last June, podcast host-with-the-most Harry Stebbings sat down with MuleSoft Founder and CTO Ross Mason to discuss the organization’s sales strategy, building a strong company culture, how to think about international expansion, and much more. That’s all written on our platform.

Technical Advisors 156

Technical Advisors Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 156

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Today on the show, we’ve got Vishal Sunak, CEO and co-founder of LinkSquares, a company that applies AI to your contract. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sam Jacobs: Today on the show, we’ve got Vishal Sunak, CEO and co-founder of LinkSquares, a company that applies AI to your contract. We’re on iTunes.

Scale 108

Scale CTO Hire Scaling CTO Coach 108

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you missed episode 130, check it out here: Turning Junior-level Talent into Top Sales Professionals with Eddie Baez. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sales enablement is easy. Oh, and do all of this with less time. More sales meetings, more money. More sales meetings, more money. We’re on iTunes.

Marketplace as a Service 96

Marketplace as a Service CTO Hire Sales Recruiting Scale 96

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we’ve got a fantastic episode for you. We’ve got an interview with Brandon Meyers , the chief revenue officer of ADARA. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Critical skills for success as a Chief Revenue Officer [19:58]. Welcome to Sales Hacker Podcast.

Subscription 106

Subscription Payment Features Scale Underperforming Technical Team 106