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Q&A with Maria Pergolino, Anthony Kennada, Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

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And so, she can, and Anthony just finished up basically going from the first sales hire at Gainsight at almost 100 million in revenue and has just retired. Maria : It’s like saying, “Hey, you want a sales rep to carry 10 times the quota they do today. You can’t, you have to invest in that sales infrastructure.”

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The Top 5 Questions Every CEO Wrestles With – Lessons From Host Analytics (Video + Transcript)

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Those that had raised a large amount of money at a ridiculous valuation prior to April 2001 or dead. And if you’ve just hired a cohort of 10 sales reps six months ago and everybody’s failing? Don’t go hire 10 more. I don’t care if you hire them a coach. ” Right?