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From $800k to $274M in 4 Years - The Story of Ariba

Tom Tunguz

In particular, Ariba sold software to run RFPs, manage contracts with suppliers, analyze corporate spending and ensure financial compliance. in sales and marketing efforts in the years before generating more than $200 million in revenue. Ariba enjoyed terrific sales efficiency through its first three years.

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Is Your Sales Organization Ready for a Recession?

OPEXEngine

Sales capacity tends to get rusted in place, and when markets move quickly, the return on the cost of sales inevitably starts to flatten. Ensure sales leaders are sweating the details of daily execution. Most sales organizations do not seem to be prepared for a recession.

Scale 59
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A Look Back: Everything Breaks When You Go Into Hypergrowth Mode, with UiPath’s CMO (Europa Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

2005: Started as a tech outsourcing company. Meltwater started in 2001, as you heard and grew consistently over time. We took the series A, interesting enough, the first executive hired by, thanks to the sales coaching, actually was marketing. We have a product development center in Bucharest, in India, and in Seattle.

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Who are Asia’s SaaS VCs?

SaaStock

It has more than 100 investments since its founding in 2001. Founded: 2001. Fresco Capital focuses on businesses developing new solutions in the enterprise, education, infrastructure, healthcare, consumer goods and entertainment. China Development Industrial Bank (CDIB). Size of fund: $700M. Founded: 2012. Founded: 2010.

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Best Merchant Services

Neil Patel

There are two primary types of accounts, one is an aggregator (or middleman), and one is an ISO (or independent sales organization). After much research and careful consideration, these are my top six merchant services for both in-person and online sales. #1. For in-person sales, expect to pay 2.6% Aggregators. per transaction.

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PODCAST 139: The Science of Becoming a Better Sales Leader with Luke Rogers

Sales Hacker

Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sam Jacobs: This week on the show, we’ve got Luke Rogers, the Vice President of Sales at Instabase. He now leads the sales function at a really promising and high-growing unicorn called Instabase. Learn how modern sales teams with deals, win deals now. We’re on iTunes.

Scale 99
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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

Founded : 2001. Tienda Nube contributes towards the growing e-market in the region by allowing companies to cut down expenses and improve sales numbers. In recent years, they have developed new offerings adjacent to POS and ERP software based on cloud delivery model. CEO : André Baldini. Based in: Campinas, Brazil. Hi Platform.