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

SaaStr

And then, I would have invested more wisely in Year 1 especially. 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).

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Run Less Software

Intercom, Inc.

I’m referring to the full spectrum of business execution, from product management to design to engineering to marketing to sales to support and all the other functions needed to scale a business. We are the soldiers companies are trying to recruit to help them win the battle for talent. The second army are your main competitors.

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The Playbook to Hiring Your First VP of Sales and Not Screwing it Up…….with Cassidy Ventures Founder Brendon Cassidy (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

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. Roughly 90%.

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A Decade of Learnings from Y Combinator (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

What ends up happening is, they think these investors are so smart, and they think these investors, because they like and want to invest in their company, their company must be amazing and it’s going to go on to become the next big thing. Who’s going to lead sales? Who’s going to be responsible for recruiting?

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8 Tough Lessons from Closing 12,000 Customers at WebPT (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

It’s a global technology focused investment firm. Then I went over to the sales department. The demo is the sale and we close everybody in month. The WebPT store starts in 2006. Heidi Jannenga : When we’ve again, first started going out and looking for funding, everybody wants to amplify your sales strategy.

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