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How to Scale a Platform and Ecosystem to $10B with Atlassian CRO Cameron Deatsch (Pod 611 + Video)

SaaStr

Scale-ups are exciting. Scaling to satisfy customers’ demands depends on innovation and foresight combined with enterprise-ready technology and the right partners. On top of considerable dedication, creating a scale-up requires a functional edge—a unique and unreplicable capability compared to the players in the industry.

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The 10x Feature is Real. At Least, for a While. What’s Yours?

SaaStr

Talk to any experienced SaaS sales leader in a competitive space. It’s a feature that, for a material number of customers and prospects, wins the deal vs. the competition. But for a while, as you are scaling, you can beat the competition in at least specific deals in specific segments with a 10x Feature. And it was.

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The Top 10 Pieces of Advice I’d Give to My Younger CEO Self

SaaStr

Go Long — if you get to Initial Scale with happy customers and good growth. When we started EchoSign / Adobe Sign in 2005/2006, the web-based e-signature market was $1m in market size. SaaS eSignature Market: From $1 Million in 2006 to $1 Billion in 2018 to $5 Billion in 2023. Power Laws are real. Go Visit Your Customers.

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HubSpot’s Michael Redbord on staying in touch with your customers as you scale

Intercom, Inc.

If you’re a leader, he says, don’t try to scale your job. Since 2010, he’s helped the company grow to more than 40,000 customers and helped scale the support team to more than 500 employees to assist those users. Here are five quick takeaways: Most sales and support teams talk about their jobs as a funnel. Short on time?

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In The Early Days, You Won’t Have Enough Customers. But Your Mini-Brand Will Come to Your Rescue.

SaaStr

Question @jasonlk @saastr to @ericsyuan @zoom_us why the #ads and billboards & the effect of brand on #sales cycle? At first, you’ll get 1 or 3 or 5 leads from it. It’s not scaling fast enough. Follow up on every possible lead with 10x the enthusiasm you might otherwise. Invite your top prospects, too.

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6 Mistakes to Avoid in Your Inbound Lead Follow-Up

Sales Hacker

When inbound sales and marketing works, it’s great. It’s easy, it scales well, but by definition it puts a lot of the process out of your hands. That can lead to a lot of opportunities for things to break down and for buyers to fall through the cracks. Speed-to-lead isn’t considered a top priority. What Is Inbound.

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How to Make Deal Support Your Sales Organisation’s Secret Weapon

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

For the most part, sales enablement is poorly defined and often misunderstood. Across the world conversations take place, day in, day out between business leaders as they decide the part that sales enablement can, should and will play within their organisation. Source: HubSpot. Back to starting my role at HubSpot.

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