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The SaaS Org Chart Live with David Sacks (Podcast #491 and Video)

SaaStr

In 2008, he founded Yammer, an enterprise software company that David grew to 500 employees and $60 million in sales. Head of Sales. Positions Needed: Enterprise AEs, Mid-Market & SMB AEs, SDRs, Sales Ops, Sales Engineer. Positions Needed: FP&A Analyst, Accountant, HR, Ops, Recruiter.

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

SaaStr

From that point on, we built a product and we launched it in February of 2008 out of a back of a coffee shop with one employee. So I went down the hall, met with the head of marketing, and I discovered a lot about in bound SaaS, about SMB, the importance of building this machine as I call it now that generates all these lovely leads.

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PODCAST 41: Helping Marketo IPO and Achieve Hyper Scale with Bill Binch, CRO of Pendo

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we talk to Bill Binch , Chief Revenue Officer for Pendo and a former sales executive at Marketo who, over close to 10 years, helped guide the company through multiple phases of growth including both an IPO and an acquisition. . The challenges of managing a global team. What You’ll Learn.

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CEOs of Zapier, Walkme and Dialpad: How to Build Your First Management Team (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Then we needed to hire a sales guy who had experience selling to enterprise. We got the guy who ran enterprise sales at Rackspace. Nikos : In your case, I understand your company also shifted slightly on the market, like from SMB to bigger customers. Dan : We’d start it with sales. Craig : Yeah.

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How to Find Product-Market-Sales Fit

Andreessen Horowitz

One of the toughest challenges for founders — and especially technical founders who are used to focusing so much on product features over sales — is striking “product-market fit”. So in that shift from product-market fit to product-market-SALES fit, how much should you optimize your go-to-market for product… and even the other way around?

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Work-Bench and Initialized Capital — May 8, 2020

SaaStr

Where does Jessica find managers and founders do pipe reviews wrong? What does Jessica believe is the right way for sales reps to engage with new customers during this time? How should sales teams and CS respond to requests for discounts? Harry Stebbings: Totally, in terms of that sales cycle.