SaaStr
JANUARY 28, 2020
I remember about three years ago, Marc Benioff gave some interview and he said his biggest regret was not continuing to hire sales professionals through 2009, his number one regret. And I remember being at that Dreamforce in 2009, which was awful. If something bad happens, you’re going to have to cut your burn, probably.
Andreessen Horowitz
APRIL 30, 2024
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SaaStr
MAY 15, 2020
Where do most teams go wrong in implementing the role out of their CS strategy? Does Bridget believe CS teams should be involved in the upsell process? Michelle started the company during an economic downturn in 2009. One thing we did as a company was … It was last Monday, our executive team said, “You know what?
Sales Hacker
APRIL 26, 2019
What do you do to regroup and recover when you have a bad day? Describe how/if you are a team player. Examples: “I am great at new business development. OR, “As a manager, I am really good at developing people. I doubled the number of sales reps on my team and led them to revenue growth of over 75% last year.”.
Sales Hacker
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. Invest in your development internally and externally. Joyce Johnson.
Outseta
JANUARY 20, 2020
In this post I’m going to share the most important lessons about growing a SaaS business that I learned at Buildium—collectively, these things had an awful lot to do with the company being valued so highly. My role at Buildium In late 2009 the economy had tanked and I had a newly minted MBA but no real job experience.
Sales Hacker
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
If RFPs are slowing down your sales team, you need to check out Loopio. Prior to that, he led sales teams all over the country, and we’re incredibly excited to have on the show. And every week we’re onboarding three to four to five teams. But I went in and their executive team that came in blew me away.
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