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The Playbook to Building a Thriving Sales Culture with PatientPop SVP of Sales Justin Welsh (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Justin Welsh, former SVP of Sales at PatientPop explains how he started in SaaS in 2009 as the second sales hire at Zocdoc. Justin used Sales Culture to grow a successful PatientPop team to 140 employees and 55 million in revenue. Justin Welsh | SVP Sales @ PatientPop. Want to see more content like this?

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The State of Venture in 2025

Sales Hacker

Metrics mattered, but not nearly as much as momentum. In 2005–2009, the 99th percentile venture exit was around $1.4B. He shares tactical advice for senior operators re-entering the job market, how to build relationships with VCs and recruiters, and what founders are really looking for when hiring GTM leaders. It’s over $10.2B.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Matt Garratt, Trisha Price, David Schmaier, Rob Bernshteyn, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. They need fewer sales as a percentage of overall employees.

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

SaaStr

Then I went over to the sales department. The demo is the sale and we close everybody in month. Heidi Jannenga : When we’ve again, first started going out and looking for funding, everybody wants to amplify your sales strategy. The first thing you bring in your playbook on sales. We were profitable by 2009.

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A Better Approach To Start-up Hiring

Outseta

A mis-hire is not only an expensive mistake , but can also represent a major setback in terms of building your product, hitting your sales number, or properly supporting your customers. The first dates back to May 2009, shortly after I graduated with a freshly minted MBA degree. It was my first VP position.

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The top SaaS companies ruling the East Coast

SaaStock

Thanks to them, merchants can make more successful sales and win happy customers. Founded: 2009. Toast ’s all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform helps power and grow restaurants. Founded: 2009. During 2018 Black Friday/Cyber Monday, sales through Shopify reached a record-breaking $1.5+

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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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