Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

When Yvonne joined in 2016, the business unit consisted of just 10 people across product, engineering, sales, and marketing. Turning a sales objection into a unique differentiator. When Eren Bali founded Udemy in 2010, he had a vision for what the marketplace would be: a place where anyone could teach and learn anything.

Marketplace as a Service 243

Marketplace as a Service Scale Sales Recruiting Business 243

SaaStr

JUNE 4, 2019

I actually worked in sales for five and a half years and that’s probably why I have tended to gravitate to B2B marketing. Worked as an AE and then a sales manager. Decided to go to business school, did that for a little bit and then came out in management consulting, a company. So, they’re a B2B piece.

Sales Recruiting 171

Sales Recruiting Scale Underperforming Technical Team Pricing 171

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings. Hear about the early days of Glassdoor; tactical lessons on scaling—from building a business model and recruiting an all-star management team to advice on building a compelling, innovative company culture; and learn whyGlassdoor’s $1.2

Scale 128

Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting Payment Services 128

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

And so again we would just have added to more kind of friction in the sales cycle and there was a whole video long sales cycle. We opened a small sales office in Wework. Sales our marketing for Europe is mostly in London where we have about 35. So that’s how I’m rationalizing it now. Felix : Yes.

Sales Hiring 177

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Government 177

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

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 schedule a demo in the same day.

Scale 169

Scale SMB VP of Engineering Leadership 169

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

Boomi is a cloud integration company that I worked on and built for 10 years and was acquired by Dell in 2010. For us, that first fit was with growing sales teams. We were very, very focused on that fit – to be even more specific, on growing sales teams for high-tech products. That was one of our first aha moments.

Scale 156

Scale Scaling AI Search Underperforming Technical Team 156

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Since 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. So the trend is that the graduation is better if of course company has more capital to invest before Series A. ” That’s not proven.

New CTO 147

New CTO Sales Hiring B2C CTO Hire 147