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Things That Are Different As A More Experienced Entrepreneur

SaaStr

In a small way, a few of those age 10-20 skills I did acquire from starting a tiny software company then were what carried through to whatever success I’ve had. Still, an overall deep-dive on lessons learned the second and third time around: Not Easier : Recruiting – Not Easier. Sales — Not Easier.

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How I Built a Successful International Sales Team From the Ground Up

Sales Hacker

When I landed in Dublin in 2015, I was a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed 26-year-old who had severely under-estimated and oversimplified the work in front of me. I was the new Vice President of International Sales & Managing Director for a work management software company called Wrike. Let’s dive in.

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Losing Sleep? Hiring Has Officially Replaced Cash as a Key Reason Startup Founders Are Up at Night

OpenView Labs

Software companies are hiring significantly more than ever before. And the primary burden of your product and GTM execution can fall on an effective technical leader and proven sales executive. Accelerate hiring of internal recruiters. Hiring a traditional outbound sales team to target CIOs used to be the norm for B2B sales.

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PODCAST 86: Strategic Vs Tactical Approach in Sales Planning with Mary Rogul

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Mary Rogul , a VP Sales Consultant, who’s currently an Enterprise Sales Advisor at Crayon. Fresh out of college, Mary started out in accounting, but it didn’t take long before she began a 20-year sales career that led her through Monster.com, HubSpot, and several others.

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Introducing OpenView’s Next Generation of Leaders

OpenView Labs

This next generation of leaders all share a deep dedication to our mission of improving people’s working lives—they’ve made innumerable contributions to the firm and the market-defining software companies with whom we partner. Casey Renner joined OpenView in 2015 to build out our advisor network and subsequent programming.

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2021 Financial & Operating Benchmarks: How to Become One of the ‘Haves’ of SaaS

OpenView Labs

For publicly traded companies that are growing 50% or faster, median valuation multiples have increased by an incredible 649% between 2015 and August 201. The game has changed when it comes to recruiting. Here’s what you can do to move the needle: Sales: Sell to the right customer and don’t get too greedy on the initial deal.

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From Slooooow Growth to Hypergrowth with Collibra and Insight Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

So, you just raised your series E one of the European software unicorns, congrats on that. I remember talking to Belgium investors at the time and everybody said, look, enterprise software is dead, there’s no opportunity through investment. Felix : There’s no way to be successful with enterprise software.