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SaaStr is Turning 10! How a Blog Turned into A Global SaaS Community for 250,000+

SaaStr

This led to our first meet-ups in 2013 and 2014, the first SaaStr Annual in 2015 , the industry’s leading podcast in 2016, the first SaaS founder coworking space in 2017, and SaaStr Pro , the first learning management system for SaaS founders in 2018. Founders were able to recruit on-site. VCs were able to meet with Founders.

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SaaStr Podcast 453 (and Video): Building a Second Unicorn: A Deep Dive With Jyoti Bansal

SaaStr

In 2017, Bansal sold his unicorn company AppDynamics to Cisco for $4 billion. Recruitment: Getting the right talent onboard is a critical step. Sales: You must understand how to grow your sales machine, and it isn’t easy. Sales: You must understand how to grow your sales machine, and it isn’t easy.

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Sales Stack 2017: The Tools

yoursales

SALES STACK 2017: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2017: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2017: THE TOOLS. A s a supplier for outsourced sales for SaaS businesses the sales stack is increasingly important. Last year we started listing and classifying the software tools in the sales stack. Then click here!

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Even More of SaaStr’s Most Respected Leaders Unveiled!

SaaStr

At SaaStr Annual 2017 she shared how selling Sunny Delight would ultimately teach her how to sell software. His sales focused, actionable content made an impact on the audience. Salesloft is a sales engagement platform that helps companies understand their customers’ needs and respond to them meaningfully.

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The Expanding Role of Marketing in SaaS Companies

Tom Tunguz

When a potential customer enters the consideration phase of the buyer journey, the marketing team transitions the lead to his sales account executive, who educates the customer from the consideration stage through purchase. In higher price point sales, sales picks up the customer after the customer indicates an intent to purchase.

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The Employee Experience Equation: 6 Data-Driven Ways You Can Drive An Exceptional Employee Experience

Valuize Consulting

The Employee Experience (EX) is the journey an employee takes with your organization and is the sum of all employee-employer interactions throughout that employee lifecycle, from pre-recruitment to post-exit. times faster revenue growth ( Sale s force , 2020). In fact, companies that prioritized Employee Experience achieved 1.8

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Weak-Link or Strong-Link Sales Enablement?

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

The sales enablement industry has taken tremendous strides in recent years, but by most measures, it's still a relatively immature function. To fill this "best practices void" and play my part in elevating the role of sales enablement I often take ideas from other fields and apply them to my work at HubSpot.