SaaStr

JULY 13, 2023

Q: Where Should SDRs Report — Marketing or Sales? Continuing the conversation on effective team members, it’s important to hire the right people to manage SDRs. A VP of Sales might seem the logical place to have your first SDR team report. But if they’ve never managed a higher turnover SDR team, they often melt.

CTO Hire 242

CTO Hire Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 242

SaaStr

JUNE 15, 2023

SaaS eSignature Market: From $1 Million in 2006 to $1 Billion in 2018 to $5 Billion in 2023 | SaaStr Dear SaaStr: I’ve Been Asked to Take Over as CEO of a 1 Year Old Startup with 20 Employees. One of the best sales people. And realize you are going to have to spend a lot more time recruiting that you’d planned.

Sales Recruiting 246

Sales Recruiting Marketing Sales Hiring Market Segmentation 246

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2018

Before we get into our 2017 recap and 2018 road map, I wanted to provide some quick background on how Sales Hacker came to be. How It All Began: The Story of Sales Hacker. I can’t believe it’s been 4 years since we threw our first Sales Hacker Conference in September of 2013. 2014: Full Time on Sales Hacker.

Sales Recruiting 107

Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring Sales 107

SaaStr

APRIL 7, 2022

At our inaugural Saastr Europa in Paris in 2018, Sequoia (then Accel) Partner Luciana Lixandru and UiPath CMO Bobby Patrick discussed what breaks when your business goes into hypergrowth mode (hint: pretty much everything). 2018: $155m rev. We do have a network of recruiters. UIPath History. 2014: $500k rev. seed round.

Sales Hiring 274

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Outsourcing Services 274

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Welcome to Sales Hacker’s first-ever Influential Women in Sales list! In this exclusive list, we wanted to honor not just female leaders that promote their own sales platform (no shame in that!) They say “You can’t be what you can’t see,” and the sales floor is no exception.

Sales Recruiting 111

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale Sales Hiring 111

Totango

JANUARY 22, 2018

Our world-class speaker lineup for 2018 Customer Success Summit will share the impressive business results that customer success best practices should deliver. Manager, Partner & Customer Experience. Dante is the Manager of Partner & Customer Experience at Google Cloud. Dante Otero.

Customer Success 79

Customer Success Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 79

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The company’s best-selling book, Predictable Revenue , details the hugely successful outbound process and sales created specifically for Salesforce. Afterward, he delved into education management by creating his own business, Mestreduca, a platform targeted at educational institutions. Talk: SaaS.City Bootcamp: Sales Leadership.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Dennis started at Procore as EVP of Sales in 2014, before moving to the CRO role in 2018 where he was responsible for driving revenue across all customer-facing functions including Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Rev Ops, Procore.org and Business Development. Visit vanta.com/gtmnow to learn more. Brought to you by IPS.

Sales Recruiting 123

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale AI Search 123

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 8, 2018

In a time where buyer behavior has rendered cold calling nearly obsolete, successful sales prospecting begins with using tools like live chat and social media to build relationships. He’d go on to become the VP of Sales at Sprinklr, guiding the company through its own high growth period, before striking out on his own.

Social Media 187

Social Media Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 187

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 28, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we talk to Jamie Scarborough , Co-Founder of the Sales Talent Agency, one of the largest sales recruitment firms in North America. . The keys to building your own business as a career sales professional. Moving into sales from other industries. We’re on iTunes.

Sales Recruiting 95

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Management 95

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In 2018, it became clear we needed to scale, and fast – our APAC customer base had increased more than 900%, and about 10 to 12% of the company’s revenue was already there. Liam: Samira Alamudi is a Sales Development Manager in our Sydney office as part of the Asia Pacific or APAC team. We had two SDRs and one account executive.

Sales Recruiting 118

Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring Investment 118

SaaStr

JUNE 3, 2020

And the reality is most of them don’t, most of our customers and prospects don’t trust us, especially those of us in sales. And as an entrepreneur, I do consider myself in sales and I believe sales is a noble profession. ” I think the same shift is happening in recruiting. The situation is getting worse.

Software Review 250

Software Review Scale Technical Review SaaS 250

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Check out this 2018 Europa session with Guillaume Princen, Head of France and Southern Europe @ Stripe, where he talks about the metrics you need to be focused on in your startup. Customer acquisition is basically how much do you spend in terms of sales people, sales team, and in terms of marketing to acquire a new customer.

SaaS Payments 246

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

Sales Hacker

JUNE 3, 2025

Over his 15-year career at Meta, Rick was instrumental in driving international expansion, especially across Europe, the Middle East, and Africahelping to localize strategy, scale high-performing sales teams, and bring new ad products to market. Rick is the former managing director of Meta Ireland. Rick Kelley: You’re right.

Sales Hiring 86

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Sales 86

The Angel VC

DECEMBER 12, 2018

While this is generally true for most companies, it’s particularly true for SaaS businesses, which invest heavily in product development, sales, and marketing upfront and get payments from customers over a delayed period of time, usually several years. The main reason is that your customer acquisition costs are highly front-loaded.

Sales Recruiting 106

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Scale 106

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sales Stack 2022 Sales Tools for Professional B2B Sales SALES STACK 2022: Sales Tools for. Professional Sales SALES STACK. 2021: Sales Tools. Sales W hich challenges would you like sales technology to solve for your sales team? What is sales technology here to do?

Scale 113

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 113

Neil Patel

MARCH 17, 2021

Of 18 to 21-year-olds who weren’t in high school in 2018, 57 percent were in college, compared to 52 percent of Millennials in 2003, and 43 percent of Gen Xers in 1987. You should absolutely use diverse models and messaging, but don’t latch onto Black History Month or International Women’s Day to promote your latest flash sale.

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Social Media Advertising Sales Recruiting Branding 145

yoursales

JANUARY 29, 2021

Sales Stack 2021. Sales Tools for Professional Sales. SALES STACK 2020: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2020: THE TOOLS. Sales technology for professional sales will be more important than ever. In 2020 almost every single Sales Professional was forced inside. Same goes for Sales Professionals.

Scale 106

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 106

yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

SALES STACK 2020. Sales Tools for Professional Sales. SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS. W elcome to "Sales Stack 2020 - Sales Tools for Professional Sales". Next to that we'll continue to have the full list of sales tools available right here.

Scale 103

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 103

yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Sales Stack 2020. Sales Tools for Professional Sales. SALES STACK 2020: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2020: THE TOOLS. W elcome to "Sales Stack 2020 - Sales Tools for Professional Sales". Next to that we'll continue to have the full list of sales tools available right here.

Scale 103

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 103

Totango

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The C hief Customer Officer Fall, 2018 (CCO), held September 12th-13th in San Diego, is an interactive peer-lead conference attracting senior-level customer focused professionals. You need to have your organization working in harmony, including service, support, and sales. Totango developed Zoe with that objective in mind.

Sales Recruiting 56

Sales Recruiting Scale Customer Success Retention 56

Sales Hacker

JUNE 11, 2018

Once again, Salesforce presents a strategic look into the rapidly shifting world of sales. The third edition of the widely anticipated State of Sales report surveyed more than 2,900 sales professionals and leaders from around the world. Here’s a quick sneak peak of their sales research report. Top Sales Metrics.

Sales Recruiting 78

Sales Recruiting Artificial Intelligence Trends Sales Hiring 78

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The best sales conferences enrich your team, build knowledge, and offer plenty of networking opportunities (and fun)! Bad sales conferences just feel like a huge waste of time away from you prospects. Unleash is the ultimate Sales Engagement conference. ” — Rainmaker 2018 Attendee. TOPO Sales Summit.

Scale 87

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Underperforming Technical Team 87

yoursales

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales Stack 2023 Sales Tools for Professional B2B Sales SALES STACK 2023: Sales Tools for. Professional Sales SALES STACK. 2022: Sales Tools. Sales share this with your network S ales tools and figuring out what your sales stack 2023 should look like is as challenging as ever.

Scale 88

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Outsourced Development 88

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

That means we’re delivering more than 250 pieces of content to our community on topics ranging from sales and product to pricing, marketing, recruiting and much more. We know that much of our community doesn’t have time to catch up on every single PLG article, so we compiled our favorites from 2018.

Sales Recruiting 56

Sales Recruiting Benchmarks Acquisition Finance 56

yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

SALES STACK 2019 SALES TOOLS FOR. PROFESSIONAL SALES SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS I t’s 2019 and we’re back at the sales tools workshop, working out the best sales tools for your sales process. Which sales tools best support your sales process?

Scale 100

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 100

Totango

JANUARY 22, 2018

Our world-class speaker lineup for 2018 Customer Success Summit will share the impressive business results that customer success best practices should deliver. Manager, Partner & Customer Experience. Dante is the Manager of Partner & Customer Experience at Google Cloud. Dante Otero.

Customer Success 48

Customer Success Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 48

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The Salesforce State of Marketing Report noted that AI adoption with marketers is up by a whopping 186% from 2018, with 84% using AI technology. Plus, you’re going to have mountains of data to back up your decisions, which will get you better results, a higher ROI, and more sales. No complaining, recruiting, or training required.

Artificial Intelligence 142

Artificial Intelligence AI Search AI Social Media 142

FastSpring

MARCH 16, 2023

So we were working on a recruitment piece recently for a fortune 500 Equipment Company. That’s what customers recruits. If you’re having a one on one sales conversation. If you are recruiting someone, if you are doing any of those things and motion. Andrew Levy 10:51 I mean, so many, so number of stories.

Sales Recruiting 137

Sales Recruiting Scale Social Media Interviewing 137

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Have you ever wondered how to become a VP of Sales? By the time I was 30 years old, I was working at Oracle (via startup acquisition) helping them build the #1 performing SaaS sales team in my region. At the time, I had two years as a VP of Sales under my belt. How can you become a VP of Sales? So how did I do it?

Sales Hiring 87

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Sales 87

Sales Hacker

JULY 24, 2019

It’s a problem in sales too. According to the 2019 State of Sales Performance survey , 73% of teams polled said that less than half of their team were women. Companies and sales teams are missing out on the benefits that diversity brings. Women Sales Pros. Women in Sales. Utah Women in Sales. Gals and SALS.

Sales Hiring 96

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Revenue Sales 96

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 3, 2018

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we interview Meghan Gill , VP of Sales Operations at MongoDB. . Meghan has been at Mongo almost 9 years and was the first non-technical hire at the company, helping them scale past an IPO in 2017 and transitioning from an early career in Marketing into Sales Operations. .

Underperforming Technical Team 77

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 77

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 24, 2018

In this mega guide, I’ll breakdown 31 different lead generation techniques you can use to supercharge your sales pipeline almost immediately. Two of which are currently sales and marketing. I’m in control of every step of the sales process – from awareness to decision making. Why am I sharing this?

Sales Recruiting 99

Sales Recruiting Sales Underperforming Technical Team Social Media 99

Chart Mogul

MARCH 26, 2018

Learn how InsureSign — an e-signing solution for the insurance industry — uses ChartMogul to better understand revenue and get a detailed picture of sales performance. For its first six years, the e-signature startup I founded, InsureSign, used only inbound sales efforts. But now, how could we keep tabs on their progress?

Sales Recruiting 49

Sales Recruiting Sales Outbound Sales Team Healthcare 49

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 12, 2018

Patrick Collison (@patrickc) July 10, 2018. If you really hate sitting through a dozen sales comp meetings, maybe you should find somebody who can really fulfill that role. We spent some time working with a recruiting team really scaling up and splitting out roles within recruiting so recruiting could scale.

Sales Hiring 120

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Technical Advisors 120

OpenView Labs

JUNE 20, 2019

The toughest EU country to hire senior sales/commercial talent. As we can see from the above, hiring great sales executives is a major challenge here in Europe. In fact, 72% of the respondents claim that is has become harder than ever to recruit great SaaS sales executives. How wrong can they be! Salary levels in Europe.

Scale 70

Scale B2B Sales Hiring Scaling 70

Point Nine Land

DECEMBER 12, 2018

While this is generally true for most companies, it’s particularly true for SaaS businesses, which invest heavily in product development, sales, and marketing upfront and get payments from customers over a delayed period of time, usually several years. The main reason is that your customer acquisition costs are highly front-loaded.

Sales Recruiting 61

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Scale 61