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Bryan Elsesser, VP of Sales at SaaStr: Top Dos and Don’ts to Have an Effective Start

SaaStr

In the run-up to the 2021 SaaStr Annual , SaaStr’s very own Poya Osgouei sits down with Bryan Elsesser, VP of Sales at SaaStr. “Selling when you have a brand under you is just different. SaaStr had such a strong brand, coming in, I didn’t need to make a ton of change. “I should have hired faster.

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What It’s Like Running a Profitable $400M Public SaaS Company with Vimeo CEO Adam Gross 

SaaStr

Vimeo is turning 20, which not many internet brands have achieved. One of the great things about Vimeo is there aren’t a lot of companies that have this kind of brand recognition and internet traffic. When you have a brand that people love, like Vimeo, how do you ensure you don’t over-monetize? It’s an unbelievable asset. “We

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Revealed: How supply chain issues are affecting customers and support teams this holiday season

Intercom, Inc.

While the National Retail Federation predicts holiday spending in 2021 will be the highest on record, 77% of shoppers surveyed worry they’ll have issues buying gifts online this year. What to do: Increase your efficiency without increasing headcount using bots and automation. customer service workers in November 2021.

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If You Want to Hit The ’22 Plan, You’d Better Be Making the Hires Now

SaaStr

— Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) September 15, 2021. With precise headcount and budget needs. Each year, referrals, word-of-mouth, and your mini-brand get more and more important. If you want to hit the plan for Q1'22, You need to be hiring all the sales reps you'll need then … Now. Now that’s magic.

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ChartMogul 2021: Year in Review

Chart Mogul

What’s new in ChartMogul in 2021? Overall, in 2021, we logged and resolved 10,007 tickets with an average first response time of 20 minutes. To add to that, our uptime for 2021 (for both the App and the API) was an impressive 99.95%. pic.twitter.com/fZhXSQ0Avj — Nick Franklin (@Nick_Franklin) October 1, 2021.

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10 Learnings from Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo on How to Do Self-Service and Enterprise Right

SaaStr

Vimeo just hired their first sales rep 3 years ago to spearhead $20k+ deals … and now they have 100 reps, and are on track to double that headcount. But that moat can be brand, #9. And come here from Anjali LIVE at 2021 SaaStr Annual!! My Top 10 Learnings: #1. 50% of Vimeo’s revenue is international. Sign up here.

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MongoDB at $1.5B in Revenue — An Epic Growth Story

SaaStr

CIOs and others want to concentrate their budget on vendors they trust, so if you have a strong brand, you can benefit from this trend. In 2019, 2020, 2021, no one really cared if you were efficient, but boy, has that changed. They kept the headcount kind of flat. Mongo’s $1M+ customers are up 30%, which is pretty epic.

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