SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Dig deeper on a lot of titles during recruiting. A "VP of Revenue" often knows nothing about inside sales or building a sales team. A "CRO" often doesn't want to do sales anymore. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) September 22, 2021. A “VP of Revenue” for a VP of Sales job.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2023

The best VPs of Sales I’ve hired were Directors of Sales before. Maybe once you have a full recruiting team, they can parse some of these. The truth is, most of us got … a bit desperate in hiring in the Boom.Growth was everywhere in 2021, but talent wasn’t. And recruiters all told us we had to settle.

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SaaStr

MAY 24, 2022

But I saw most of the startups I work with cut corners in the Boom Times of 2020 and 2021 just to keep up with hiring. Even the very best VPs of Sales I know admitted to lowering the bar a bit on their sales teams, when I quietly pushed them. A related post here: How To Get Better at Recruiting. (We We All Need To).

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SaaStr

APRIL 7, 2021

— Elkanah Carnell Reed (@ElkanahReed) April 6, 2021. There are roughly 2 types of start-up management teams. The first type is the kind of management team hired by second+ time founders. Often folks they convince to once again be a VP of Eng or VP of Sales. — Jeff Lawson (@jeffiel) February 18, 2021.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 11, 2021

— Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) August 11, 2021. A ways back at SaaStr, we did a post “If Your VP Sales Isn’t Going to Work Out — You’ll Know in 30 Days” At first, so many VPs of Sales I know hated the post. A great VP can’t always double sales in a month or two. They can’t recruit.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 29, 2023

So I was on a group Zoom with a number of CROs and VPs of Sales the other day and a consistent theme came up: everyone was surprised how high OTEs (On Target Earnings) had held up in the current environment. In 2021, they might have gotten their bonus for closing say $500k in bookings. Look, it just makes sense. Today they care.

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SaaStr

JULY 14, 2022

Fast forward 1 year, 8 digital events, and 2 shots later, we announced in May 2021 that SaaStr Annual 2021 was on ! Founders were able to recruit on-site. total attendees, e.g., a CEO + a VP of Sales and a VP of Customer Success, or two Co-Founders, or CEO + CTO, etc. VPs were able to recruit and make new hires.

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SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2024

They discuss Sam’s learnings at Founders Fund, what the 2024 playbook looks like, hiring and motivating sales teams, and a handful of audience questions. For folks in SaaS, what got confusing in 2021 is that growth blew up so much in SaaS that the venture bar got lower. On the sales side, people hired way too much.

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SaaStr

JUNE 2, 2023

In 2020-2021, many SaaS startups faced a unique challenge. Recruit diverse leaders The goal of hiring a revenue leader is to put gasoline on finding product market fit success. CROs should focus on capturing that unrealized demand which is not a sales-led effort. There are two types of it: realized demand and unrealized demand.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2022

Investments I've made that didn't work out: – Momentum investment – CEO a bit of bulls**t artist – CEO good at sales but weak product team / CTO. Some sales-y, some very technical. CEO good at sales, but CTO not that great. — Jason 2022 SaaStr Annual Sep 13-15 Lemkin (@jasonlk) October 28, 2021.

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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.

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SaaStr

MARCH 22, 2022

According to author Dan Schawbel, in 2021, 70% of job seekers said they want to work for a company that demonstrates a commitment to diversity and inclusion. I really appreciate you coming to talk about how to attract, hire, and build a more diverse sales team in your organization. And it’s something that’s so important.

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SaaStr

JUNE 27, 2024

In 2021, they grew from 50 people to 650 people in one year, and now they have over 1,100 people in 170+ countries and tens of thousands of customers. Job still does interviews for everyone, director and up, but not for the ICs and managers of ICs, for the most part. So that support person, Mafalda, started doing sales, too.

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SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

As we gear up for 2021 SaaStr Annual, I wanted to highlight some of my very favorite Annual sessions from the past you may have missed. They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. Jyoti Bansal: Let’s switch topics to sales.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 28, 2021

That idea might sound crazy, but it’s actually part of a new trend sales organizations are using to hit their revenue targets. Social selling is a way for sales professionals to use social media platforms to connect with prospects and start building relationships. These are our best LinkedIn profile tips for 2021.

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SaaStr

MAY 5, 2021

— Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) May 4, 2021. 50% of the job of a real VP is recruiting. Sales — for a VPS. You may still need to spend just as much time in sales when you hire a great VP of Sales — but you shouldn’t have to own it as much. – does the team believe?

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 16, 2019

And according to Gartner , by the time 2021 hits, the software industry will have grown another $113 billion. So if scaling your sales organization is a priority in 2020, here are the things you need to be aware of to make sure you do so successfully. Hiring sales leaders will get harder. What makes them want to choose you?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

And in the Boom Times of 2021 and such, VCs took a lot more risk across the board. I’m 100% OK taking a lot of risk here because I know I can help them recruit a local team as much as necessary or desired. Which is expensive, can take tons of sales reps, and isn’t done through the software / network effects per se.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

B2B sales is always changing, but nothing could’ve quite prepared us for the wild ride that 2020 ended up being. While most of us have settled into the new normal and the challenges that come with it, sales leaders are looking ahead with uncertainty. Best Sales Statistics to Know in 2021. Short on time?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Hiring a VP of Sales isn’t new, but the conversations have evolved as the world has. Jason has written about the cheat codes for hiring VPs of Sales since 2012 and realized it was worth a deeper dive. Jason has written about the cheat codes for hiring VPs of Sales since 2012 and realized it was worth a deeper dive.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In this Ask Me Anything Part 1, Lemkin answers the questions: Many VCs talk about funding, yet you’re so focused on sales. Question #1: Why Are You So Focused On Sales When Other VCs Are Focused On Funding? That VP of Sales came out of Salesforce. Lemkin’s Hail Mary was hiring Brendon Cassidy when that first VP of Sales quit.

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FastSpring

MARCH 8, 2021

Having more women in technology will help close the gender gap and creates more female mentorship opportunities.” – Elizabeth Faddis – Recruitment Manager. You were hired because that manager and team believe you are the right person for the job. Elisabeth Faddis, Recruitment Manager.

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SaaStr

MAY 2, 2021

“A Step by Step Guide to Build a Marketing Strategy to Take You to the First $100M with Snowflake” An A+ session from SaaStr Build 2021. #5. “Recruiting Your Sales Team with Brex Chief Sales Officer Sam Blond” Brex was just valued at $7B just 4 years after founding.

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SaaStr

JULY 1, 2021

As part of the run up to 2021 SaaStr Annual in the SF Bay Area Sep 27-29, we’re taking a look back at some of our top sessions of all times. I want to come be your VP of sales and, you’re going to meet me for the first time. Spencer : For me, the key things for a VP of sales is, “OK, tell me about your best reps.

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SaaStr

APRIL 7, 2022

— Jon Ma (@jonbma) March 27, 2021. We took the series A, interesting enough, the first executive hired by, thanks to the sales coaching, actually was marketing. We actually think it’s about where the customers are when it comes to our sales and customer success and then where our product development center should be.

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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.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Leandra Fishman is the Chief Revenue Officer at Apollo.io , a leading go-to-market solution for sales and marketing teams. is one of the fastest-growing companies in SaaS, with 9x ARR growth since 2021 and currently valued at $1.6 Balancing self-serve and sales-assisted motions to drive growth across segments.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2021

Social media has created new channels for sales reps to conduct research on prospective customers, connect with leads, and build relationships. This new sales strategy is known as social selling, and the numbers show that when it works, it works. What is LinkedIn Sales Navigator? How much does LinkedIn Sales Navigator cost?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Sales leaders like Florin Tatulea (Director of Sales at Barley) feel the impact from the past few years alone: “Pure cold outbound is 3x harder than it was in 2021.” Sales teams in companies with a focus on product-led growth are rapidly adopting this approach. So how can one cut through the noise? Let’s get into it.

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OpenView Labs

MARCH 8, 2021

B2B sales involves one business selling its product to another business. Those with experience in both B2B and B2C sales know that B2B is a lot tougher—the deals are bigger, there’s often more than one decision-maker, and the competition is intense. For all those reasons, hiring and management must be on point.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As the president of Sales Xceleration, a firm specializing in assessing and implementing sales strategy , sales processes, and sales execution to drive growth, I’ve seen how job hopping can affect otherwise stable sales teams. million workers left their jobs in 2021 — 70% of them voluntarily.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

At Sales Hacker, our Community Leaders help build relationships with our members. Add them to your network and give them a warm welcome, because you’ll be seeing them all over Sales Hacker in the coming months! WHY SALES HACKER? Sales Hacker provides a network of sales professionals dedicated to helping others in similar roles.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Requests for proposals (RFPs) generate a whopping average of 35% of annual sales revenue , according to Loopio’s 2021 RFP Response Benchmarks and Trends Report. The new research, which surveyed 650+ teams, found that despite economic uncertainty over the past year, RFPs are expected to be an integral part of sales growth in 2021.

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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.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 13, 2025

In 2021, capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and venture moved fast. The bar is higher, but so are the stakes “This isn’t 2021. This is visible in two places: Startup formation is down – just 40% of 2021’s peak, according to AngelList. Founders raised rounds in days. 2025 is a different world.

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OPEXEngine

APRIL 8, 2021

What Are the Most Significant Factors Impacting the Business Environment for Your Company in 2021? Fundamental shifts in customer buying, big changes in workforce expectations, and rapid movement in the competitor landscape are what SaaS companies expect to have the most impact on business in 2021. It’s not Covid (at least directly).

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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?

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