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16 Ways to Level Up in 2022 with SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin (Pod 567 + Video)

SaaStr

Your best sales reps can close so much more than your average rep. Move the bottom 10% out and give the best leads to your top performer, and watch sales go up 20%. The best VPs of Sales design comp plans so the team never wants to leave. You should be striving for zero voluntary attrition on your sales team.

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CRO Confidential: Improve Margins and Beat the Competition for Capital With Sam Blond of Founders Fund (Pod 603 + Video)

SaaStr

Conversations about the state of the SaaS market in 2022 are everywhere, and it can seem overwhelming for entrepreneurs and business leaders to make sense of everything. In the first session of the eye-opening CRO Confidential series, SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin interviews Founders Fund Partner Sam Blond about the current economic climate.

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We All Made Some Bad Hires During The ‘20-‘21 Boom

SaaStr

jasonlk) May 23, 2022. What we used to do, from ‘05-‘19: Do 30 interviews per position, ideally. Then when everything super boomed in 2H’20 and ‘21 it went kind of like this: Do 3-4 solid interview for a position, not 30. So maybe it’s time to get back to the Old Ways, with more interviews, more time, and real reference checks.

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Advice Every SaaS Founder Needs to Know in 2024 with Sam Blond and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

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. Sam just finished 18 months at Founders Fund after joining in mid-to-late 2022. In 2021 and 2022, the money was a net negative, and what GTM organizations did was twofold.

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A Look Back: Everything Breaks When You Go Into Hypergrowth Mode, with UiPath’s CMO (Europa Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

As we are gearing up for our 3d epic SaaStr Europa 2022 in Barcleona 7-8 June , I wanted to take a look at a few iconic sessions in the past. We took the series A, interesting enough, the first executive hired by, thanks to the sales coaching, actually was marketing. Transcript: Luciana Lixandru: My name is Luciana Lixandru.

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How To Hire Top Talent—What To Do Before The First Interview

OpenView Labs

It is no surprise that 2022’s job market is just as hot as 2021 , and the competition for talent is more saturated than ever. Make a clear plan for your interview process . A strong interview process plan goes deeper than simply who candidates will interview with. . Have more questions on how to hire top talent?

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Why is CS hiring so hard? Tips for finding your people

Totango

According to Totango’s 2022 Customer Success Industry & Salary Report , more than 75% of customer success teams have been operating for less than five years. Keep the work at hand as a focus and trust that the vibe of your team will be clear during the interview process. What do we want?