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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

As for Sam, prior to Loom, Sam spent over 4 years at Salesforce following their acquisition of Quip, a startup Salesforce acquired for $750M where Sam was also the 1st sales leader. When is the right time to hire the first sales rep? Should you hire 2 at a time? What does one look for in their first sales hire?

Scale 182
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What's the ROI of your mom?

ProfitWell

How many CSMs should you hire? And in this article he explains why, and proposes a different approach to thinking about the optimal CSM headcount to help you build a more effective customer success organization. The question is not whether a CSM is a valuable asset to a SaaS business, but rather, how valuable are they? Weekend Wisdom.

Scale 43
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Three million downloads and counting: Inside Intercom reaches a podcasting milestone

Intercom, Inc.

We’ll also hear Andrew Chen, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, talking about the changing landscape of customer acquisition. “When you have a product that is strong on the organic and word of mouth side of things, driving additional demand through marketing programs is actually quite hard” A bigger acquisition funnel.