Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

Whether it’s creating better tools to write code and test code, better tools for customers to engage with reps, better tools for sales teams to engage with their prospects, all those things are happening inside of Bill. The opportunity is to leverage that trust factor to drive customer acquisition, and it has worked for us.

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Payments Forecasting Payment Services Payment Solutions 103

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.

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SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

Giraffe is a mobile job matching platform that helps medium skilled workers get access to opportunities and helps businesses to recruit staff faster, and easier, and more affordably than any other way. The next thing I would say we learned is really about removing all barriers to user acquisition. I’m from South Africa.

Scale 159

Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 159

OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The exciting thing about prototypes is that large-scale experiments can be built through open-source projects , which companies like Netflix and Linkedin will do as a strategic way of recruiting top talent. . Why startup founders should treat fundraising like a sales funnel. Milestone: First traction and product-market fit .

Sales Hiring 82

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Marketing 82

SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2019

Prior to Harness, Stephen was VP of Marketing at Glassdoor, managing a team of 52 in product marketing, helping grow B2B revenue from $19m to $90m in just 2 years, leading to their $1.2Bn acquisition. Steve has previously said, “Sales and marketing must be one team.” billion acquisition.

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DevOps as a Service Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring 100

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 28, 2022

Those line charts showing fast-rising user acquisition or explosive ARR have been synonymous with the industry over the past decade. And for Intercom’s VP of Sales EMEA, Sanj Bhayro , scaling is just what you need to invest in to ensure growth becomes as constant and linear as it can be.

Scale 210

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 210

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

How should this data feedback into your product roadmap and pipeline? * How does Krish think your customer acquisition and GTM strategy has to change with the movement from SMB to enterprise? Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings. What is the process to do it efficiently?

Scale 127

Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting Payment Services 127

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

TL;DR Product optimization is a process of improving aspects of the product, like the UI, in small increments to better satisfy user needs and deliver on business goals. The process of product optimization starts with goal setting , like improving usability. Do we want to add value to the product?

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Management Sales Recruiting User Experience Customer Lifetime Value 98

Natalia Luneva

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

We found out that there is a lot of content surrounding product-market fit, there is also a lot of content around a company doing an IPO and the founder reflecting on the journey. We have seen that there is not a lot information on the stage of going from $1million – $25million ARR (annual recurring revenue).

Scale 52

Scale Scaling Sales Recruiting SaaS 52

Sales Hacker

APRIL 16, 2018

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk with Jess Hun t , Head of Global Marketing, Sales & Strategy for Axiom about creating a revenue model. Why your CFO shouldn’t own the revenue model. Real world advice on how to successfully grow your company’s revenue. What You’ll Learn.

VP of Engineering 67

VP of Engineering Revenue Scale Sales Recruiting 67

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Product-market fit has been really important. Teddie : And also we’ve seen the BI market that’s been acquisitions at the last. Because after the year we had literally zero customers, zero revenue. We grew the company to over 10 million in revenue and we were profitable growing at 200%.

Sales Hiring 177

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Government 177

User Pilot

JUNE 28, 2023

Stripo offers a pre-sign up interactive demo that brings prospects to their ‘Aha’ moment before they even create an account. Kommunicate drives sales-less product adoption through product experiments and tracking adoption rates with Userpilot. Split-test your upsell pop-ups to maximize expansion revenue.

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Onboarding SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 97

The Angel VC

AUGUST 10, 2011

To put it as simple as possible, the health of a SaaS business is mainly determined by two factors: Customer lifetime value (CLTV) and customer acquisition costs (CAC). One could almost say that CAC and CLTV are for a SaaS company what wholesale price and sales price are for a retailer. along the way.

Sales Recruiting 155

Sales Recruiting Startup Customer Lifetime Value SaaS 155

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

Before that Bob co-founded RJ Metrics, where he built a global base of online retailers leading to their acquisition by Magento Commerce in 2016. Does Bob agree with the notion that channel sales have completely died in the world of SaaS? I always say kind of tele-sales are the most important form of kind of training in terms of sales.

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Sales Hiring Scale Outsourcing Services CTO Hire 131

SaaStr

JUNE 2, 2023

Recruit diverse leaders The goal of hiring a revenue leader is to put gasoline on finding product market fit success. Hire a leader who will not only agree with you but someone you can disagree with in a respectful and productive way. Prioritize demand discovery Demand is a strong indicator of product market fit.

Sales Recruiting 207

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Branding 207

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Average Revenue per Customer. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). & They love consuming SaaS products not because of the billing model, but because of the delivery model. And basically SaaS revenue models is just magical for investors and for businesses. Or annual recurring revenue for some types of companies.

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SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 229

User Pilot

JULY 22, 2023

In this guide, we’re going to show you how a land and expand strategy can help you grow your revenue generation from existing clients by deploying a foot-in-the-door approach with your sales team! Select the right expansion strategy for your product, business goals, and pricing model (i.e. upselling vs cross-selling).

Strategy 96

Strategy Sales Recruiting Customer Success Acquisition 96

Unbounce

JUNE 16, 2020

I think channel distribution is one of the most promising and untapped acquisition channels for SaaS?—?especially Today, small and medium SaaS businesses are discovering the power of using partners to help sell their products. These partners resell your product and benefit from offering ongoing services, usually on a retainer basis.

Outsourcing Services 131

Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting Scale SaaS 131

Sales Hacker

MAY 28, 2019

SaaStock is a gathering of SaaS Sales Leaders, Founders, VCs, and anybody passionate about building a SaaS business. And make sure you’re following Sales Hacker on Instagram , Twitter , and LinkedIn. So how do you design a go-to-market strategy that ensures product-market fit stays strong?

Sales Recruiting 12

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Sales 12

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2020

356: Pete Kazanjy is the Co-Founder @ Atrium, the startup providing proactive, always-on insights for sales operations, managers, and leaders. Alongside Atrium, Pete is also the Founder of Modern Sales Pros, a community of 15,000 focused on sales operations and sales management. Stop asking questions.

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Part-Time VPE Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 194

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 25, 2019

In general, growth is a good problem to have – it means you’ve found some measure of product market fit and you’re generating real revenue from active users. Given that the primary metric we measure growth in is revenue, it follows that sales feels growth more acutely than almost any other function.

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Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scaling 136

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 3, 2021

It may take a bit of a leap of faith to invest in a differentiation strategy that won’t immediately translate into ROI, especially in a pandemic, but you can’t sacrifice innovation and sustainability for short-term revenue. The only challenge there is your recruiting capacity, right? So you can hire more and hire faster.

Strategy 228

Strategy Software Review Development Team Review Sales Recruiting 228

SaaStr

AUGUST 27, 2019

How to Design a Sales Comp Plan to Get You to $100M with Work-Bench, Movable Ink, MongoDB and Concert Finance. This panel will speak tactically to various comp design options as a way for management to determine and promote ideal behavior in their front-line teams. Meghan Gill | VP of Sales Ops @ MongoDB. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

Sales Recruiting 132

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Sales 132

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2020

An open discussion with Sam Blond, CSO at Brex, and Kristen Habacht, VPS at Atlassian, about adjusting their sales process during Covid-19. Kristen Habacht runs EDR sales at Atlassian, which I got a check today, $40 billion-$50 billion company. She manages a huge global team. Four, people in the sale? Jason Lemkin: None.

Merchant Services 173

Merchant Services Scale Sales Recruiting Sales 173

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

If you look at the IAS vendors, they passed $130 billion revenue milestone this year. What that does is not only did it accelerate the top line revenue for Shopify, but it dramatically opened up their total addressable market on a revenue basis. . This is really founder-led sales. It is staggering.

Sales Hiring 153

Sales Hiring Scale Payments Cloud 153

SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2019

What time frame from SAL to closed lead suggests product market fit? What one question must all founders be asking in the sales process? * Where should the responsibility for upsell lie, customer success or sales? Should sales commission be paid on renewals? Tom Tunguz: That’s really important.

Scale 114

Scale SMB Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 114

Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Do you want to grow your SaaS sales team and improve your processes? maintain healthy atmosphere in your Smarketing team, make smart choices regarding your SaaS sales model, strategy, pricing, . build smoother connections both with your prospects through optimized sales process. And from SaaS sales models to SaaS pricing.

SaaS Payments 157

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 157

SaaStr

APRIL 3, 2020

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Anthony made his way into the world of SaaS starting in the sales team at Box and how that led to his entering the world of marketing and creating the customer success category. * Does Anthony believe that all marketing has to be tied to a number directly related to revenue? *

Sales Recruiting 173

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Branding 173

ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

A: Grotech is an early-stage investor so many of our companies have only modest revenue at the time we invest, and they are typically still working to tease apart their go-to-market motion. Meaningful inbound leads, even at this early stage, are often a sign that the market is hungry for the product offering.

Scale 98

Scale Customer Success Payments Underperforming Technical Team 98

Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

And working in the property management industry? But Buildium had found product market fit , and although I didn’t know it yet, I was stumbling into a great situation. When I left Buildium five years later we’d grown from a start-up to a business with more than 12,000 customers and $16M in revenue. We mostly succeeded.

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Services 145

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2021

Improved customer acquisition (54%). Increased market share (42%) , increased differentiation or advantage relative to competitors (32%) , and better informed business and R&D decisions (29%). Teams that benefit: Sales, marketing. Teams that benefit: Sales, marketing, customer success.

Underperforming Technical Team 129

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 129

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Prior to its July 2002 acquisition by Novell, SilverStream was a public company that had reached a revenue run rate in excess of $100M, with approximately 800 employees and offices in more than 20 countries around the world. How does David think about scaling sales teams? How should founders think about sales rep compensation?

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Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 189

Brian Balfour

OCTOBER 13, 2017

This post is the HubSpot Sales case study that illustrates the concepts of the 4-Fits Framework, a 5 post series in which I explain the four frameworks you need to align to grow to a $100M+ company. In this post, I will walk you through how we laid the foundation for the HubSpot Sales product and set it on course towards that $100M goal.

Sales Recruiting 111

Sales Recruiting Software Review Growth Hacking Retention 111

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

To build the initial team, to build the product, to build the initial go to market, to build the first customers and to build the ARR, the starting. Pietro Bezza | Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures. Pietro : This journey used to end at the legendary, mythical product/market fit. ” That’s not proven.

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New CTO Sales Hiring B2C CTO Hire 146

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

And with the field having undergone a couple of “ knockout expansion years ,” with more revenue pouring into SaaS than ever, it has never been a better time for a young SaaS company. Recurring payments take the form of monthly recurring revenue, otherwise known as MRR. Heightened customer retention.

Business Model 54

Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

SaaStr

JANUARY 3, 2020

What time frame from SAL to closed lead suggests product market fit? What one question must all founders be asking in the sales process? * Where should the responsibility for upsell lie, customer success or sales? Should sales commission be paid on renewals? Should sales commission be paid on renewals?

SMB 26

SMB Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 26

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. The acquisition process [21:55]. If RFPs are slowing down your sales team, you need to check out Loopio. Have you applied to Revenue Collective yet? Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast. We’re on iTunes. And on Stitcher. Show Agenda and Timestamps. Show Introduction [00:02].

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VP of Engineering Scale Development Team Review Technical Review 74