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Rethinking Sales Talent Acquisition with Brisa Renteria

Predictable Revenue

Collin Stewart discusses the emerging trends in sales recruitment with Brisa Renteria, CEO of Improved Growth The post Rethinking Sales Talent Acquisition with Brisa Renteria appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Acquisitions — If You Do Sell, Try to Make Sure It’s At a Local Maximum

SaaStr

And it reminded me of a stretch when over 6 months or so, I met with a series of entrepreneurs that turned down pretty attractive acquisition offers, relatively early in their lifecycle: SaaS Co. #1 Every Big Tech company has a budget for sub-$100m acquisitions. Some are for “tuck-in” acquisition to fill feature gaps.

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The Largest Software Acquisition in History

Tom Tunguz

Yesterday, Broadcom announced it will acquire VMWare for $70b, the largest software acquisition in history. This merger also suggests a wave of acquisitions may punctuate 2022, in particular, take-privates. before the acquisition. The sale pushed it to 6.6x. Plus, publics are “always on sale.”

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What the $6B Coupa Acquisition Means for Software Startups

Tom Tunguz

This morning, Coupa announced its sale to Thoma Bravo for $6.2b. The acquisition is notable for three reasons. Third, it’s the most substantive acquisition to announce this year after Figma’s announced its sale to Adobe. First, the premium to the public price is 31%. Second, the multiple is 8.4x NTM revenues.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

Marketing and sales teams are feeling pressured to deliver authentic messaging to buyers at every point of their customer journey. This report aims to highlight the current state of B2B database and contact acquisition strategies and organizations’ goals to leverage data to fuel their go-to-market strategies in 2020 and beyond.

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16 Customer Acquisition Strategies To Increase Conversion Rates

User Pilot

With the right customer acquisition strategies, you can convert potential customers to paying users and set the stage for turning them into long-term loyal users. Best practices for effective customer acquisition and product-led growth. Focus on the right customer acquisition channels. What is a customer acquisition strategy?

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CRO Confidential: The Proven Customer Acquisition Strategies Behind Toast’s Explosive Growth with Founders Fund Partner Sam Blond and CRO of Toast Jonathan Vassil

SaaStr

We’ll share the answers in today’s brand new episode of CRO Confidential, where our host Sam Blond, partner at Founders Fund, sits down with Toast CRO, Jonathan Vassil to talk about their proven customer acquisition strategies that led to its record-breaking growth. Jonathan joined Toast as the SVP of Sales in 2017.

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The Revenue Leaders Guide to Prospecting

Speaker: Christopher Ryan, Founder and CEO of Fusion Marketing Partners

Chances are that if you ask your sales and marketing teams this question, you may open up a can of worms. When these two vital parts of your company’s generating program are at odds, it guarantees only one thing at the end of the day: fewer prospects, fewer qualified leads, and fewer sales.

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Scaling Your Startup and Getting Funded: Key Lessons from Seasoned Pros

Speaker: Brian Chang, Managing Director of Warburg Pincus & Scott Schwan, Chief Product Officer of A-LIGN

Scaling your SaaS business to the growth stage requires a strong product/market-fit, an optimized marketing funnel with repeatable sales processes, and a strategy for customer retention. But how do you truly get to that coveted phase of continued growth and profitability?