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PODCAST 150: Driving Sales Home: Tips From an Auto Dealership with Michelle Benfer

Sales Hacker

She started her sales career at an automotive dealership where she sold PT Cruisers and Jeeps, and then moved on to media sales at places like Vogue before getting into the world of SaaS. Today, Michelle leads a large team at HubSpot, which just came off a strong year, despite — or perhaps because of — the pandemic.

Scale 59
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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. Invest in your development internally and externally. Hang Black.

Scale 130
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Unlocking the Power of the Blue Ocean Strategy: A Comprehensive Guide for SaaS Businesses [2023]

User Pilot

Key metrics like revenue growth, customer acquisition costs, and net promoter score can indicate the success of a blue ocean strategy. The focus is on developing new demand and reconstructing market landscapes to make rivals obsolete. Develop creative “what-if” scenarios to design potential blue ocean offerings.

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Norman Crowley on uncovering the business opportunities in tackling climate change

Intercom, Inc.

We were fairly poor. So I started to develop a hankering for making money at an early age. I always loved software and developing software. And so, our teams it’s a huge motivator for them. Even the poorest of the poor. And then our automotive business was born out of the pandemic, really, our easy business.

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Unlocking the Power of the Blue Ocean Strategy: A Comprehensive Guide for SaaS Businesses [2023]

User Pilot

Key metrics like revenue growth, customer acquisition costs, and net promoter score can indicate the success of a blue ocean strategy. The focus is on developing new demand and reconstructing market landscapes to make rivals obsolete. Develop creative “what-if” scenarios to design potential blue ocean offerings.

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PODCAST 111: Prospecting and Researching in Today?s Brave New World with Peter Wooster

Sales Hacker

He was Chief Revenue Officer for Marin Software and now he’s running his own consulting firm called Wooster Advisors. He was Chief Revenue Officer for Marin Software and now he’s running his own consulting firm called Wooster Advisors. He joined Salesforce in 1999 and really helped scale and build that organization.

Scale 95