SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

The team is typically highly cross-functional, working together with sales, product, engineering, and marketing, and the goal is to help the other teams make better decisions through data and financial modeling. In 2014, storage had historically been Dropbox’s most significant cost driver, with hundreds of millions of dollars spent on AWS.

Scale 166

Scale Finance Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting 166

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 169

Merchant Services Scale Sales Recruiting Sales 169

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

I’m referring to the full spectrum of business execution, from product management to design to engineering to marketing to sales to support and all the other functions needed to scale a business. Investors are incentivised to put their money anywhere other than a bank. The second army are your main competitors. Money is cheap.

Outsourcing Services 224

Outsourcing Services Software Review Software Outsourced Development 224

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Customer acquisition is basically how much do you spend in terms of sales people, sales team, and in terms of marketing to acquire a new customer. The key here is knowing what your sales model is. And there are basically two sales models out there. Kind of extreme sales models out there for SaaS businesses.

SaaS Payments 227

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 227

User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Key examples are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, which provide scalable resources like virtual servers and storage. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software : CRM systems help you manage and analyze customer interactions and data throughout the customer lifecycle.

SaaS Payments 77

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 77

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

Scale 130

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130

Upscope

JUNE 9, 2021

There are plenty of happy smiling recruitment videos for call centers on Youtube but the real data on how people feel can be found in the comments section. Working as a apple tech was awful but for the rude customers I would put on hold while I went outside to chat with co workers or grab something from the vending machine.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Management Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring 52