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Customer Success is Changing: Top SaaS CEOs Reveal What’s Ahead

ChurnZero

So, be sure to check out our entire on-demand library with topics ranging from building Customer Success Operations and remote teams to scaling Customer Success and earning a seat at the table. Mehta raises the fact that there is a pay gap between CSMs and salespeople. In this new world, it’s not just about selling,” says Mehta.

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State of the Cloud 2019: Europa Edition with Alex Ferrara, Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Maybe by a show of hands, raise your hand if you think there are more than 10 unicorns. The first thing I want to do is actually quickly take you back a little bit to a time before SaaStr. Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period.

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How to Build a CSM Team That Generates 130% Net Retention with Talkdesk (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

We sell contact center software. We are operating and selling mostly against companies that have been around 20, 30 plus years. Final point about Talkdesk is that we started selling about five years ago in the SMB space. The second is low purchase friction. If switching costs are high, that could be another barrier to turn.

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Q&A with Maria Pergolino, Anthony Kennada, Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

So, we’ve got three of them here. Aaron’s going to talk about what in a few minutes? Aaron : The playbook for reigniting growth. Jason : All right. So, Aaron and I wrote a book together in 2014 or something. Aaron : 2016. Jason : 2016. We wrote a book together. Right after this session, right? Anthony : CEO relationship with the CMO.

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Disrupting the Desk Phone: How and Why We Made a $50M Acquisition with Dialpad (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

And John Chambers, you’d read his blog or hear him talk today and he talks about that culture being more important than anything else, and I think that really informed our opinions. We have a call center product for sell and support. So this is questions for Dan about Craig. So both of you will answer, right? Let’s see.

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ProfitWell founder Patrick Campbell on life after acquisition

Intercom, Inc.

“He doesn’t regret the decision to sell, but to put it nicely, merging the companies wasn’t exactly a walk in the park” Patrick had no intention of giving up the keys and walking away, so the work didn’t stop after striking the deal. Choosing between bootstrapping and raising money is always a personal choice.

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

Sales Hacker

The New Solution Selling. The Little Red Book of Selling. Unbreakable Laws of Selling. The New Strategic Selling. Agile Selling. Spin Selling. Insight Selling. Spear Selling. The Psychology of Selling. Buyer-Centered Selling. Integrity Selling for the 21st Century.

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