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What Makes a Great VP of Sales and How to Hire One

SaaStr

In SaaS, #1 most common misfire, with a bullet, is the VP/head of sales. It goes something like “You’ve Got to Get Past the Carcass of Your First VP of Sales” or “It’s The Second VP of Sales When You Really Start Selling” or variants thereof. Because in SaaS start-ups, it seems like the majority of first VP Sales fail.

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A Look Back: Talkdesk, Greenhouse, Algolia and Gainsight Coming Up On $10m ARR

SaaStr

Algolia went from zero to seven figures in revenue in 12 months, and the launch of their search as a service product, and grew pricing from $19 a month to $100,000, which sounds amazing. They built themselves into a core platform for HR 2.0 Daniel, you grew to 3 million in ARR before you hired a VP of Sales. Nick : Pretty good?

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How to Build Effective Sales Compensation Plans for Any Customer Facing Role

Sales Hacker

A great sales compensation plan needs to accomplish quite a lot. It needs to provide fair compensation to employees in customer-facing roles. And of course, a strong sales comp plan needs to motivate reps to hit goals that grow the company while still maintaining a profit margin. Example Compensation Plans.

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Do SaaS Affiliate Programs Work? [+7 Related Stories from SaaS people]

Incredo

3) Almost any business in the world needs this or that software for its own needs. Software to track analytics, transfer payments, manage inventory, create videos and for many other things. 5) Everyone minds his own business. 2) Software companies can pay high commissions because they don’t sell physical products.

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The Best Payroll Services (In-Depth Review)

Neil Patel

You’d probably work on growing your business, right? Maybe you’d spend it creating new marketing campaigns to generate more revenue. Regardless, the average small business owner spends five hours every pay period running payroll. The best payroll services exist to simplify the process of paying your employees.

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Best PEO Services

Neil Patel

Some startups can get away with managing HR initiatives on their own in the beginning, but this quickly becomes unrealistic and cumbersome if or when you scale your business. Continue below to find the best PEO services for your company, so you can go back to running your business without HR burdens falling on your shoulders. #1

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The Playbook to Hiring Your First VP of Sales and Not Screwing it Up…….with Cassidy Ventures Founder Brendon Cassidy (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Brendon introduces his playbook to hiring the first VP of Sales from his experiences as VP of Sales at LinkedIn, EchoSign, Talkdesk and more. Learn the dos and don’ts to make the correct hire the first time and not rush into hiring the wrong VP of Sales, which can cost the company months or even years. Roughly 90%.