Kellblog

JANUARY 29, 2020

Some startups have relatively complete teams while others have only a CEO and CTO and a few functional directors. That takes a lot of hiring and on-boarding risk off the table. For example, say once we have 3 sales reps hitting their numbers we will go out and hire two more. Ditto for most hiring across the company.

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Startup Sales Hiring CTO Hire New CTO 99

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

So you were the first sales hire. Talk to me about the sales hires that you made back in the early days and talk to me about how it changed through the different stages. So my first sales hire was beginning of 2015. The very first few sales hire are I would say not your typical reps. Laura Bilazarian : Awesome.

Scale 141

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Technical Advisors 141

SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2019

We ended up signing that contract in the uber back to the airport on the way home. It was our largest contract to date, kind of helps the other quarter. They talked to all the customers, they did reference calls and turns out they said really, really good things about us and lo and behold it led to our series A.

CTO Hire 160

CTO Hire Travel Underperforming Technical Team CTO Coach 160

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

How should compensation plans be altered with the move? Harry Stebbings: I’m so pleased you said the word multiyear there, because I’m absolutely fascinated by multiyear contracts, which is probably one of the many reasons I’m still single. How does the structure of the sales team change with the move?

Scale 166

Scale Enterprise Scaling Sales Hiring 166

Upscope

JANUARY 5, 2020

Positioning compensates for our over-communicated society by using an oversimplified message to cut through the clutter and get into the mind. Wikipedia Definition : " Positioning refers to the place that a brand occupies in the minds of the customers and how it is distinguished from the products of the competitors.

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Strategy Marketing Sales Hiring Engineering 128