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? Bullseye Product Launches: Tactical Tips From Expert Operators to Nail Your Next Launch

Sales Hacker

Likewise, the new products you launch do not determine your success. Instead, how you launch them into the market is a huge factor in success. Today, we’re diving straight into the details with product marketing leaders. Use timing as a forcing function. Frame solutions, rather than features alone. Show, don’t tell.

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The Secret to Global Sales Expansion in Uncertain Times

Sales Hacker

Elements of Successful Global Sales Expansion. “Be So, let’s look at four keys to a successful global sales expansion. One of the first steps when you’re preparing to move into a new market is to create a cross-functional, go-to-market strategy. But as you likely know, global expansion isn’t easy. Hire the Right Leaders.

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The Indicators of True, Strong Customer Demand for a SaaS Product

Tom Tunguz

In addition, vibrant word of mouth proxied by social media mentions/follows, Github stars/forks for open source projects, and newsletter subscriber counts mark products with substantial latent demand. As a seed stage company grows, hires a sales team and deploys the product to more customers, the signs of customer pull evolve.

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From Slooooow Growth to Hypergrowth with Collibra and Insight Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Product-market fit has been really important. It was initially compliance focus. And so again we would just have added to more kind of friction in the sales cycle and there was a whole video long sales cycle. That’s when we found product market fit. People make the difference.

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From Idea to IPO: All the Milestones Between You and the Public Market

OpenView Labs

The exciting thing about prototypes is that large-scale experiments can be built through open-source projects , which companies like Netflix and Linkedin will do as a strategic way of recruiting top talent. . Why startup founders should treat fundraising like a sales funnel. Milestone: First traction and product-market fit .

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Crossbeam and Podium – January 10, 2020

SaaStr

Does Bob agree with the notion that channel sales have completely died in the world of SaaS? Bob Moore: And I was t nerdy engineer in college, so getting the opportunity to have to pitch, it’s really a sales job at the end of the day. Or hey, we missed our sales numbers last quarter, it’s got to be a management issue.

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How To Actually Succeed in SaaS: AMA Part 1 with SaaStr Founder And CEO Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

In this Ask Me Anything Part 1, Lemkin answers the questions: Many VCs talk about funding, yet you’re so focused on sales. Question #1: Why Are You So Focused On Sales When Other VCs Are Focused On Funding? That VP of Sales came out of Salesforce. Lemkin’s Hail Mary was hiring Brendon Cassidy when that first VP of Sales quit.