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Are You Interviewing 50+ Years Young SaaS Veterans? You Should Be.

SaaStr

SurveyMonkey was founded in 1999, one of the few SMB survivors of that era. And as part of that, don’t just bring in folks that are 40+ to interview. And force yourself to construct a team that is diverse in all vectors. The post Are You Interviewing 50+ Years Young SaaS Veterans? There were apps before that (e.g.,

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Scaling A SaaS Sales Team While Building Culture with Scott Pugh, VP of Sales at Figma (Pod 639 + Video)

SaaStr

A designated partner means lower rejection rates at the very first interview. For SMB mid-market, it’s typically around 2-3 months. At Figma, the interview process is the same for salespeople and sales leaders. Constructive feedback is also important. Opt for an exclusive in-house or RPO recruiting partner.

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Moving From Mid-Market to Enterprise {Part 1} – Product and Market Readiness

Sales Hacker

If you have a product that is absolutely crushing it in SMB/mid-market, you may be tempted to dive straight into the Enterprise market. SMB and Mid-Market orgs don’t have an analytics department with data scientists, so the technology fills the gap. SMB products tend to have similarly less flexibility or customization capability.

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SaaStr Podcast #210: Bridget Gleason, VP of Sales @ Logz.io On Why The Best Sales Reps Are Not Outgoing and Extroverted

SaaStr

How does the successful profile of a sales rep depend on (1) whether you are selling to SMB or enterprise? (2) How can one stress test the character type of the candidate pre-hire in the interview stage? So I think it very much depends on the question that you asked of SMB versus enterprise. 2) The stage of the company?

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SaaStr Podcast #214: Erica Schultz, CRO @ New Relic on What It Takes To Successfully Scale Into Enterprise

SaaStr

How can founders know when is the right time to make the move from SMB to enterprise? Because one message isn’t necessarily always transferable when considering kind of SMB to enterprise. ” How do you know when’s the right time to think about moving from an SMB and mid-market to enterprise? It’s a craft.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Twilio and Flexport — June 21, 2019

SaaStr

* Messaging is very dependent on the customer being targeted, how does the messaging need to be different when targeting SMB vs enterprise? How does the creative plan to get the message to the target customer change dependent on SMB vs enterprise? What questions does Sara find most revealing in the interview process? Sara Varni.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Pleo and Talkdesk — October 4, 2019

SaaStr

Why did Jeppe decide to focus on SMBs from Day 1? How does the product build in the early days differ when building for SMB vs enterprise? Why does Jeppe believe that building for SMB makes it easier to build a great culture internally? Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Jeppe Rindom.

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