SaaStr

AUGUST 20, 2020

343: Kyle Parrish is the Head of Sales @ Figma, the company that helps teams create, test and ship better designs from start to finish. Before Figma, Kyle spent close to 3 years as an Account Executive at ADP. Why is it so hard moving from 0-1 in sales? How does Kyle advise founders when it comes to making your first sales hire?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

Does Bob agree with the notion that channel sales have completely died in the world of SaaS? At what scale does that become impossible? 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. Why is this? Kind of solve the problem.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. Bring your feelings, gut instinct, experience, and constructive emotion into the boardroom and sit at the table. If you do something constructive with your doubt, and use it to advance yourself, it can be an asset. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

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Upscope

JUNE 9, 2021

There are plenty of happy smiling recruitment videos for call centers on Youtube but the real data on how people feel can be found in the comments section. And at the call center I was at, the recruiters told me the job wasn't a sales job, just customer service. They also let you choose your own schedules after training.

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Thanks to them, merchants can make more successful sales and win happy customers. Toast ’s all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform helps power and grow restaurants. Leading commerce platform Shopify helps merchants set up and manage their business and stores across various sales channels.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 20, 2021

You need to attract potential buyers and funnel them into your sales funnel. So, we’ll take the smarter route that doesn’t require a heavy investment for a small business owner. This same information can be used to construct your persona. Offer a bonus referral gift to anyone who recruits other members.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 5, 2019

But before I talk about what land, expand, and explode means and why it’s sort of essential, at least in in our world, I want to give you a little bit of background about the company, what we do, what size and scale we’re at. And this is the moment of reckoning that you get to as a SaaS company is that a sale is not the end.

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SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2019

As for Tom, he joined Redpoint in 2008 and has since led investments in Kustomer, Looker, Expensify, and Gremlin all prior guests on the show, I hasten to add. Before joining Redpoint, Tomasz was the product manager for Google’s AdSense social-media products and AdSense internationalization. Should sales commission be paid on renewals?

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 26, 2021

Sofia Varga, Director of Recruiting. Alan Alda, Manager of Recruitment Marketing. Linda Hale, HR Manager (East). Eli Whitney, HR Manager (Central). Jennifer Cartwright, HR Manager (West). Here are a few examples keeping with our recruiting example: . Executive Sponsor: . Primary Contact(s): .

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 14, 2019

This is episode one of Scale, a brand new podcast series on moving from startup to scale up. “What I’ve always tried to do, for example when I’m recruiting for a customer advisory council, is to think very carefully about the company’s objectives. 6 ways to create a customer-centric culture.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 10, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Shireen Jaffer , CEO at Edvo. If you missed episode 60, check it out here: PODCAST 60: Effectively Giving and Receiving Constructive Feedback w/. If you missed episode 60, check it out here: PODCAST 60: Effectively Giving and Receiving Constructive Feedback w/.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 29, 2019

In sales, you only go as far as your team will take you. This makes sales hiring one of the most critical pieces of building a high-performing revenue machine. So, how do you think about what kind of sales team you want to build? Build Teams Like a Pro Sports Recruiter. Do’s and Don’ts for Building Strong Sales Teams.

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Thanks to them, merchants can make more successful sales and win happy customers. Toast ’s all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform helps power and grow restaurants. Leading commerce platform Shopify helps merchants set up and manage their business and stores across various sales channels.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Join this panel of investors from Connect Ventures, Blossom Capital, Dawn Capital, The Family, and Indico Partners as they provide an overview of the current investment landscape, and discuss whether the seed stage is emerging as the new Series A. Pietro Bezza | Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures. Want to see more content like this?

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SaaStr

MARCH 3, 2023

At SaaStr APAC 2023, Scott Pugh, VP of Sales at Figma, shared how to scale these two sales teams while building culture. Pugh’s strategy is simple, albeit not always easy: Recruitment — how to hire the best talent to scale your sales organization. Diversity is really important when scaling.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 3, 2020

As for Tom, he joined Redpoint in 2008 and has since led investments in Kustomer, Looker, Expensify and Gremlin all prior guests on the show I hasten to add. What one question must all founders be asking in the sales process? * How does Tom think about constructing comp plans the right way today? So I love that description.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Before Assist, Liat spent 6 years at Twitter where she first hand saw their hyper-growth, managing a team of 40 across New York and SF and also Liat achieved 102% to quota on average every year. Finally before Twitter, Liat was VP of Sales @ Revolution Prep where she led and managed 7 offices. Loving our podcast content?

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Marketing and sales may employ different tactics, but their goal should be singular: help the company sell its product. They can be difficult to diagnose, and if sales and marketing don’t have a healthy relationship, things can devolve into pointing fingers instead of working together to find solutions.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Before that, Jeppe was the CFO @ Tradeshift where he first hand saw their scaling to 190 countries with offices in 6 different locations. How does Jeppe respond to 3 common concerns VCs have with SMBs: * The price points are so low that it takes huge volume to scale to meaningful revenue? * Loving our podcast content? What changes? *

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