Chart Mogul

MARCH 26, 2018

Learn how InsureSign — an e-signing solution for the insurance industry — uses ChartMogul to better understand revenue and get a detailed picture of sales performance. For its first six years, the e-signature startup I founded, InsureSign, used only inbound sales efforts. But now, how could we keep tabs on their progress?

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Incredo

OCTOBER 17, 2019

common software sales comp plans, 2. what factors to consider before defining your SaaS sales commission percentage 4. and finally figure out how much that SaaS sales salary should be. In the end, a bonus section is waiting for you! What are 5 common SaaS sales compensation models? We will write about: 1.

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SaaS Payments Compensation Payment Services Sales Recruiting 144

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

One of the toughest challenges for founders — and especially technical founders who are used to focusing so much on product features over sales — is striking “product-market fit”. So in that shift from product-market fit to product-market-SALES fit, how much should you optimize your go-to-market for product… and even the other way around?

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Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Do you want to grow your SaaS sales team and improve your processes? maintain healthy atmosphere in your Smarketing team, make smart choices regarding your SaaS sales model, strategy, pricing, . build smoother connections both with your prospects through optimized sales process. And from SaaS sales models to SaaS pricing.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The goal in SaaS sales is not to convince your customer to buy your product there and then—it’s to win that customer over to your product for a lifetime. We’ll tell you how to use your understanding of a prospect to turn them into a delighted customer, what metrics to lean on, and how to build the perfect SaaS sales team. What is SaaS?

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OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

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: Hire an accomplished head of sales or revenue.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Kevin Egan, VP of North American Sales at Slack. Kevin’s sales career has taken him from Oracle, to Dropbox, to Salesforce, and now, to Slack. How experience as a sales engineer can play into your role as a sales leader. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings. Hear about the early days of Glassdoor; tactical lessons on scaling—from building a business model and recruiting an all-star management team to advice on building a compelling, innovative company culture; and learn whyGlassdoor’s $1.2

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Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting Payment Services 128

Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers , EVP of Revenue Grid. Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. How Revenue Grid enables smarter selling. powered by Sounder.

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Kellblog

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Happily, in the past several years startups are increasingly recognizing the value of strong sales enablement and sales productivity teams. So it’s no surprise that I hear a lot about high-growth companies building onboarding programs to enable successfully scaling their sales organizations and sustain their growth.

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Sales Hiring Onboarding Sales Recruiting Scale 45

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Maybe you’d spend it creating new marketing campaigns to generate more revenue. It’s a human capital management (HCM) system designed to help you save time and reduce errors. Contact their sales team for a custom quote to get started! #4 What would you do with ten extra hours a month? That adds up to 21 full work-days a year.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 145

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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SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 100

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2021

Dropbox just hit one billion dollars in annual revenue. PlanGrid builds beautiful, simple software for the construction industry. I want to come be your VP of sales and, you’re going to meet me for the first time. Spencer : For me, the key things for a VP of sales is, “OK, tell me about your best reps.

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VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team 266

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. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Kyle made his way into the world of SaaS and sales and came to be Head of Sales at one of the fastest-growing companies in Figma. What worked?

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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? Podium, an interaction management platform for local businesses, was founded in Utah and grew from five employees in 2015 to more than 300 in 2019 to become one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the United States. Why is this?

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OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Talk about ruining a meal: When Gerhardt showed the following slide, the CMO next to me dropped her bagel and said, “I just texted my VP of sales that the way we’re selling is obsolete.”. In The Greatest Sales Deck I’ve Ever Seen , I outlined the structure of a great pitch, starting with “naming the undeniable change in the world.”.

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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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Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130

SaaStr

AUGUST 5, 2019

The SaaS business model has risen to popularity for many reasons – it’s fast-paced, creates residual revenue streams, and well, the multiples are strong. And this is the moment of reckoning that you get to as a SaaS company is that a sale is not the end. First off, the land, this is your typical initial sale.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 20, 2021

You need to attract potential buyers and funnel them into your sales funnel. This same information can be used to construct your persona. Whatever your goals are for your Facebook page – be it to generate revenue or drive traffic – evergreen content is the most powerful tool at your disposal.

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Social Media Software Review Branding Engagement 145

ChurnZero

JANUARY 26, 2021

Customer success continues to evolve as a practice within companies that enjoy recurring revenue models. The range of responsibilities of Customer Success Managers (CSM) in the industry is dizzying. Sofia Varga, Director of Recruiting. Alan Alda, Manager of Recruitment Marketing. Linda Hale, HR Manager (East).

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SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2019

What one question must all founders be asking in the sales process? * How does Tom think about constructing comp plans the right way today? Where should the responsibility for upsell lie, customer success or sales? Should sales commission be paid on renewals? Does it lie with customer success or does it lie with sales?

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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 not skimp on Sales Enablement.

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Sales 60

SaaStr

JANUARY 3, 2020

What one question must all founders be asking in the sales process? * How does Tom think about constructing comp plans the right way today? Where should the responsibility for upsell lie, customer success or sales? Should sales commission be paid on renewals? Does it lie with customer success or does it lie with sales?

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SMB Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 26

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. Let’s look at five tips to consider for successful recruiting.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

If I look at where we’ve invested in companies, we’ve done a Series A where there’s no revenue and we’ve done a Series A where there’s mid-single digit recurrent revenue. I actually gave a talk here last year why a $100K MRR isn’t one of the right metrics to think about for raising your Series A.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 25, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we’ve got Alyssa Merwin , Vice President of Sales Solutions for LinkedIn, North America. She runs Sales Navigator and is perhaps one of the most important people selling sales engagement and sales software in the world. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

If your reps have $1M quota, then every day is worth $4,000 in revenue. Sales leaders like Florin Tatulea (Director of Sales at Barley) feel the impact from the past few years alone: “Pure cold outbound is 3x harder than it was in 2021.” “Let’s say there are 251 working days this year. unbooked, unearned, and unrealized.”

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Sales Recruiting Strategy AI Search Systems Review 93

SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2019

As for Liat, prior to Airtable, she was the Chief Revenue Officer @ Assist. 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. How does Liat think about challenging the traditional sales model?

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Underperforming Technical Team 110

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Driving diversity at the sales executive level [1:00]. October is Women in Sales Month. To celebrate, we are highlighting some of the best moments and insights shared on this podcast by female sales leaders who are elevating the entire sales profession. We’re on iTunes.

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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

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? * You’re facing extremely long sales cycles, which doesn’t really align with the quick results you want to have as a business. What changes? *

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