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How to Get Hired Before the Role Is Posted

Sales Hacker

Get as specific as you can Stage: Get clear on what stage to focus on Sales Model (optional): Personalize or add a different line relevant to your function Sectors:See our thinking on sectors but have fun with this Target Companies: A target list is a powerful accelerant in your search. And you send the wrong signal to recruiters.

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Implementing AI – The Top Down Approach Is Failing!

Go Hire- Saas

labor costs) The main theme – AI will affect almost all divisions and departments, from sales and marketing and finance, to product development, manufacturing, and customer support… just like an ERP. And that could be why the CEO and IT implementation mindset and directive is “Implement it like an ERP”, in a top-down process. (see

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

SaaStr

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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One Call to Make Before Picking Your Startup's Headquarters

Tom Tunguz

If you must choose a long term headquarters for your startup, call an executive recruiter who focuses in that city. VP Engineering, VP Product, VP Sales, VP Customer Success, VP Marketing, or VP Operations. If there are few, team construction will lag. How large is the candidate pool for each search?

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The Best of SaaS at YCombinator: A Deep Dive with the CEOs of Gusto, Amplitude and Plangrid (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

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. Tracy Young : Hi, my name is Tracy Young. You hire a search firm.

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Use These 4 Sales Email Strategies to Break Through the Noise

Sales Hacker

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.” Sales team members should capable of understanding at least a few key signals and knowing which subsequent actions based on those signals will have the greatest impact.

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The Expectation of Winning

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

Winning teams I’ve been part of How winning teams are constructed is timely, as in my role leading sales enablement at Automation Anywhere , shortly we’ll be growing the team, and I want to be thoughtful about the work we do, the candidates we hire and the culture we foster on what we hope and expect to be a winning team.