SaaStr

JULY 12, 2022

One of the first what How to Hire a Great VP of Sales at the New York Enterprise Tech Meet-Up (thank you to John Lehr and Work-Bench for setting this up). The Number One Thing You Can Do to Accelerate Your Business Post-Initial Traction is Hiring a Great VP of Sales. I don’t know anything about sales. More power to you.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. Does one have to expand the product line to retain customers? First, what is continuous customer development?

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 28, 2023

In fact, a survey by Bain & Company shows that a 5% rise in customer retention results in over 25% surge in profits. The key account manager is then supposed to act as the first contact point between these clients and the business, dedicate resources, and hold meetings with them. This now becomes a challenge.

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OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

On a recent episode of the BUILD Podcast , Blake Bartlett spoke with Nikita Miller about best practices for building an early-stage product team. Nikita has a lot of real-world experience, having led stellar product teams at Trello and Dooly. She is currently SVP, Head of Product Management at The Knot Worldwide.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 2, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Mary Rogul , a VP Sales Consultant, who’s currently an Enterprise Sales Advisor at Crayon. She’s now a consultant helping VPs of Sales scale and build their sales teams. Motivations of an individual contributor vs. a manager.

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SmartKarrot

JULY 5, 2021

Role: Director, Customer Success (Federal) Location: Arlington, VA, US Organization: Decision Lens As a Director of Customer Success, you will manage the Federal customer success team through recognition, training, mentoring, feedback and goal-setting.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Vikas Bhambri , SVP of Global Sales and Customer Experience at Kustomer. Vikas is a well-respected sales leader in NYC and comes from a sales engineering and product background, with more than 20 years experience. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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SaaStr

MAY 24, 2019

235: Andrew Filev is the Founder & CEO @ Wrike, the cloud based collaboration and project management software that scales across teams in any business. Now Andrew is the founder and CEO at Wrike, the cloud based collaboration and project management software that scales across teams in any business.

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SaaStr

JULY 30, 2020

356: Pete Kazanjy is the Co-Founder @ Atrium, the startup providing proactive, always-on insights for sales operations, managers, and leaders. Alongside Atrium, Pete is also the Founder of Modern Sales Pros, a community of 15,000 focused on sales operations and sales management. Stop asking questions.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career? Anything less is failure.

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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

MAY 15, 2020

333: Bridget Gleason is the Head of Sales and Customer Success @ Tidelift, the company providing managed open source, backed by maintainers. Before Tidelift, Bridget was VP of Sales @ Logz.io and before that was VP of Corporate Sales @ Sumo Logic where she drove ARR up by a record 237%. What works?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? Have been recommended by sales professionals. Here’s how you can find the sales books that are most relevant to you. Here they are… The 97 Best Sales Books in 2020.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

If talent acquisition, development, and retention are top-of-mind for you as a sales leader, here are 40+ of the best sales training programs to check out! No wonder recruiters go ballistic trying to outdo each other in attracting the best professionals to create value for their companies. DoubleDigit Sales.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 5, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Devante Lewis-Jackson , one of the top rising sales leaders helping companies grow in New York City and most recently a sales manager at The Muse. The four phases of sales management. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. What You’ll Learn.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

When it comes to launching sales teams in hyper-growth startups, few people have walked the walk as much as Maggie Hott. She “stumbled” into it, as she told us, first as one of the earliest sales hires of Eventbrite, where she stayed for four years, and then into Slack in early 2015 as the first sales rep in the Bay Area.

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SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

Jason Lemkin: You certainly can hire a whole content team and build 10,000 pieces of content, but I will tell you what I have always seen work is one incredible piece a week. Jason Lemkin: I’ll answer it, but are you thinking more on sales or technology or broadly speaking in the question? That’s a great example.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2021

It’s quick, efficient, and personal, meaning that customers can get the answers they need, where and when they need them. And for your support team, using the right conversational support tool and framework allows them to maximize their resources, so they can focus on solving complex queries and building long-term customer relationships.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

A great sales compensation plan needs to accomplish quite a lot. It needs to provide fair compensation to employees in customer-facing roles. It needs to incentivize specific behaviors and actions that suit the needs of both the company and the customer. The Process for Creating a Sales Compensation Plan.

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SaaStr

JULY 1, 2020

An open discussion with Sam Blond, CSO at Brex, and Kristen Habacht, VPS at Atlassian, about adjusting their sales process during Covid-19. Kristen Habacht runs EDR sales at Atlassian, which I got a check today, $40 billion-$50 billion company. She manages a huge global team. Four, people in the sale?

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OpenView Labs

MARCH 15, 2019

Some of the most successful and influential SaaS companies include channel sales in their go-to-market strategy. For the uninitiated, channel sales refers to the process of partnering with third parties to get your product into the end user’s hands. Channel Sales versus Direct Sales – The Good and the Bad.

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ProfitWell

AUGUST 18, 2020

In some verticals, this rapid decline in switching costs, coupled with an increase in market competition, has led to the virtual disappearance of risk for the customer. The risk to switch is so low that one survey found that 63% of DTC customers leave after one poor customer experience. About the Author.

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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. SaaS Sales Models.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you missed episode 130, check it out here: Turning Junior-level Talent into Top Sales Professionals with Eddie Baez. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Managing a technical team as a non-technical person [24:13]. The first sponsor is Sapper Consulting. Sales enablement is easy. We’re on iTunes.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 21, 2019

There are tons of roundup articles about top women sales leaders. Most of the time, somebody does a LinkedIn search for “sales leader,” chooses the top 15 profiles with the most followers, and calls it a day. What about the amazing sales leaders who aren’t well-known already? Most Dynamic Women Sales Leaders.

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SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

So first off, I’m saying we start with customer success. What is sales? What is sales? Isn’t sales really around customer value creation? Sales is not about revenue generation, it’s around customer value creation. Why are we so obsessed with sales being focused on revenue?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

They sell that product to general councils, operations teams, and deal desks. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. They sell that product to general councils, operations teams, and deal desks. We’ve got two sponsors, the first is Sapper Consulting. Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast. We’re on iTunes.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

And it’s not without good reason: nearly all software products with dominant market share started as apps but grew to the point where third-party developers began building valuable integrations on top of what these companies had already created. New Relic’s General Manager, Mark Weitzel, weighs in on how you can support your developers.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The race to the 2017 finish line is in full throttle – While last minute closed deals are still trickling in, B2B organizations are researching how to shape next year’s sales strategy to align with the top sales trends that are expected to emerge in 2018. Top 2018 Sales Trends & Predictions – Strategic Headlines.

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Totango

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Your sales team lands a new customer with great potential. Then two months before renewal, you get the call: the customer has decided not to renew. There are three things you should be examining closely every day to get a deeper understanding of — and a deeper relationship with — each and every customer: 1.

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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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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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SaaStr

OCTOBER 4, 2019

As for Jeppe, prior to founding Pleo he was the CEO @ Nodes, a design and development house that worked with brands including Loreal, BMW and Lego. Ep 271: Gillian Heltai oversees Talkdesk’s Customer Success and Technical Support teams, partnering closely with customers to achieve their CX vision.

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