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SaaS FP&A – Are You Up to the Challenge?

OPEXEngine

SaaS companies tend to have more Finance headcount than traditional, non-Cloud companies. Median Finance headcount in private, growth SaaS companies averaging $25M is 7 Finance executives. When he came out, the first thing he asked me was, how do you define a Sales Qualified Lead (SQL)? Finance skill sets.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

Does Sam agree that the founder is the one who has to create the sales playbook? When is the right time to hire the first sales rep? Should you hire 2 at a time? What does one look for in their first sales hire? I met my wife in sales boot camp. Bret was formerly the CTO at Facebook.

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