CTO Hire Sales Recruiting Scaling Software 
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
You’ll need to hire aggressively to get to the next level and continue that rapid growth. But what roles should you hire for, and what will your org chart look like at each stage? In 2008, he founded Yammer, an enterprise software company that David grew to 500 employees and $60 million in sales. Head of Sales.
SaaStr
AUGUST 25, 2023
On top of that, founders are full of excuses preventing them from scaling. 2 “Give the VP of Sales more time.” You can’t always expect a great VP of Sales to double sales in 30-60-90 days. But you have to see progress in one sales cycle. The best VPs of Sales hit the ground running.
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User Pilot
JULY 27, 2023
TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. Before hiring, assess your current needs and hire as your company grows. Account Managers: They serve as the lead point of contact for all customer account management matters.
OpenView Labs
OCTOBER 11, 2019
At Hired, we started out with a transactional model that was—at the time—a super disruptive approach and one of our key differentiators. It would help us establish a more predictable and consistent income based on recurring revenue instead of one-time purchases. No sliding scale. Customers called us. No unexpected costs.
SaaStr
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
Perhaps the single most important thing you can ever do in SaaS, at least after $1m in ARR or so, is hire the best VPs you can. We’ve talked a lot over the years about how not to hire a wrong VP of Sales — 70%+ of the first VPs of Sales don’t make it even 10 months. You need to hire up-and-comers.
SaaStr
MARCH 3, 2020
Brendon introduces his playbook to hiring the first VP of Sales from his experiences as VP of Sales at LinkedIn, EchoSign, Talkdesk and more. Learn the dos and don’ts to make the correct hire the first time and not rush into hiring the wrong VP of Sales, which can cost the company months or even years.
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? How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? Where do most startups go wrong both in hiring for partnerships and in the engagements themselves?
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