SaaStr

AUGUST 10, 2022

In this SaaStr Europa 2022 session, Matt Jacobson, General Partner at ICONIQ Growth, interviews Miro’s Founder & CEO, Andrey Khusid, to get insight into how he was able to grow the company so successfully. The company needed to hire more leadership roles and middle management to keep up.

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Sales Hiring Scale Company Culture Leadership 190

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 22, 2020

If you think sales is a simple job, I have a few hundred professional connections who would like a word with you. There’s a range of key skills that separate the best from the rest, and success belongs to companies who can identify and hire reps who have those precious skills. By mastering your sales interview questions.

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Sales Hiring Interviewing Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 76

SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

To solve this, Deel interviewed 200 founders seeking answers to the question, “If you’re open to hiring internationally and remotely, what are your biggest challenges, and what kind of product can we build to solve them? Lessons in leadership Grow your organization thoughtfully. Support sales early.

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Sales Hiring Payment Services SaaS Payments Scale 209

Sixteen Ventures

AUGUST 26, 2020

Everything rolls-up to dollars… time and other resources – and even the negative sentiment in the market caused by churning-and-burning customers – all have an associated monetary value. That’s why we call them Bad-fit Customers. There is no “good percentage” of Bad-fit customers so don’t ask.

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Customer Success Churn Leadership Interviewing 128

Valuize Consulting

JULY 15, 2021

Connecting Customer Success Strategy With Technology. At their core, they are responsible for maximizing the value of product releases but their responsibilities can have them acting as a business strategist, product designer, customer liaison, and project manager, all rolled into one. Q: What was your first job?

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Technology Customer Success Interviewing Scale 52

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Where is Customer Success Headed in 2022? Customer Success gradually, then suddenly, came to exist. Customer Success gradually, then suddenly, became essential to SaaS companies. Customer Success gradually, then suddenly, joined the C-suite. Customer Success flexes its authority.

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Customer Success Benchmarks Scale Underperforming Technical Team 97

CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 4, 2022

Congratulations on being promoted to the VP-Customer Success ! Especially, in the field of Customer Success. That’s understandable; you’re probably your company’s first Customer Success executive, and this is your first time in the position. VP-Customer Success Job Description (Sample).

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Customer Success Scale Customer Lifetime Value Interviewing 52

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Getting the team right is one of the hardest parts of scaling sales. But no sales team can afford to grow without intention. While building a sales team, we’ve focused a lot on our sales culture. Here’s how we went about growing a sales team that is both world class and culture-additive. They’re resilient.

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Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 160

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The results of the 2022 Customer Success Leadership Study, based on the perspectives and insights of more than 1,000 Customer Success leaders, are in. The good news is Customer Success teams are growing both in size and budget. Panelists included: Alli Tiscornia, chief customer officer, ChurnZero.

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VP of Engineering Customer Success Scale Underperforming Technical Team 52

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 8, 2021

Great interview questions tell you who a person is, what motivates them, how they think and solve problems, and what they’d be like as a teammate. To help us all conduct better interviews, we asked some of the smartest leaders in SaaS to share their favorite questions. David Apple, Head of Customer Success at Notion.

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Interviewing Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Scale 75

CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Customer Success has gained importance globally and has been the first line of defense to boost conversions, drive retention, reduce churn and drive advocacy. This has led to the huge demand for customer success events where people can learn, network, and share the best practices. Wednesday, January 12, 2022 |.

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Customer Success Leadership Interviewing Innovation 52

Sales Hacker

MAY 6, 2021

What’s the difference between a VP of Sales and a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)? The VP of Sales. Great VPs of sales have gravitas and tact, command the room and hold their end of the table regardless of who is on the other side. Singular focus on sales. As the title would hint at, the VP of Sales should focus on sales.

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VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 93

SaaStr

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As Managing Director of Salesforce Ventures, Nowi Kallen , shared at last week’s Workshop Wednesday, there are five main challenges of moving upmarket and tips to follow if you want to succeed at Enterprise sales in today’s macro environment. It won’t be an overnight success, and you’ll likely experience failures. The lesson learned?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There is too much to do in SaaS — sales, customer success, product, engineering, demand gen, etc. Get those First 10 Customers — However and Whenever. We all get the first customers differently, based on who we are and what our app does. Some ideas: Find a truly great co-founder. Slow it down until you do.

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SaaS Market Research Interviewing Content Marketing 223

Valuize Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2021

Proving The Power of Customer Success. According to Totango , 91% of Customer Success leaders stated that their teams had expanded over the last year, with more than 12% saying they had grown by over 50% (2021). Q: What was your first job and how did you get started in customer success?

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VP of Engineering Interviewing Metrics Scale 52

CustomerSuccessBox

JANUARY 10, 2022

Customer Success Manager job description: As a CSM (Customer Success Manager), your role is to maintain a good relationship and the satisfaction of your existing customers while developing the customer portfolio. Additional Resource – What is a Customer Success Manager.

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Compensation Customer Success Trends Management 52

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Sales Technology has EXPLODED over the last few years. And just like the explosion of Martech, if you’re on the cutting edge of the sales tech revolution, you’ll reap the rewards. 6 Sales Tech Trends. 2020 will be the year of acquisitions in sales tech. As a result, you may find your tech stack shrinking in 2020. #2:

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Artificial Intelligence Interviewing Trends Sales 52

SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2024

Sales reps were hosting 4-6 calls daily but most of these calls were early demos or top-of-funnel discovery calls Sales was closing really small deals on one end while talking to really large companies with hundreds of thousands of people on the other. Define your ICP as early as you can and segment your sales team accordingly.

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Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Revenue 207

SaaStr

MAY 6, 2021

A CRO owns and directs the strategy over a company’s revenue cycle, but there’s not a set standard for operational or management decisions: in addition to sales and sales development, they might be responsible for customer success, lead generation and pipelines, and even marketing and brand development.

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Interviewing Revenue 216

SaaStr

JUNE 24, 2022

Your best sales reps can close so much more than your average rep. Move the bottom 10% out and give the best leads to your top performer, and watch sales go up 20%. The best VPs of Sales design comp plans so the team never wants to leave. You should be striving for zero voluntary attrition on your sales team.

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Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Customer Success 194

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 9, 2022

However, given her CS background, Gabby never envisioned herself becoming a CEO, as she explained during her keynote session, “ The new ‘C’ in CEO ” at ChurnZero’s Customer Success Leadership Summit, BIG RYG. I never have, and I’ve been a customer experience person. I just don’t.

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CTO Coach Customer Success VP of Engineering CTO Hire 52

ChurnZero

APRIL 12, 2022

Definition of a chief customer officer. What is a chief customer officer ? A CCO is an executive in charge of managing the organization’s customer relationships. They often provide unifying leadership to different areas of your business that are involved in customer contact. Chief customer officer job description.

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Sales Hiring Leadership Customer Success Interviewing 98

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers. Will Larson , CTO of Calm.

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VP of Engineering Scale Technical Review Outsourcing Services 118

OpenView Labs

APRIL 8, 2019

Creating a customer success model that benefits clients of all sizes while also helping your Customer Success Managers succeed may seem to be impossible. You want your customer success model to appeal to all sorts of learning styles so it engages every type of user. You can read Part 1 here. .

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Customer Success Onboarding Leadership Banking 56

Sales Hacker

MARCH 3, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Stephanie Blair , Founder and CEO of Know and Flourish. Stephanie founded her executive coaching and consultancy company focused on grooming and growing innovative talent within sales centric and growth focused teams. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. What You’ll Learn.

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Sales Hiring Scale Leadership Interviewing 111

Sales Hacker

APRIL 16, 2020

Looking at the sales space, we are facing a few very specific challenges. Only sales approaches that clearly connect your solution to the buyers’ specific business challenges — challenges that have been properly diagnosed beforehand — have a chance to succeed. The same is true for sales enablement. What’s missing?

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Sales Enablement Sales Hiring Scale Sales 104

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 8, 2021

Elements of Successful Global Sales Expansion. “Be Successful global expansion is all about capitalizing on the right opportunity at the right time. So, let’s look at four keys to a successful global sales expansion. It takes a particular type of sales leader to be the first in a new country or region.

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales Technical Review 82

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

TL;DR Product managers often don’t get the due recognition for their work and their role is often marginalized by frustrated leadership or other teams. Allocating time for a specific research stage is often a no-go for leadership, so make the habit of interviewing customers continuously. Let’s dive in!

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Technical Review Management Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 104

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Its customer base spans over 14,000 customers in over 100 countries. Hear from Duo Security’s VP of Inside Sales America on how to build a $2.3B sales team. Jennifer Lawrence | VP, Inside Sales @ Duo Security. This is where I got my chops in growing and scaling enterprise sales teams. Good afternoon.

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Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales 210

SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Role: Customer Success Manager Location: NAMER, United States (Remote) Organization: SnapCell As a Customer Success Manager you’ll onboard new customers and train without a hitch. updating the SnapCell customer location/user templates. Account management for both new and current clients.

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Customer Success Development Team Review Systems Review Sales Hiring 19

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

What does it take to scale a sales team successfully? How can one determine a closer in the interview process? Should one hire sales reps 2×2? How does Andy think about hiring sales reps from adjacent companies and industries? How does Andy think about minimizing and optimising sales ramp times?

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Sales Hiring Scale Leadership Sales Enablement 181

SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Role: Vice President of Customer Success Location: Denver, CO, US Organization: SambaSafety As a Vice President of Customer Success, you will oversee four Customer Success (CS) teams that support different customer verticals and one CS Operations Analyst. Upsell and Cross Sell opportunities.

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Sales Recruiting Customer Success Technical Review Scale 19

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The data source and analysis may vary, but the goal is always the same — to win more deals and increase revenue by improving overall rep execution, your sales process , or by fixing gaps in enablement and product. Sales surveys run in-house. I recommend: Outsourced buyer interviews with a clustered model. A Broad Scope.

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Outsourcing Services Data Interviewing Technical Review 99

ChurnZero

JULY 22, 2022

Does your Customer Success team have a shallow view of onboarding? If you consider onboarding to be a success when a customer reaches their go-live date, then you need to dig deeper. It’s about transforming your customer’s business and delivering value, so you make their life better,” says Donna.

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Scale Onboarding Scaling Underperforming Technical Team 98

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As for Latané, before 6sense she was CMO and sales leader at Appirio where she drove 5X more effective field marketing programs and an increase in inbound leads by 300%. What does the preparation process look like pre-sales kick off week? Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Latané. What is involved?

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Scale Sales Hiring Software Review Technical Review 167

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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Product Marketing Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 75

SaaStr

MARCH 24, 2020

When things get better — you will need everyone great you have now : You will need every scaled sales rep that hits quota. Yes, sales cycles may lengthen a lot, and deals slow way down. You’ll need every good customer success manager. Those customers-for-life need support.

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Scale Sales Hiring Interviewing Scaling 175