SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2020

Before Slack, Rachel spent 4 years at LinkedIn where she led the product marketing team for content experiences. How does Rachel see marketing move ever close to the function of customer success today? What is the optimal way for customer success and marketing to work together? * Harry Stebbings. Rachel Hepworth.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

Anthony : I’ll add more too and this sounds like a sponsored answer, but customer success becomes even more important as we sort of think about where growth is coming from. Obviously, marketing and investments are expensive and we know the cost to keep a customer is obviously a lot less. It’ll help de-risk that.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

When should one look to hire their first customer success reps? Here’s what Eyal and Megan talk about: How to develop software faster. Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Vikas Bhambri. I do want to break the interview today up into a couple of different parts really. Eyal Manor.

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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. Loving our podcast content? * What does Krish mean when he says, “In SaaS, you either sell to one of 2 customer profiles”? Harry Stebbings.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

What does it take to scale a sales team successfully? How can one determine a closer in the interview process? Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Andy. I’ve heard so many good things from Kobie, now at Upfront, and then also the team at Openview. How does Andy think about discounting?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Vikas’ Journey from Sales Engineer to Managing a BD Team (22:20). Vikas leads customer sales and customer experience department overseeing sales, BD implementation, customer success and support. It’s a customer experience platform. Now, without further ado, my interview with Vikas Bhambri.

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SaaStr

JULY 12, 2022

If it’s helpful to you, it’s got everything from how to build the sales com plan to how to think about hiring a VP marketing and how to hire a customer success thing. You have to create a repeatable process if you’re going to scale up the sales team. The Number One Job of a VP Sales is Recruiting a Great Team.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Bansal shares this and other key milestones and frameworks for company building in conversation with a16z general partner Peter Levine; enterprise deal team partner Satish Talluri (who was a director of product and growth operations there); and Sonal Chokshi. the night before it was to IPO). Like, if you don’t know <Yeah.>

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SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2019

The first step in success with SMB clients is to recognize that it’s not a one size fits all scenario. Companies need a specialized approach for SMB accounts, different than the tactics used for Enterprise. Agnes Bazin | Chief Development Officer @ Doctolib. Okay, it’s not bad. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2019

The first step in success with SMB clients is to recognize that it’s not a one size fits all scenario. Companies need a specialized approach for SMB accounts, different than the tactics used for Enterprise. Agnes Bazin | Chief Development Officer @ Doctolib. Okay, it’s not bad. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Before Optimizely, Travis spent 6 years at Salesforce in a number of sales roles including building the first Platform Sales team. Why does it suggest misalignment between customer and vendor from Day 1? What does Travis advise founders when it comes to uniting customer facing teams? * Loving our podcast content?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 21, 2020

Justin used Sales Culture to grow a successful PatientPop team to 140 employees and 55 million in revenue. It’s an SMB SaaS company in the healthcare technology vertical. Justin Welsh, former SVP of Sales at PatientPop explains how he started in SaaS in 2009 as the second sales hire at Zocdoc. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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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. We recently sat down with Maggie to chat about all things sales – from laying down a solid foundation to hiring the right people and, finally, scaling the team into hyper-growth. Look for the team players.

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SaaStr

JULY 30, 2020

* What are the leading indicators that a sales rep is successful? What are the core metrics founders should measure to determine the effectiveness of their reps and sales teams? How does this differ between SMB and enterprise? Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Pete. Harry Stebbings.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 12, 2020

As for Kate, prior to making the move to Notion just last month, she spent an incredible 8 years at Dropbox including holding roles such as Head of Sales Development, North America and Director of Global SMB Revenue and Operations. Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Kate. Harry Stebbings.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

We trust leaders to make decisions on what tools they need to get the most out of their teams. Guide to SaaS Revenue Recognition and Deferred Revenue in SaaS by Ben Murray, The SaaS CFO SaaS revenue recognition is an ongoing priority for SaaS accounting teams. This post describes my recommendations for SaaS board meetings.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In this conversation recorded at ELC 2023, Segment’s former CRO Joe Morrissey and former chief product development officer Tido Carriero discuss how they turned sales-product tension into a successful $3.2B Joe: The first time I met you was in the interview process. The problem is the sales team. acquisition.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

So I’m Nick Mehta, CEO of Gainsight and you probably have heard of Gainsight in the world of customer success and really excited to have two different voices in the world of how companies think about their customers. Nick Mehta: Power of the developer, or the API economy, both of you play very much in both those trends.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. Invest in your development internally and externally. Joyce Johnson.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2019

It’s no surprise that one of the key levers for growth as you go from startup to scale-up is your sales team. How quickly you’re able to accelerate growth depends on your ability to build a nimble sales org and develop a strong sales strategy. That’s why one of my favorite interview questions is, “What are you passionate about?”

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

As for Allison, in her 5 years at Gainsight her list of achievements in endless from running all functions that drive value for Gainsight customers, now a 150 person team, to building out the corporate development function to being the right hand to the CEO. How can one approach setting up a services team for scale?

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 25, 2020

But Sapper Consulting has built REGIE to keep the promise of sales enablement and keep your team doing what they do best, which is winning. REGIE uses your targeting to inform your campaigns and decreases the time your team spends creating campaigns because that’s a pain in the ass. Outreach is great.

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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. How does Liat think Airtable is pushing up against the traditional customer success model? What changes with children? Harry Stebbings.

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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. Why did Jeppe decide to focus on SMBs from Day 1? How does the product build in the early days differ when building for SMB vs enterprise? What changes? * Missed the session?

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SaaStr

MARCH 13, 2020

Why does Harry believe investing in customer success is far more important than customer acquisition? * Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Harry Hurst. And I guess this was somewhat foreshadowing because I’m now backed by David Saks who is the founding team there. Harry Hurst.

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