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Top 10 Unexpected Learnings from Scaling Wiz From $0 to The First $100M ARR with founding CRO Colin Jones and Sam Blond

SaaStr

His background includes extensive experience in the cybersecurity space, beginning at Big Fix where he “fell in love with security” and at Duo Security. Rather than seeing this as a liability, Wiz leveraged it as a strategic advantage — even in its sales team.

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Buyer Trends: Top Insights from $3B in SaaS Transactions with Vendr

SaaStr

This has exposed an urgent need for improved cybersecurity measures so companies can mitigate risks and protect themselves against evolving threats.” Sales & Marketing vs. Research & Development: Companies realize they’ve previously spent too much on sales and marketing and may want to shift the focus to research and development.

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Sequoia India: 22 Things We Learned from SaaStr Annual

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They are hiring leaders, building teams, and attracting advisors in the US while devouring the SV SaaS playbook. Not every slowdown was made equal – infrastructure, cybersecurity and dev tools will be more resilient than application or vertical SaaS. The positive is that sales cycles are shorter and one could grow very fast.

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12 Cybersecurity Companies In Hyper-Growth to Add to Your CRM

Sales Hacker

Cybersecurity is a hot topic these days – and for good reason. Investment in cybersecurity companies has increased more than thirteenfold since 2011, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was a record year for cybersecurity with over $7.8 TL;DR: Early-stage cybersecurity venture funding = new sales opportunities for you.

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GTM 134: When to Hire Your First Sales Reps (And How to Get It Right) with Joe DiMento

Sales Hacker

Before that, he was the first non-founder seller at three startups, turning early traction into a repeatable sales motion. Discussed in this Episode: When to hire your first account executives Key traits to look for in early sales hires Structuring compensation for first sales reps Should you ‘hire the buyer’ to be your sales rep?

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GTM 102: Building Trust, Embracing Old-School Tactics, and Scaling Sales Teams with David Greenberger

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David Greenberger leads CHEQ’s North America sales team. CHEQ is a cybersecurity platform primarily focused on protecting the Go-to-Market organization (preventing fake leads to sales team, skewed analytics from bots/malicious users etc). Navigating the transition from startups to large enterprises in sales roles.

Scale 125
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The Top Cloud Stories of the Week: Sophos for $3.82 Billion; More Ransomware; Amazon Takes On Coachella; Hitting The ’20 Plan

SaaStr

SoftBank reportedly hired restructuring and bankruptcy bankers to help revive WeWork | Markets Insider. Cybersecurity Firm Sophos Jumps on $3.82 Your First VP Does Not Have to Be a VP of Sales | SaaStr. If You Want to Hit The ’20 Plan … You Gotta Be Making the Hires Now | SaaStr. 4k views · 3 upvotes.

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