SaaStr

JULY 1, 2020

An open discussion with Sam Blond, CSO at Brex, and Kristen Habacht, VPS at Atlassian, about adjusting their sales process during Covid-19. Kristen Habacht runs EDR sales at Atlassian, which I got a check today, $40 billion-$50 billion company. She manages a huge global team. Four, people in the sale? Jason Lemkin: None.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

It’s an approach that’s served him well along the road to building the HubSpot sales team, where he was CRO for nine years. That experience led to his bestselling book, The Sales Acceleration Formula. Or, even if they’re leaning towards the latter, they’re often not using the right metrics. A data-driven framework for scaling.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With the rise of AI, new sales technology and automation at the forefront of the sales echo chamber these days, we thought we’d take a moment to bring it back to BASICS – that’s why we’ve rounded up this complete glossary of sales terms and definitions to help you remember where it all started.

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Kellblog

MAY 10, 2021

In this post, I’ll present what I view as the minimum sales management framework for an enterprise SaaS startup — i.e., the basics you should have covered as you seek to build and scale your sales organization [1]. Pipeline management rules, with an optional stage matrix. Quarterly metrics. Definition.

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SaaStr

JUNE 11, 2019

There might be some Venn diagram overlap there, but there’s definitely some differences in the ideal composition of the team. But when you need a CFO, let’s say, or you need an outstanding VP of engineering or maybe a VP of sales, which is even more different to find for an engineer, you don’t know who these people are.

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Chart Mogul

JANUARY 9, 2025

So read on, and hopefully, your SaaS sales journey will be less about trial and error and more about steady progress toward success. Whats important to note is that each model targets a distinct customer persona and, therefore, has a unique approach to the customer journeyfrom brand awareness to sales and, ultimately, conversion.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 25, 2022

Here’s the thing about driving a car — and about running a sales org: Bumps in the road are inevitable. One of the best ways to ensure every part of your engine is running smoothly is to build sales performance dashboards for everyone on your team. What is a sales performance dashboard? What is a sales performance dashboard?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 25, 2019

Given that the primary metric we measure growth in is revenue, it follows that sales feels growth more acutely than almost any other function. As the Senior Vice President of Sales for Pipedrive , she’s currently responsible for building nimble sales teams who drive sustainable revenue. Doing more with less.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 27, 2019

How to Design a Sales Comp Plan to Get You to $100M with Work-Bench, Movable Ink, MongoDB and Concert Finance. This panel will speak tactically to various comp design options as a way for management to determine and promote ideal behavior in their front-line teams. Meghan Gill | VP of Sales Ops @ MongoDB. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2019

And can you talk a little bit about touching on the hiring point, because you did say that you focused a lot on talent, and recruiting. And coming from Brazil without a big network in Silicon Valley, un-launched, without a website, it was actually really hard to recruit the first ten people. Definitely under 15. Anu: Got it.

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OpenView Labs

MARCH 15, 2019

Some of the most successful and influential SaaS companies include channel sales in their go-to-market strategy. For the uninitiated, channel sales refers to the process of partnering with third parties to get your product into the end user’s hands. Channel Sales versus Direct Sales – The Good and the Bad.

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SaaStr

JUNE 23, 2019

There might be some Venn diagram overlap there, but there’s definitely some differences in the ideal composition of the team. But when you need a CFO, let’s say, or you need an outstanding VP of engineering or maybe a VP of sales, which is even more different to find for an engineer, you don’t know who these people are.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

And then from 2004 to 2014, she was at Google and managed lots of different things, including the self-driving cars project, global sales and operations, and the business teams for checkout in Google Apps. Claire Hughes Johnson : Yeah, definitely. I wouldn’t say I have an exact metric, but-. So I’m a fan.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 5, 2019

He will also provide insights on the differences between commercial and enterprise customers and the key metrics to keep an eye on as you grow your business. I want to tell you what those metrics are for Egnyte because you could go, “Well, this guy is up here talking for 30 minutes. Want to see more content like this?

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FastSpring

JUNE 11, 2024

How to go about recruiting the RIGHT affiliates to help drive meaningful growth in your business. FastSpring provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, video game, and other digital goods businesses, including software management, VAT and sales tax management, global payments, and consumer support.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Sales is a hyper-social, customer-facing role that can get highly stressful. In this article we talk about the top indicators of sales burnout and how to tackle them. We all know Sales is the job for the people person — the high-flying, always-on-the-go charmer that’s on the phone, in meetings and/or closing deals.

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OpenView Labs

AUGUST 19, 2021

Sales recruiting is broken. The sad truth is that VP of Sales are turning over within 19 months —and that timeline is shrinking. . Not only that, the market has heated way back up and the VP of Sales is one of the most sought after roles. This isn’t linear and there are many shades of grey when it comes to sales. .

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 30, 2018

To see what selling on steroids looks like, check out companies with the best sales enablement strategies. You’ll discover a lively place, with a lot of things — like revenue, productivity, and win rate s — going up, and a lot of things — like speed to revenue, sale cycle period, customer churn, and staff attrition rate — going down.

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Buffer Resources

JANUARY 18, 2024

As a job seeker, the benefits were great — the platform recommended jobs I would be a top applicant for and allowed me to reach out to hiring managers directly, even if I wasn’t connected to them. The more expensive plans are targeted at salespeople and recruiters. 

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Kellblog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Weak sales productivity , measured either relative to the company’s model or industry averages (median $675K) [2]. High sales turnover. Pivot the company , making a major change in strategy or sales model. Let’s do only enterprise accounts and account-based marketing (ABM). Let’s go product-led growth (PLG).

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 28, 2022

And for Intercom’s VP of Sales EMEA, Sanj Bhayro , scaling is just what you need to invest in to ensure growth becomes as constant and linear as it can be. Sanj has plenty of experience scaling sales teams at growing businesses, and that’s precisely why, as of November of last year, he‘s overseeing EMEA sales at Intercom.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

373: Bessemer’s 5th Annual State of the Cloud Report returns for a definitive look at the cloud industry today. Then unified communications and video conferencing space, Zoom has definitely taken a new position as the market leader. This is really founder-led sales. With Twilio, for example, they expanded into email.

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Kellblog

MARCH 13, 2020

In days of yore, chief revenue officer (CRO) was just a gussied-up title for VP of Sales. If someone was particularly good, particularly senior, or particularly hard to recruit you might call them CRO. Chief revenue officer meant chief sales officer meant VP of Sales. Frank, the head of Sales, had a $1B number.

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

If you haven’t read the book…well, you are definitely missing out. If used effectively, it can significantly reduce the money spent on marketing and sales activities. As product managers , we’re constantly trying to improve the product thus making product design decisions every day. Let’s get started!

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? Have been recommended by sales professionals. Here’s how you can find the sales books that are most relevant to you. Here they are… The 97 Best Sales Books in 2020.

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SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

Jason Lemkin: I’ll answer it, but are you thinking more on sales or technology or broadly speaking in the question? Ash Bhoopathy (@ashbhoopathy): Probably more around go-to-market and sales. First of all, on go-to-market and sales and marketing, be very, very wary of folks that want to outsource your core.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

A great sales compensation plan needs to accomplish quite a lot. And of course, a strong sales comp plan needs to motivate reps to hit goals that grow the company while still maintaining a profit margin. The Process for Creating a Sales Compensation Plan. Know what to Include in a Sales Incentive Plan. Keep it Simple.

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

Then we needed to hire a sales guy who had experience selling to enterprise. We got the guy who ran enterprise sales at Rackspace. UberConference started as this freemium, kind of funnel builder for later sales product. Dan : We’d start it with sales. As a B2B enterprise company, sales was our first key.

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Valuize Consulting

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Is it going to come from the Sales and Marketing budget, or General Administrative budget? Where does Sales, Support, Training & Education play and what does the handoff look like? Your charters must dictate how you hire as the skill sets you recruit need to align with, and complement, your charters.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 10, 2022

If you’ve gotten customer feedback , for example, and you want to look over it to identify pain points, recruit a cross-functional team to help you review the data. You’ll be able to put together much more efficient internal workflows and define responsibilities and metrics. This is something that your Sales team can help you with.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 24, 2020

In a nutshell, they can give you expert opinions, analysis, and recommendations that can help ensure a more objective-based approach to grow your business and maximize sales – all at the same time. Questions about KPIs and metrics for performance measurements. Sales and Marketing Consultants. Human Resources Consultants.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 13, 2021

Although Linda started her career in sales, she has spent the past twelve years scaling post-sales teams and moving hyper-growth companies like Zendesk, Slack, and now Gong upmarket into the enterprise realm. Since then, you’ve spent over 12 years in post-sales leadership. Going through all parts of the customer journey.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 6, 2023

At the same time, the number of houses up for sale is at historic lows. All that results in more sales and a growing income. In fact, real estate agents who invest in SEO make 2-3x more sales every month than those who don’t. Agencies can: Work contractually, meaning you don’t need to recruit a full-time employee.

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Buffer Resources

JANUARY 18, 2024

As a job seeker, the benefits were great — the platform recommended jobs I would be a top applicant for and allowed me to reach out to hiring managers directly, even if I wasn’t connected to them. The more expensive plans are targeted at salespeople and recruiters. 

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Before we look at the promised SaaS revenue models, let’s get a couple definitions out of the way. While it includes your revenue model(s) and thus revenue stream(s), it also includes everything else from marketing to developing, recruiting, and operations. Business model: This is the top-level structure of your company.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Indeed, to get the most out of customer data, SaaS businesses often rely on a third-party analytics dashboard for everything from basic SaaS metrics to financial forecasting and customer segmentation. One of the most important metrics is customer lifetime value ( LTV ). While the definition is simple, the calculations aren’t.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Baremetrics is a business metrics tool that provides 26 metrics about your business, such as MRR, ARR, LTV, total customers, and more. Debt financing is preferable for sales and marketing acceleration since it has a lower long-term cost and enables the company to expand quicker. Want to try it for yourself? start free trial.

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