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What I Learned Selling My Company for $130M with Harry Glaser of Periscope Data and ModelBit

SaaStr

At a recent SaaStr Workshop Wednesday, he shared a behind-the-scenes look into what this process looks like and five key takeaways for other founders who are want an inside look the process. Most often, you get a call from a function called corporate development. If the offer is below your number, it’s bad news for somebody.

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Career Advice from the Pros: Starting a Sales Career in 2020? Do This

Sales Hacker

Sales development representative roles have grown 5.7X If you’re one of them, that’s both good news and bad: It means sales is growing, but you’re going to have a lot of competition getting started. You need to be on the defensive to make sure you don’t end up in a bad spot. Keynote Speaker and Workshop Facilitator.

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Losing Big Deals? Fix These 5 Sales Process Fails

Sales Hacker

Too often, I see sales teams thinking of their “ sales process ” as a set of stages in their pipeline and maybe a bunch of fields to complete at each stage. We were weak on some key functionality areas where the winning vendor was strong. Bad news from left field There was a change in company direction. It happens.

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Customer Success: The Definitive Guide to Customer-centric Growth 2020

Sixteen Ventures

I also spoke to thousands of people at workshops and events all around the United States and the world – including 5 trips to Brazil – and helped companies grow and spread the word about Customer Success-driven Growth. and we’re getting some great reviews, which is awesome. How to Develop a Customer Success Strategy.