User Pilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Many companies lack differentiation strategies and drive product development by copying competitors. One of the consequences of this is that the sales cycles slow down. Product strategy not actionable Despite the efforts invested in crafting product strategies, they often fall short due to their lack of actionability.

Scale 104

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Software Review 104

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Digital agencies are companies that help other businesses perform a specific function such as marketing, development, or design. The right employee will be more invested on an emotional level more than any agency partner as they are fully immersed in your company’s journey. Read on to find out which decision is better for you.

Sales Hiring 145

Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 145

SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2019

Steve has previously said, “Sales and marketing must be one team.” Where does Steve find common points of tension between sales and marketing? What does Steve mean when he says, “marketers need to embrace the developer first mindset?” How can a CEO determine when is the right time to fundamentally invest in devops?

DevOps as a Service 100

DevOps as a Service Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring 100

Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The Employee Experience (EX) is the journey an employee takes with your organization and is the sum of all employee-employer interactions throughout that employee lifecycle, from pre-recruitment to post-exit. Investing in Employee Experience results in higher employee retention and increased performance. Development Programs.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Data Sales Hiring 52

OpenView Labs

APRIL 13, 2021

She transitioned into a solution engineer, a role that sits at the crossroads of sales and product, which gave her the opportunity to do more of what she loved: discussing business challenges and crafting corresponding technology solutions. How do you get design to work with sales, or engineering to work with customer success?

Sales Recruiting 60

Sales Recruiting Management Engineering Leadership 60

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Innovative startups. The first army are innovative startups. I’m referring to the full spectrum of business execution, from product management to design to engineering to marketing to sales to support and all the other functions needed to scale a business. The second army are your main competitors. The talent.

Software Review 224

Software Review Outsourcing Services Software Outsourced Development 224

The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

That talent can be nurtured; that intelligence can be fostered; and that creativity and leadership can be developed. It’s for this reason that in every company I’ve managed, I’ve done my best to help my employees develop and sustain growth mindsets of their own. marketing, sales, production, design?—?came

Development 40

Development Sales Recruiting Growth Hacking Leadership 40

ProfitWell

JANUARY 27, 2020

But here are some learnings, from the sales community, that Mixmax put together so we can start acting like pipeline pros. Far too often, focus is limited to the short term because of the nature of daily deliverables in sales. Are we achieving measurable return on investment from the tool? Firstly, firm up your foundation.

Sales Recruiting 40

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Sales Marketplace as a Service 40

OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

OpenView’s experts weighed in with their predictions across product, sales, marketing, pricing, corporate development and talent. Product Managers Will Own a KPI. How many of your highest paid team members are in sales? The fact is that a great (albeit expensive) sales rep is worth every penny and has an obvious ROI.

Trends 67

Trends Sales Recruiting Technical Review SaaS 67

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Scaling the company’s employee base, sales teams, marketing, and operations—all while preserving its culture—has required a laser focus on first principles, smart processes, and effective hiring. Know who is the foundation of your product and build your product for that user (in Stripe’s case, developers). Know your forever user.

Scale 152

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 152

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

First, what is continuous customer development? Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings. When we spoke before about it, you said continuous customer development becomes so crucial. Does one have to move to enterprise? Does one have to expand the product line to retain customers?

Scale 127

Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting Payment Services 127

SaaStr

DECEMBER 5, 2019

We’d been doing some investment, the product and technology leaders, but we talked about creating a proper investment fund to spur innovation around Workday ecosystem to get earlier stage companies, part of the Workday story for our customers. And I found some exciting things happening in a lot of investments.

Development Team Review 130

Development Team Review Scale Technical Review Software Review 130

SmartKarrot

APRIL 8, 2022

Develop a scalable elegant and innovative customer success playbook that sets clients up for success and maximizes the value of BetterUp Care offerings. Collaborate with growth marketing and broader BetterUp leaders to unify all field-based account efforts and amplify outcomes. Role: Customer Success Manager.

Customer Success 19

Customer Success Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Outsourced Development 19

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.

Scale 177

Scale Customer Success Strategy Sales Hiring 177

SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

And so, she can, and Anthony just finished up basically going from the first sales hire at Gainsight at almost 100 million in revenue and has just retired. Maria : Yeah, I think, coming from a marketing side and thinking about that as a marketer, marketing is all about investments. And notice that I said investments, not cost or spend.

Sales Hiring 204

Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 204

ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

But here are some learnings from the sales community that Mixmax put together so we can start acting like pipeline pros. Far too often, focus is limited to the short term because of the nature of daily deliverables in sales. Are we achieving measurable return on investment from the tool? Firstly, firm up your foundation.

Sales Recruiting 40

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service Mobile 40

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 9, 2020

You have developed a killer website and drafted an effective marketing strategy to generate leads and drive sales. You’ll also get better and more relevant marketing strategies to drive your online sales. In the end, you‘ll have better pay-per-click management that will give you more exposure in search engines.

Consulting 83

Consulting Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting 83

OpenView Labs

JUNE 10, 2019

They know the immense value of user input and customer development. Here’s some good news: there are tons of amazing product management resources out there. At product led growth (PLG) companies like Atlassian and Intercom, product management may look very different from a ‘traditional’ SaaS company.

Management 55

Management SaaS Scale Sales Recruiting 55

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.

Scale 141

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Payment Methods 141

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

Scale 130

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130

SaaStr

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Co-founder and CEO at Greenhouse, Daniel Chait, sits down with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin to share what’s new at Greenhouse, a successful recruiting software company at $200M in ARR today. The great part about having a couple of thousand startups using your product every day is there is so much innovation.

Sales Hiring 203

Sales Hiring AI SMB Scale 203

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2021

I want to come be your VP of sales and, you’re going to meet me for the first time. Spencer : For me, the key things for a VP of sales is, “OK, tell me about your best reps. We’re trying to recruit someone that’s way above our weight class, so that we can actually scale. You hire a search firm.

VP of Engineering 253

VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team 253

SmartKarrot

AUGUST 9, 2022

Instead of building, developing, and implementing enterprise applications, SaaS users can simply license and subscribe to them. Recruiting a new employee is typically significantly more expensive than retaining an existing employee. These could include employee training programs, strategic innovation workshops, etc.

Scale 10

Scale Sales Recruiting Business SaaS 10

SmartKarrot

AUGUST 9, 2022

Instead of building, developing, and implementing enterprise applications, SaaS users can simply license and subscribe to them. Recruiting a new employee is typically significantly more expensive than retaining an existing employee. These could include employee training programs, strategic innovation workshops, etc.

Scale 10

Scale Sales Recruiting Business SaaS 10

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2020

356: Pete Kazanjy is the Co-Founder @ Atrium, the startup providing proactive, always-on insights for sales operations, managers, and leaders. Alongside Atrium, Pete is also the Founder of Modern Sales Pros, a community of 15,000 focused on sales operations and sales management. Stop asking questions.

Part-Time VPE 194

Part-Time VPE Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 194

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. They need fewer sales as a percentage of overall employees.

Payment Solutions 147

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 147

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2019

Andrei Brasoveanu will sit down for a conversation with Agnes Bazin Doctolib on how to create a targeted and effective sales process tailor-made for SMB. Agnes Bazin | Chief Development Officer @ Doctolib. She’s part of the founding team Doctolib, and the current chief development officer for the company. Andrei B.:

Sales Recruiting 107

Sales Recruiting SMB Scale Sales Hiring 107

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2019

Andrei Brasoveanu will sit down for a conversation with Agnes Bazin Doctolib on how to create a targeted and effective sales process tailor-made for SMB. Agnes Bazin | Chief Development Officer @ Doctolib. She’s part of the founding team Doctolib, and the current chief development officer for the company. Andrei B.:

Sales Recruiting 107

Sales Recruiting SMB Scale Sales Hiring 107

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sales Stack 2022 Sales Tools for Professional B2B Sales SALES STACK 2022: Sales Tools for. Professional Sales SALES STACK. 2021: Sales Tools. Sales W hich challenges would you like sales technology to solve for your sales team? What is sales technology here to do?

Scale 111

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 111

SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Many businesses recruit Chief Revenue Officers (CROs) in different industries, especially digital marketing. As a result, companies are investing in CROs that can help them create cross-functional teams focused on revenue generation. The CRO may also be responsible for product management or strategic partnerships.

Revenue 10

Revenue Technical Review Scale Sales Hiring 10

SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Thanks to them, merchants can make more successful sales and win happy customers. As a testimony to the quality of their service, Forter was recently again included in Forbes 50 “Most Innovative Fintech Companies In 2019” list. Recently, Recorded Future were honored with the 2018 CRN Tech Innovator Award. Founded: 2013.

SaaS Payments 271

SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 271

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 3, 2021

Where should you invest your resources? If you’re short on time, here are a few quick takeaways: You can’t balance short-term and long-term investments without considering the existing product strategy. Choosing the right investment is a balancing act of art and science. Should we sink bigger? Should we plan bigger?

Strategy 228

Strategy Software Review Development Team Review Sales Recruiting 228

SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Role: VP, Customer Success Location: San Francisco Bay Area, US Organization: NexHealth As a VP of Customer Success, you will inspire, recruit, and develop top talent Customer Success team leaders and members who bring a customer-centric view to their everyday roles. This is a “player/coach” role by design.

Customer Success 10

Customer Success Scale Sales Recruiting Technical Review 10

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2018

At our inaugural SaaStr Europa last June, podcast host-with-the-most Harry Stebbings sat down with MuleSoft Founder and CTO Ross Mason to discuss the organization’s sales strategy, building a strong company culture, how to think about international expansion, and much more. How have you seen it develop? Harry : For the company.

Technical Advisors 155

Technical Advisors Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 155

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

Jason Lemkin: Yeah, I think if you ask how applicable is SEO, programmable is maybe a different question, but I tell you every single SaaS company I have invested in or worked with that has made a commitment to building at least one high quality piece of content per week has seen significant ROI from SEO over a period of months or a year.

Scale 231

Scale Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 231

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2021

Do you love chasing down the sale? What about using data analysis to create sales strategies? Revenue operations (RevOps) is a centralized org within a company that supports all revenue-generating business operations including Sales Ops, Marketing Ops, Customer Success Ops, and systems management. Unified data problems.

Scale 100

Scale Technical Review Sales Recruiting Technical Advisors 100

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2019

Tables have turned because I first met Mikkel when just after I was working for previous fund index, he had just invested. I think it’s one of those things that you forget how quickly things have developed. Ophelia : So lots of exciting developments for Zendesk in the last year. It was 7, 6 years. Mikkel : Sunshine.

Cloud 178

Cloud Sales Recruiting Scale AWS 178