Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Welcome to Sales Hacker’s first-ever Influential Women in Sales list! In this exclusive list, we wanted to honor not just female leaders that promote their own sales platform (no shame in that!) They say “You can’t be what you can’t see,” and the sales floor is no exception.

Sales Recruiting 111

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale Sales Hiring 111

Tom Tunguz

APRIL 14, 2019

These startups use machine learning to disrupt an industry traditionally dominated by agencies: law, accounting, recruiting, translation, debt collection, marketing…the list is long. In meeting many of these innovative businesses, I’ve observed they face three strategic questions.

AI 191

AI Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team Machine Learning 191

Sales Hacker

JULY 19, 2022

Celine, who transitioned from agency sales to SaaS, is the Vice President of Boardable. Join us for a great conversation about transitioning in sales and technology selling. Sometimes you have to take one step back to go two steps forward in sales. Sales is all about building internal relationships. powered by Sounder.

Sales Recruiting 84

Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Sales 84

SaaStr

APRIL 5, 2021

And at a sales perspective, they’ll move to optimizing revenue per lead, over closing every possibly lead. Once sales and marketing gets to be all about the top line, you need to let some marginal customers just go, if for no other reason than holding on price. Harder to Recruit. Easier to Innovate.

Scale 240

Scale Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team Pricing 240

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Account Managers: They serve as the lead point of contact for all customer account management matters. Product Marketing Manager: This person is tasked with developing product marketing campaigns , crafting compelling marketing messages, and coming up with ideas to retain customers.

Sales Hiring 98

Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 98

SaaStr

JUNE 4, 2019

I actually worked in sales for five and a half years and that’s probably why I have tended to gravitate to B2B marketing. Worked as an AE and then a sales manager. Decided to go to business school, did that for a little bit and then came out in management consulting, a company. So, they’re a B2B piece.

Sales Recruiting 176

Sales Recruiting Scale Underperforming Technical Team Pricing 176

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Scott Barton , VP of Industry Solutions at Varicent. He’s an expert in the sales world, particularly in revenue operations and incentive compensation. Join us for a great conversation about driving the right behaviors within your sales team. powered by Sounder.

Compensation 82

Compensation Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 82

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 2, 2021

Some problems need a straightforward solution, while others require more innovation. Our team aligns on three points: Innovation . Innovation. Is this solution something we want to innovate on and own as an industry leader and differentiator, or is it table stakes where we want to be on par with the market? Investment .

Innovation 251

Innovation Investment Sales Recruiting Strategy 251

Sales Hacker

APRIL 5, 2021

In 2020 I was building my sales team at Livestorm , and at the time we were going through a big hiring boom. Over the course of time, I’ve interviewed and talked to hundreds of sales candidates. This was the case for me years ago when I started applying for sales positions in France, Ireland, and Luxembourg.

Sales Hiring 93

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Company Culture Interviewing 93

Sales Hacker

JUNE 8, 2021

In this episode, Kyle Racki , co-founder and CEO of Proposify, talks about how his upbringing helped his sales career, the journey from being a freelancer to a founder, and how to create and maintain a competitive advantage. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Solving the innovator’s dilemma [18:31]. powered by Sounder.

Sales Recruiting 75

Sales Recruiting Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring Sales 75

SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

Giraffe is a mobile job matching platform that helps medium skilled workers get access to opportunities and helps businesses to recruit staff faster, and easier, and more affordably than any other way. So you can see how technology’s starting to play a very important role in development of Africa. I’m from South Africa.

Scale 169

Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 169

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Competitor analysis enables PMs to find areas where rivals fail customers and develop sound positioning and differentiation strategies. Track in-app customer behavior to find fresh ideas Tracking user behavior inside your product can highlight unmet needs, user pain points, and opportunities for improvement and innovation.

Underperforming Technical Team 105

Underperforming Technical Team Marketing Market Research Outsourced Development 105

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?” I mean, my career started as a software engineer, and out of frustration, I went into sales.

DevOps as a Service 100

DevOps as a Service Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring 100

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2020

Prior to Work-Bench, Jessica was a Learning and Development Manager at Cisco Systems, where she worked with the Engineering organization on Agile transformation, innovation and culture. Where does Jessica find managers and founders do pipe reviews wrong? How should sales teams and CS respond to requests for discounts?

Sales Recruiting 188

Sales Recruiting Technical Review Sales Hiring Outsourced Development 188

Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

When Sherrell Dorsey started the digital news and insights platform The Plug , she knew she wanted it to be seen as the leading voice in the Black innovation economy—and she wanted her voice to be in the mix as well. Latesha Byrd , CEO of talent development agency Perfeqta , has seen this firsthand.

Sales Recruiting 85

Sales Recruiting Social Media Business Marketplace as a Service 85

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Brainstorm ideas on how to solve customer problems in an innovative way and validate them. Develop a product that meets customer needs and expectations. Train the customer support team on the product and give them time to develop support resources. Helps teams identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies.

Underperforming Technical Team 104

Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Social Media Market Research 104

OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Faced with one of the hottest recruiting markets in recent memory, many newly remote tech companies have dramatically expanded their hiring borders. Prioritize building out your product team over bringing on sales and marketing hires. At the end of the day, the best sales and marketing is still an exceptional product.

Sales Hiring 68

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Marketing Interviewing 68

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. Retention analysis Path analysis (coming soon) Such powerful analytics allow you to extract actionable insights to guide product development and deliver optimum value.

Scale 105

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Software Review 105

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Those doing the work are obviously talented, but it’s often the management which are responsible for creating the environment for people to thrive. The best organisations have leaders with an uncanny habit of getting the best out of their team, but also the ability to attract, develop and retain talent. But that’s only the start.

Sales Recruiting 152

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Construction Strategy 152

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Digital agencies are companies that help other businesses perform a specific function such as marketing, development, or design. Capabilities – Your employees will also have a more realistic assessment of what your business is capable of in relation to marketing and product development. Better Control.

Sales Hiring 145

Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 145

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

JUNE 26, 2018

Today, everyone working in and around sales and marketing knows that bots are hot, in vogue and quite simply, of the moment. In my role leading sales enablement at HubSpot in EMEA, we deliberately carve out time to think about ways to leverage tools, technology and software that will make sales reps more effective.

Sales Enablement 100

Sales Enablement Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 100

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

OPEXEngine

APRIL 8, 2021

It is easier for small companies—they don’t have large sales organizations that need to be re-trained in how to manage a sales cycle in a virtual world or how to meet changing buyer expectations. We are hearing that some companies are already increasing recruitment budgets going into Q2.

Sales Hiring 59

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting SaaS Business 59

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. times faster revenue growth ( Sale s force , 2020). Development Programs.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Data Sales Hiring 52

Totango

JANUARY 22, 2018

With more than 20 years in customer-focused leadership and management, Krista is an innovative leader passionate about engaging customers and creating excellence in customer experience across industries. Manager, Partner & Customer Experience. Dante is the Manager of Partner & Customer Experience at Google Cloud.

Customer Success 78

Customer Success Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 78

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 21, 2018

Whether you’re at an early-stage startup that’s just made its first sales hires, or part of a fast-moving sales team in a large organization, the key to success often comes down to efficiency. That means your focus should be on building the right customer profile and developing precise messaging to reach them.

Sales Hiring 183

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Technical Advisors 183

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

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 29, 2021

Ever since he was hired as the Director of EMEA Sales at BrowserStack , a web and mobile testing platform that lets developers test their websites and mobile applications across browsers, operating systems, and mobile devices, he had to completely rethink how to successfully onboard hundreds of salespeople just as everyone was going remote.

Sales Hiring 223

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team 223

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

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 160

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 160

Chaotic Flow

MARCH 4, 2013

More than a year ago, McKinsey and Company predicted that big data would be “The Next Frontier of Innovation, Competition and Productivity.” Cloud-based businesses create value in one of two ways: lowering TCO (cost advantage) and network-enabled innovation (differentiation). Reengineering Across the Firewall.

Data 140

Data Sales Recruiting Social Media Scale 140

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. Because sales professionals are often likened to "hunters." 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

Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2018

We’ve been compiling this sales automation tools list for a while, trying to figure out the best way to get the information out there. There are a number of existing resources available on sales automation, but they don’t offer use cases and examples of how to put the tools to action. What Is Sales Automation?

Scale 66

Scale Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting Outsourced Development 66

Totango

JANUARY 22, 2018

With more than 20 years in customer-focused leadership and management, Krista is an innovative leader passionate about engaging customers and creating excellence in customer experience across industries. Manager, Partner & Customer Experience. Dante is the Manager of Partner & Customer Experience at Google Cloud.

Customer Success 48

Customer Success Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale 48

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A big part of why we are seeing this growth is that our customers have found that when they use Intercom to engage their website visitors, conversion rates and sales increase by more than 80%! We are laser focused on driving breakthrough innovations which help our customers grow their businesses efficiently. Interested?

Scale 195

Scale Sales Hiring CTO Engineering 195

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 137

Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting Payment Services 137