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The Top 10 Worst Pieces of SaaS Advice

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“Give the VP of Sales More Time” This is always terrible advice. If a VP of Sales can’t improve things in one sales cycle or less — she never will. In one sales cycle, or less. “The Leads are There, the Problem is the Sales Team.” And you are better off without her.

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PODCAST 76: Bottom-up Approach for Sales Rep Productivity Model w/ Kevin Egan

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Kevin Egan, VP of North American Sales at Slack. Kevin’s sales career has taken him from Oracle, to Dropbox, to Salesforce, and now, to Slack. How experience as a sales engineer can play into your role as a sales leader. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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How to Stop Micromanaging After $1m-$2m ARR. You Have To.

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And if your team knows how to spend it, correctly — find a way to get them the capital they need to grow even faster than plan. A new edition, new services, an outbound sales team, an account management / upsell team. You still need to spend 15-20% of your time in sales. Add a layer.