Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

So that has many of us questioning which direction we should be heading toward in our modern day revenue tech stack? Which AI tools are going to make revenue operators’ lives immensely easier? Pipeline analytics: Offers sales managers a view of their teams’ pipelines that goes beyond what’s available in their native SFA applications.

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AI Revenue Scale ChatGPT 78

OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

And even though revenue forecasts might be highly uncertain, most managers have a good idea of how much it will cost them to operate their businesses under different scenarios. Of course, just assuming the worst is almost as bad as assuming (and acting as though) everything will be okay, and simply continuing on as normal.

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Forecasting Underperforming Technical Team Headcount Scale 40

The Angel VC

DECEMBER 12, 2018

While this is generally true for most companies, it’s particularly true for SaaS businesses, which invest heavily in product development, sales, and marketing upfront and get payments from customers over a delayed period of time, usually several years. The main reason is that your customer acquisition costs are highly front-loaded.

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Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Scale 106

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

And you and your team won’t waste your time working on bad opportunities. Want to increase your close rates and get better predictability in your forecasting? The first question sales leaders and their teams need to answer is: who is our customer? Because no one cares about your sales process except you and your team.

Scale 107

Scale Sales Underperforming Technical Team Headcount 107

Point Nine Land

DECEMBER 12, 2018

While this is generally true for most companies, it’s particularly true for SaaS businesses, which invest heavily in product development, sales, and marketing upfront and get payments from customers over a delayed period of time, usually several years. The main reason is that your customer acquisition costs are highly front-loaded.

Sales Recruiting 61

Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Scale 61

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 20, 2019

There’s no shortage of advice for SDRs online , so it’s easy to find nuggets of wisdom to help in your sales career, but unfortunately there’s also a lot of bad advice. At the time I didn’t fully value the SDR experience or the skill set I was developing. The virtue of patience. Why do SDRs (including me) fail to grasp this concept?

Sales Hiring 35

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales Headcount 35

SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Sam made his way into the world of SaaS with Dropbox and how that led to his leading the sales and success team today @ Loom. What was Sam’s biggest lesson from scaling the sales team at Dropbox? Does it have to be tied to a number related to revenue? I met my wife in sales boot camp.

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Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 189