SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2020

403: Sam Taylor is the VP of Sales and Success @ Loom, the startup that helps you get your message across by making it easy to record instantly shareable videos. As for Sam, prior to Loom, Sam spent over 4 years at Salesforce following their acquisition of Quip, a startup Salesforce acquired for $750M where Sam was also the 1st sales leader.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 5, 2023

Hiring a CFO. First: Why hire a CFO, anyway? . CFOs can build operating forecasts and multi-year plans, create financial models and scenario analyses, establish financial discipline, and create a culture of accountability. These metrics will vary by company, but can include elements such as the following: Sales Funnel.

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SaaStr

JULY 1, 2021

For us, it’s about fixing this problem, serving the customer well, so a very service driven mindset, which I gave a talk on a few days ago here, has been a big part of Gusto and affected our hiring from the early days. The second is pulling more around values, and how we approached team building. Get tickets here. TRANSCRIPT.

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VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team 268

Sales Hacker

APRIL 22, 2022

While you may feel pressure to focus your team on immediately starting to close opportunities at the start of each new quarter, you’re doomed to repeat the mistakes of your past if you don’t take some time to review. This is where a Sales QBR or ‘Quarterly Business Review’ comes into play. What is a Sales QBR? isn’t criticism.

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Sales Hiring Sales Forecasting Underperforming Technical Team 91

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Marketing and sales may employ different tactics, but their goal should be singular: help the company sell its product. Sometimes, however, blocks can develop in the pipeline. Here are 4 quick takeaways: Many early-stage companies fail because they scale sales too quickly. you’re not ready to build out sales.

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