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Vertical SaaS vs Horizontal SaaS: 8 Differences and Similarities

Stax

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. Some examples of niches targeted by vertical SaaS providers include healthcare, eCommerce, finance, and education.

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SaaStr Podcast #379 with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin: “The Top 10 Mistakes Founders Make When Hiring Their First Sales Team”

SaaStr

379: From how many reps to hire, to compensation models, here are the top 10 mistakes founders make when hiring their first sales teams and how to avoid them. Announcer: In today’s SaaStr Insider, SaaStr CEO and founder, Jason Lemkin, shared the top 10 mistakes founders make when hiring their first sales team.

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The Secret to the Fastest Growing Sales Teams? It’s About Growth, Not Speed.

OpenView Labs

As a recruiter, I hear from many founders and sales leaders regularly about how many salespeople they need and how quickly they need them. And I’ve seen many startups who fail to make this distinction create a cycle of diminishing returns that impacts the trajectory of their growth for the long haul… especially in enterprise sales.

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Startup Sales: Everything You Need to Know About Building Your First Sales Team

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But sales is the one thing founders cannot oversee — without it your startup will die. Startup founders are stretched thinly like silly putty. But the one thing you must think about is sales. Without sales, your startup dies. Yet, sales is all too often a dirty word. Your first sales playbook.

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The 18 Outstanding Speakers at SaaStock LatAm 2019

SaaStock

Afterward, Patrick founded several businesses in diverse sectors, including tech, healthcare, and finance. Some of his first professional positions were Engagement Manager at McKinsey, as well as a management consultant at Value Partners. Starting as VP of Sales, in less than two years he became CEO.

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My First 16: Launching a New Category with Modern Treasury’s Dimitri Dadiomov

Andreessen Horowitz

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with Dimitri Dadiomov, the co-founder and CEO of payment operations platform Modern Treasury, about the challenges of creating a new category, hiring for marketing before you hire for sales, and why developing new features is similar to birding.

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Startup Sales: Everything You Need to Know About Building Your First Sales Team

Chart Mogul

But sales is the one thing founders cannot oversee — without it your startup will die. Startup founders are stretched thinly like silly putty. But the one thing you must think about is sales. Without sales, your startup dies. Yet, sales is all too often a dirty word. Your first sales playbook.