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5 Can’t Miss Sessions from SaaStr Annual 2020

SaaStr

“I was working for Salesforce in 2009 when I decided to start Okta, an identity management company that connects people with any application on any device. Prior to this, he was VP of WW Sales with EMC (Dell)m Data Domain as well as an EIR with NEA. Before Procore, he held several sales and management roles with Cloudera.

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Is Rapport Dead? 6 Ways to Demonstrate Value for Virtual Buyers in the Age of Remote Buying

Sales Hacker

Sales professionals have been selling over the phone and video for years. So why does it feel like we’ve entered a new age of sales? But the reality is traditional rapport in sales began to shift even before the pandemic began , with reports showing buyers only spent about 17% of their time meeting with potential suppliers.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

The platform helps businesses set up, manage and popularize their digital business. Tienda Nube contributes towards the growing e-market in the region by allowing companies to cut down expenses and improve sales numbers. Linx offers management software exclusively focusing on retail. CEO : Santiago Sosa. Founded : 2011.

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What is a good Net Retention Rate in SaaS?

CustomerSuccessBox

Sales pitch exists even for freemium tools. It involved a sales cycle that took months to generate revenue. So the sale is a process that is human-led and can’t be eliminated even in freemium tools. Zendesk is a SaaS software that offers solutions for customer communications, sales, and support.

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The 5 Major Reasons My Data Integration Projects Failed

Hull

Reason #1: I didn’t fully think through our identity management strategy. I’ve managed enough data integration projects to realize that identity management is at the center of many common data problems. Poor identity management is the cause of expensive deduplication cleanups and manual intervention.

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Value Metrics Guide for SaaS Companies

User Pilot

Tracking and understanding value metrics helps you: Acquire new customers – you can adjust your marketing and sales messaging to highlight the right product features. An example of a value metric would be the number of team seats or MAUs. Why is it important to monitor value metrics? Slack pricing is built around 4 main value metrics.

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Top 50 AI Companies in SaaS (2020 Edition)

SmartKarrot

HubSpot is a pioneer brand when it comes to inbound marketing, sales, and services. Delivering enterprise-grade identity management service through a SaaS model, Okta has incorporated various authentication features with the help of AI, thus reducing the risk of attacks. Sales’ is cool but have you tried ‘ smart sales’ ?

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