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The Key To Unlocking Profitability and Growth in SaaS with Expensify’s COO Anu Muralidharan

SaaStr

Channel partners said if they couldn’t do a 30-day balance, it was dead in the water. Most companies automate support using natural language processing to guess what the customer is asking and then send them helpful articles in the hope that it’s self-service. If someone still isn’t self-serviced, they go to a live agent.

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What Makes a Great VP of Marketing in SaaS: A Deep Dive with Jason and Dave Gerhardt, ex-VPM of Drift

SaaStr

Jason also believes that his ability to distill complex information and make it actionable is another superpower that sets him apart. The ability to distill complex information and make it actionable. Many companies are outsourcing more of their marketing functions because they find it challenging to manage effectively.

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Don?t Hire the Wrong Outsourced Sales Professionals: 6 Handy Tips

Sales Hacker

A viable and proven option is handing over some or all of your sales efforts to outsourced sales professionals. It’s true that outsourcing your sales to a third-party provider can yield favorable results. There are many outsourcing companies, but which of them can actually hold a sales quota and get results?

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Marketing Secrets to Hypergrowth from Building Elastic, Zuora, and Segment (Pod 534 + Video)

SaaStr

Use agencies to outsource your execution, not your thinking. As you think about agencies, consider what you own and what you outsource.” – Jeffrey Yoshimura. Without showing customers what your product, service, or solution will look like in the future, it is hard to close the sale. Leadership education.

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These 6 hidden reasons explain why your outsourced software testing isn't working

Audacix

Far too often we receive mayday calls from prospects who have invested a lot of money, but more importantly time, into selecting and working with a outsourced test automation services provider, only to be rewarded with a never-ending tug of war that inflicts much damage to their professional reputations. If you pay peanuts, you get.

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Strategic Finance in Today’s Market: A Tactical Guide to Building & Scaling Your Team with IVP

SaaStr

IVP Partner Michael Miao explains, “The role and the scope of the modern finance team has changed dramatically in the last decade. This function can be outsourced in the early days of a startup, but it is usually brought in-house after Series B. No longer are finance teams the traditional “bean counters” of ages past.

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OPEXEngine launches breakthrough technology R&D benchmarking solution

OPEXEngine

Comparisons of direct hire vs outsourcing models. The new benchmarks have been developed in conjunction with executives at leading technology organizations, and build on OPEXEngine’s best-in-class analytics, which is used by CFOs, investors, and leadership teams at many of the world’s most important SaaS companies. 44 7919 139 435.