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Does Your VP of Sales Need to be An Expert In Your Product?

SaaStr

So one recent survey we did really brought out a healthy debate: does your VP of Sales really need to be a product expert? Many of the comments said it was more important a VP of Sales understand process and leadership more than the product itself. They often melt. I say, you just gotta know the product. At least a little bit.

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How to Truly Stand Out in Any Job Interview, from SDR to COO

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It’s so, so easy to stand out in recruiting if you’ve actually done your homework. ” — Troy Legwiniski, AI & Innovation Executive “I talked with a Foresters Financial co exec a number of years who relayed a story of talking with a candidate that asked about how the tree cutting business was going.”

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10 Things That Would Have Helped Me Go From $1m to $10m Faster with Less Stress

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I thought it would be worth drilling down deeper into each of them, and sharing the learnings and mistakes: 1/ Spending less time fixing things, more time recruiting senior folks to own them. No one spends enough time recruiting as it is, after $1m ARR or so. Yes, you can manage the sales team yourself. You can do this.

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Need an Expert for Your Next Panel, Presentation, or Podcast? Here Are Over 530 of the Top Female Sales Practitioners

Sales Hacker

Fortunately, more organizers than ever before are consciously seeking out female sales experts for panels, presentations, and podcasts. At Sales Hacker, we’re serious about diversity, and for that reason, we’ve compiled a list of 530+ female sales experts to consider for your next event. Leadership. Sales Development.

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Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

Sales Hacker

Welcome to Sales Hacker’s first-ever Influential Women in Sales list! In this exclusive list, we wanted to honor not just female leaders that promote their own sales platform (no shame in that!) They say “You can’t be what you can’t see,” and the sales floor is no exception.

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International Women’s Day 2021: The Women of FastSpring Share Their Experiences Working in Tech

FastSpring

We’ll go first––only 5% of leadership roles within the tech industry are women. With high numbers of men in leadership positions and a lack of emphasis on hiring women for those leadership roles, you can see the issue here. – Chelsea Cianciolo, Customer Success Manager . Support female leadership.

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How to Collaborate, Manage, and Work with Developers featuring Twilio’s Jeff Lawson

SaaStr

You might also include developers on sales calls from time to time — it makes everyone feel heard. The CEO of Dominoes recruited his Head of Technology personally, telling him that his realm was the most critical thing Dominoes was going to do in the next decade. 3 Assign problems, not tasks. 4 Provide executive enthusiasm.