SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. As two CEO who love the art of sales and scaling, this one really was special. 20 VCs do come to me to invest in the company now. Jyoti Bansal: Let’s switch topics to sales.

Sales Recruiting 251

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale VP of Engineering 251

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The merry retail investors using Robinhood bolster the passive investment wave, and their market-shaping forces sustain stratospheric multiples in the public markets. Acquirers, emboldened by higher stock prices, brace themselves and outbid each other with premium multiples for high-growth startups. Distributed work becomes the norm.

Sales Recruiting 279

Sales Recruiting Blockchain Banking Machine Learning 279

SaaStr

JANUARY 27, 2021

I probably will pass on investing in you if I don’t know you want money. We recently did a New New in Venture event and I asked the question of many top VCs including David Sacks, Keith Rabois, Aileen Lee and more. “Give the VP of Sales More Time” This is always terrible advice. In one sales cycle, or less.

Part-Time VPE 300

Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting 300

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

I was the new Vice President of International Sales & Managing Director for a work management software company called Wrike. Starting Your International Sales Team. The key to starting an international sales team is having the right people in your landing team. A mercenary is driven by the sale.

Sales Hiring 101

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Sales 101

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Account Managers: They serve as the lead point of contact for all customer account management matters. Product Marketing Manager: This person is tasked with developing product marketing campaigns , crafting compelling marketing messages, and coming up with ideas to retain customers. Average salary: $46,035/yr.

Sales Hiring 98

Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 98

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

One of the toughest challenges for founders — and especially technical founders who are used to focusing so much on product features over sales — is striking “product-market fit”. So in that shift from product-market fit to product-market-SALES fit, how much should you optimize your go-to-market for product… and even the other way around?

Product Marketing 78

Product Marketing Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 78

Kellblog

MAY 10, 2021

In this post, I’ll present what I view as the minimum sales management framework for an enterprise SaaS startup — i.e., the basics you should have covered as you seek to build and scale your sales organization [1]. Pipeline management rules, with an optional stage matrix. Management rules (e.g.,

Sales Hiring 110

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Enterprise 110

User Pilot

APRIL 19, 2024

This segmentation helps in personalizing marketing and sales strategies effectively. Recruiting Participants for Primary Research Choosing the right participants for primary research is a crucial step in market research. Building a Business Case : Provides evidence and data to justify investment in the new product.

Market Research 52

Market Research Sales Recruiting Marketing Underperforming Technical Team 52

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. Trisha Price. They need fewer sales as a percentage of overall employees.

Payment Solutions 152

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 152

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The market need for SaaS products has exploded and investment in SaaS companies has accelerated, requiring more talent to grow and scale. And the primary burden of your product and GTM execution can fall on an effective technical leader and proven sales executive. Accelerate hiring of internal recruiters.

Sales Hiring 82

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Startup 82

Sales Hacker

MAY 16, 2019

Nothing really stood out until I stumbled across a “Director of Sales and Client Relations” role with a company called Jammony. Director of Sales and love what I do. How can you get started in sales? Keep reading as I share my story and offer some tips that could help you get your 1st (or next) sales role. Today, I’m Sr.

Sales Hiring 94

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales Interviewing 94

SaaStr

JULY 12, 2022

One of the first what How to Hire a Great VP of Sales at the New York Enterprise Tech Meet-Up (thank you to John Lehr and Work-Bench for setting this up). The Number One Thing You Can Do to Accelerate Your Business Post-Initial Traction is Hiring a Great VP of Sales. Now, I just invest in SasS companies. SaaStr is Turning 10!

Sales Hiring 266

Sales Hiring Part-Time VPE VP of Engineering Sales Recruiting 266

OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Prototypes might also help you gain clarity around your offering: is it packaged and priced competitively? The exciting thing about prototypes is that large-scale experiments can be built through open-source projects , which companies like Netflix and Linkedin will do as a strategic way of recruiting top talent. . Still unsure?

Sales Hiring 82

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Marketing 82

FastSpring

JANUARY 23, 2020

3 Simple Tips for Recruiting Successful Affiliate Partners. One of the most common struggles in the affiliate space is activating affiliates immediately following recruitment and keeping them engaged over time. One metric for affiliate activity is by measuring an action—like sales, leads, etc.—no no surprise there.

Engagement 109

Engagement Sales Recruiting Software Review Communication 109

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings. Hear about the early days of Glassdoor; tactical lessons on scaling—from building a business model and recruiting an all-star management team to advice on building a compelling, innovative company culture; and learn whyGlassdoor’s $1.2

Scale 134

Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting Payment Services 134

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2020

Where does Jessica find managers and founders do pipe reviews wrong? What does Jessica believe is the right way for sales reps to engage with new customers during this time? How should sales teams and CS respond to requests for discounts? Harry Stebbings: Totally, in terms of that sales cycle.

Sales Recruiting 185

Sales Recruiting Technical Review Sales Hiring Outsourced Development 185

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

As for Ryan, prior to G2 he was Senior Director of Global Marketing at Hubspot where among many other achievements, he scaled HubSpot’s marketing-generated sales revenue by 330% year-over-year. We would generate 10x what we invested into that based on those people. How does Ryan think about the relationship between the two?

Sales Hiring 139

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Software Review 139

ProfitWell

JANUARY 27, 2020

But here are some learnings, from the sales community, that Mixmax put together so we can start acting like pipeline pros. Far too often, focus is limited to the short term because of the nature of daily deliverables in sales. Are we achieving measurable return on investment from the tool? But what about their pricing?

Sales Recruiting 40

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Sales Marketplace as a Service 40

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

How do you recruit your interviewees? For example, the customer support and success teams deal with customer problems on a daily basis, so they can help you improve user experience, while the sales team can give you ideas for new features that customers are looking for. Spotting market gaps: interview invite. Don’t stop there!

Underperforming Technical Team 105

Underperforming Technical Team Marketing Market Research Outsourced Development 105

SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2019

Steve has previously said, “Sales and marketing must be one team.” Where does Steve find common points of tension between sales and marketing? How can a CEO determine when is the right time to fundamentally invest in devops? I mean, my career started as a software engineer, and out of frustration, I went into sales.

DevOps as a Service 100

DevOps as a Service Sales Recruiting Scale Sales Hiring 100

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

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. And so that was what you’re investing in.

Payment Solutions 110

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services Payments 110

OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

OpenView’s experts weighed in with their predictions across product, sales, marketing, pricing, corporate development and talent. Product Managers Will Own a KPI. How many of your highest paid team members are in sales? The fact is that a great (albeit expensive) sales rep is worth every penny and has an obvious ROI.

Trends 67

Trends Sales Recruiting Technical Review SaaS 67

SaaStr

JUNE 21, 2023

They hired their first VP of Sales with a wonderful pedigree and experience at some of the hottest startups. because they needed to rebuild the sales team. They rebuilt the sales team and closed some big deals. VCs can be fickle about what they fund, but if you have revenue, you have more leeway for when you take an investment.

Sales Recruiting 256

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Pricing 256

Baremetrics

JUNE 30, 2021

If you're past the investment stage, having fine-grained numbers is typical. For instance, do you have a certain number of sales agents or current customers or a specific marketing activity planned? And don't forget the costs of recruiting. This can make conversations with potential investors more difficult. What's driving it?

Startup 98

Startup Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Deferred Revenue 98

SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2019

And can you talk a little bit about touching on the hiring point, because you did say that you focused a lot on talent, and recruiting. And coming from Brazil without a big network in Silicon Valley, un-launched, without a website, it was actually really hard to recruit the first ten people. And it’s very helpful. Anu: Got it.

Sales Hiring 163

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Payment Methods 163

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Starting, or investing in, an affiliate program is a great idea for just about any ecommerce company. Here are seven reasons why every SaaS company should start—or invest in an affiliate program. For example, let’s say you are an accounting software company and you are getting ready to launch a brand-new tax assistant software.

Sales Recruiting 70

Sales Recruiting SaaS Business Social Media 70

Sales Hacker

MAY 1, 2018

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk with Rick Smolen , VP of Sales at Greenhouse Software about moving your product upmarket and how to sell your software to a big company. What sales strategies and philosophies are necessary for enterprise sales. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Your title?

Sales Recruiting 47

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Sales SMB 47

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Scaling the company’s employee base, sales teams, marketing, and operations—all while preserving its culture—has required a laser focus on first principles, smart processes, and effective hiring. And at the risk of giving you a full Stripe sales pitch, don’t worry, that’s in my other talk. The exchange of value.

Scale 159

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 159

OPEXEngine

JANUARY 13, 2021

Large tech companies are expected to be very active in M&A in 2021, as they build out SaaS offerings and platform strategies, especially given high stock prices. From the bottom: VC, PE, and angel investors are expected to continue strong investment in SaaS. SaaS Management and Operations. B2B Sales and Marketing.

Sales Recruiting 52

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring SaaS Benchmarks 52

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 5, 2021

Lauren Bailey, sales expert and Founder of Factor 8, says that the three most important characteristics of a salesperson are: curiosity, confidence, and coachability. Encourage your sales team to be flexible and curious about potential new learnings from other countries and cultures. Sales strategies to navigate cultural nuances.

Sales Hiring 108

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Communication Entertainment 108

Neil Patel

JANUARY 6, 2023

At the same time, the number of houses up for sale is at historic lows. As a real estate professional, you may wonder why you need to invest in SEO. All that results in more sales and a growing income. In fact, real estate agents who invest in SEO make 2-3x more sales every month than those who don’t.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Social Media Sales Recruiting Engineering 84

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2019

Scaling the company’s employee base, sales teams, marketing, and operations—all while preserving its culture—has required a laser focus on first principles, smart processes, and effective hiring. And at the risk of giving you a full Stripe sales pitch, don’t worry, that’s in my other talk. The exchange of value.

Scale 121

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Sales Hiring 121

SaaStr

JUNE 3, 2020

Then we went on to build another company called SteelBrick, another SaaS configure price quoting solution. And companies in general, are also right now, investing more in software and digital. And the reality is most of them don’t, most of our customers and prospects don’t trust us, especially those of us in sales.

Software Review 189

Software Review Scale Technical Review SaaS 189

The Angel VC

AUGUST 10, 2011

I recently wrote that investors (myself included) should do a better job of making their investment criteria transparent to founders. One could almost say that CAC and CLTV are for a SaaS company what wholesale price and sales price are for a retailer. along the way.

Sales Recruiting 155

Sales Recruiting Startup Customer Lifetime Value SaaS 155

Sales Hacker

MARCH 17, 2021

Strict sales volume does go a long way in achieving long-term revenue growth, but processes and cross-department alignment are what allow sales volumes to scale in the first place. More often than not, first-stage growth was accomplished on the back of a lean management team, potentially just the CEO. The problem?

Scale 95

Scale Revenue Startup Sales Recruiting 95

Neil Patel

MAY 7, 2021

One of a for-profit business’s best investments is often their online marketing strategy. Often, with a for-profit company, the goal in advertising is the sale at the end. It’s not just about a transactional sale, so you want to be clear as well as inspiring. You’re not just trying to convert a sale.

Payment Methods 128

Payment Methods Marketing Social Media Sales Recruiting 128

ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

But here are some learnings from the sales community that Mixmax put together so we can start acting like pipeline pros. Far too often, focus is limited to the short term because of the nature of daily deliverables in sales. Are we achieving measurable return on investment from the tool? But what about their pricing?

Sales Recruiting 40

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service Mobile 40