Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Bansal shares this and other key milestones and frameworks for company building in conversation with a16z general partner Peter Levine; enterprise deal team partner Satish Talluri (who was a director of product and growth operations there); and Sonal Chokshi. As for pricing, how do you know you’re not leaving value on the table?

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Do you want to start a simple blog documenting your travel adventures? Thought leadership – In many industries, it is useful for people of prominence to share their unique insights on a public platform. Some teams may also respond much quicker than others. Engagement – Unfortunately, some support teams are useless.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

people involved in each B2B deal, you need a deck if you want your message to travel from the champion you met to the buyer you didn’t. Cold Calling is the top sales skill you should be developing to gain a competitive edge, not just for prospecting and landing meetings with C-Level decision makers, but at every stage of the funnel.

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SaaStr

MAY 24, 2019

235: Andrew Filev is the Founder & CEO @ Wrike, the cloud based collaboration and project management software that scales across teams in any business. As for Andrew, he started his first software development company at the age of 18 and has been running Wrike for the last 13 years alongside advisory roles with both Ditto and Appulate.

Sales Hiring 145

Sales Hiring Scale SMB Sales Recruiting 145

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2021

The second is pulling more around values, and how we approached team building. Even as a three person team, we went through an exercise to figure out what do we stand for, as a team? Sam : This is not my insight, but someone else says… I really do believe it, that the team you build is the company you build.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. Invest in your development internally and externally. Joyce Johnson.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 20, 2020

343: Kyle Parrish is the Head of Sales @ Figma, the company that helps teams create, test and ship better designs from start to finish. Kyle was in charge of creating the Austin, Texas sales team @ Dropbox, what were some of his biggest lessons when it comes to moving sales outside of HQ? What worked? What did not work?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

If your SaaS business has a sales team, there’s no way to grow 100% year-over-year without also growing your sales leadership. Knowing the common pitfalls won’t stop you or your team from making them, but it will help build the most important skill any manager can have: resiliency. Want to see more content like this?

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

If you missed episode 122, check it out here: Tips for Building a Diverse Team of High-Quality Salespeople with Wesley Ulysse. Okay, it’s not that easy, but Sapper Consulting has built REGIE to keep the promise of sales enablement and help carry the load to help keep your team doing what they do best, winning. We’re on iTunes.

Subscription 106

Subscription Payment Features Scale Underperforming Technical Team 106

SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Companies that have access to more accurate financial data have the ability to develop seamless exchanges of information, providing consumers with improved ways to manage their finances. “Well, fintech might be bad in the margins for me, but I can actually profit from this so let’s embrace it.” Zach : Sure.

Payments 148

Payments SaaS Payments Banking Underperforming Technical Team 148

Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Do you want to grow your SaaS sales team and improve your processes? maintain healthy atmosphere in your Smarketing team, make smart choices regarding your SaaS sales model, strategy, pricing, . maintain healthy atmosphere in your Smarketing team, make smart choices regarding your SaaS sales model, strategy, pricing, .

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SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

When shelter in place started, the conversation we’ve had internally on our team is we have to think of ourselves as Navy SEALs, where we’re at base camp right now, and we’re going to train and we’re going to work on our playbooks and do our research. Personally, our team has been holding back a little bit.

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Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 160

SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We grew our team by 50% this year, continuing to grow. So I think like anything it’s been good and bad. We had built this amazing team that I wanted to make sure that we continued to sort of grow and invest in and kind of keep the band together. And I think our team has done that too. Tina Hsiao : Yeah.

Payment Services 135

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 135

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Prior to joining the world of venture, Karen was a Senior Director at Apple and before Apple, Karen spent an incredible 9 years at Box as a founding member of the executive team, where she was responsible for defining and leading Box’s Industry GTM strategy. What is the ability of the company to continue to build an incredible team?

Scale 173

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Outseta

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In short, they’re an interesting organization because they’ve already traveled to the furthest reaches of the future of work— Better Work Together is their report back on what the future holds. Imbalance can be bad, e.g. inherited privilege, coercion, manipulation, the ‘old boys club.’ Let’s be counterculture!”

Entrepreneurship 58

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yoursales

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Which problems are the most pressing for your and your B2B sales team? Which processes can and need to be powered by technology for you and your team to sell more? Trends which MAY impact your Sales Stack in 2023 Sales is in constant development. What customers want is help solving problems. Being a B2B buyer isn't easy.

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yoursales

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Which problems are the most pressing for your and your B2B sales team? Which processes can and need to be powered by technology for you and your team to sell more? Trends which MAY impact your Sales Stack in 2023 Sales is in constant development. What customers want is help solving problems. Being a B2B buyer isn't easy.

Scale 52

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Outsourced Development 52

OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2019

That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). Meanwhile, marketing teams from every competitor fight to rank on the same top keywords, driving costs per click through the roof. Now it’s table stakes.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2019

That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). Meanwhile, marketing teams from every competitor fight to rank on the same top keywords, driving costs per click through the roof. Now it’s table stakes.

Scale 51

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OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2019

That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). Meanwhile, marketing teams from every competitor fight to rank on the same top keywords, driving costs per click through the roof. Now it’s table stakes.

Scale 40

Scale Startup Technical Review Software Review 40

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 25, 2020

But Sapper Consulting has built REGIE to keep the promise of sales enablement and keep your team doing what they do best, which is winning. REGIE uses your targeting to inform your campaigns and decreases the time your team spends creating campaigns because that’s a pain in the ass. And then, moved into leadership.

Management 72

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SaaStr

AUGUST 19, 2020

Portag3 Ventures Partner Chris O’Neill discusses leadership and teamwork lessons he’s picked up in his career through a hobby and a metaphor of sailing. So over the course of those 20 or so odd years in technology leadership roles. Chris O’Neill | Partner @ Portag3 Ventures. And what’s the best case?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 4, 2019

As for Jeppe, prior to founding Pleo he was the CEO @ Nodes, a design and development house that worked with brands including Loreal, BMW and Lego. How does Jeppe respond to 3 common concerns VCs have with SMBs: * The price points are so low that it takes huge volume to scale to meaningful revenue? * What changes? * Missed the session?

Scale 121

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2020

I’ve held a bunch of technology leadership roles in startups, in rocket ships and turnarounds, including about 10 years at Google, and just over three years leading efforts at Evernote. So over the course of those 20 or so odd years in technology leadership roles. Thank you, Jason and the SaaStr community, for including me.

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